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Questions About Grace

June 9, 2007

1.= What churches believe about grace and questions raised.

A.= 2 Cor. 1:3-4 – Comfort from what the Bible teaches.

· One little girl’s question.

2.= Two clear teachings about grace in the Bible.

A.= Rom. 3:= 10 & 23 – Man has no righteousness.

· Jer. 13:23 ̵= 1; We are helpless to change our condition.

· Isa. 64:6 –= ; All of our “good works” are filthy.

· Matt. 19:17 – Not even Jesus claimed t= o be good.

“The c= lass of worshipers who follow the example of Cain includes by far the greater porti= on of the world; for nearly every false religion has been based on the same principle--that man can depend upon his own effo= rts for salvation.” {PP 72}=

“The l= aw requires righteousness,--a righteous life, a perfect character; and this man has not to give. He cannot meet the claims of God's holy law. But Christ, coming to the earth as man, lived a holy life, and developed a perfect character. These He offers as a free gift to all who will receive them. His life stands for the life of men.”&nb= sp; {DA 762}

· Num. 21:8 – The serpents that attacked= Israel.=

· When Keith had pneumonia.

B.= Rom. 6:= 23 – The gift of God is eternal life.

· Eph. 2:8-9 – A gift received by faith.=

· Rom. 5:15-16 – The gift is not as the transgression.

· Lincoln’s firing squad.

· 1 John 5:11-13 – Assurance of eternal = life in Jesus.

· Rev. 3:20 – Jesus and eternal life received in prayer.

“The righteousness by which we are justified is imputed; the righteousness by which we are sanctified is imparted. The firs= t is our title to heaven, the second is our fitness f= or heaven.” {FLB 116.2}

· John 14:7 & 16:8 – The Holy Spirit lives inside us.

· 2 Cor. 5:17 – The Spirit creates a new person.

· John 14:15 – We begin to obey God beca= use of love.

“In li= ke manner you are a sinner. You cannot atone for your past sins; you cannot ch= ange your heart and make yourself holy. But God promises to do all this for you through Christ. You believe that promise. You confess your sins and give yourself to God. You will to serve Him. Just as surely as you do this, God = will fulfill His word to you. If you believe the promise,--believe that you are forgiven and cleansed,--God supplies the fact; you are made whole, just as Christ gave the paralytic power to walk when the man believed that he was healed. It is so if you believe it.”= {SC 51.1}

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· The open door.