GRACE - Kenute P. Curry

GRACE

Kenute P. Curry

There is nothing like the grace of God. Grace us today LORD. Grace upon grace. We ask, you give, and we receive. Grace in action!

John 3:14-15

1. GRACE IS THE UNMERITED FAVOR OF GOD. GRACE WOULD CEASE TO BE GRACE IF WORKS PLAYED A ROLE IN THE ELECTION (Romans 11:6).

2. PAUL’S HERITAGE:

A. WORSHIP GOD IN THE SPIRIT, AND REJOICE IN CHRIST JESUS.

B. HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH.

C. PAUL USED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH.

D. PAUL HAD MORE GROUNDS THAN ANY OTHERS, FOR CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH.

E. CIRCUMCISED WHEN HE WAS EIGHT DAYS OLD.

F. FROM THE NATION OF ISRAEL.

G. FROM THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN.

H. A HEBREW BORN OF HEBREWS.

I. REGARDING THE LAW, A PHARISEE.

J. PERSECUTED THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

K. OBEYED THE LAW TO THE DEGREE, BLAMELESS.

(Philippians 3:3-6)

3. PAUL CONSIDERED ALL OF HIS RELIGIOUS CREDENTIALS THAT HE THOUGHT WERE PROFITABLE WORTHLESS, FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST, THE SURPASSING VALUE OF KNOWING CHRIST, AND FOR GAINING CHRIST (Philippians 3:7-9).

4. ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS ARE LIKE A POLLUTED GARMENT. OUR INIQUITES CARRY US AWAY LIKE THE WIND (Isaiah 64:6).

5. WE HAVE BEEN CALLED WITH A HOLY CALLING, ACCORDING TO GOD’S OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE, GIVEN TO US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE TIME BEGAN (2 Timothy 1:9).

Romans 3:24; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Ephesians 2:8, 2 Thessalonians 2:16; 1 Timothy 1:14; Titus 2:11; James 4:6.

6. GOD SAVED US ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY THROUGH THE WASHING OF REGENERATION AND RENEWAL BY THE HOLY SPIRIT; THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOR (Titus 3:4-7). GOD SENT HIS ONE AND ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD, SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM (1 John 4:9). GOD’S LOVE IS ASSURED TO US BY THE HOLY SPIRIT’S MINISTRY WITHIN THE CORE OF OUR BEING (Heart) (Romans 5:5).

7. NOTHING WILL HAVE THE POWER TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS, OUR LORD. NOTHING IN LIFE’S PATHWAY FROM BEGINNING TO END CAN SEPARATE US FROM HIS LOVE (Romans 8:38-39).

8. THE TERM OF TENDERNESS THAT JESUS ISES FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM IS “CHILDREN” (Mark 10:24).

Titus 3:4-7

Everyone who believes in Jesus can have eternal life. Not everyone who achieves, succeeds, or agrees. Everyone who believes!

February 12^th 2014

©2014 Kenute P. Curry. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible, © 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

JOHN MacARTHUR – The MacArthur Study Bible, New King James Version (Nashville, Tennessee:  Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson Inc. 1997)

HCSB STUDY BIBLE – Holman Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Bible Publishers 2010)