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#1,199: God's Grace is Still Amazing

• Loren Hicks

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Grace is God's undeserved kindness. The doctrine of grace is that God treats us better than we deserve to be treated. Grace is "the love and mercy given to us by God because God desires us to have it, not because of anything we have done to earn it.”  Grace comes from the Greek Word “charis” literally meaning “gift, kindness, generosity.”


Main Points:

1. God’s Word teaches us that we are all sinners. We are all in need of God’s grace. Jesus came, and by his death on the cross, paid the penalty for our sins. Salvation doesn’t happen automatically because God is good. Because God is good, there is now a path to salvation, but it must be received. We receive grace by placing our faith in Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ alone.


2. Eternal life is not a reward for good people; it’s God’s gift to forgiven people.  When Jesus died on the cross he was lifted up to carry the sins of the world.  Your sin and mine.  His death satisfied sin’s requirements.  Whatever you think you owe God, Jesus paid it.  


3. To receive God’s amazing grace, we must recognize we are lost. We must agree with God that we are sinners in need of His salvation. This is where we offer God our confession and repentance. Through faith, we believe in Jesus, and by grace we are saved. It’s only here that those who are lost are found. Those who are blind now can see. God’s grace is truly amazing.


Today’s Scripture Verses:

Ephesians 2:8-9 - “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Romans 5:20 - “… But where sin increased, grace increased all the more.”


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