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The Grace of the King
Grace
Is not fair
Grace
Is better than fair
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God
Ephesians 5:5-6
For this you know with certainty, that no immoral
or impure person or covetous man, who is an
idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty
words, for because of these things the wrath of
God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Phillip Yancey
Many Christians who study this parable identify with the
employees who put in a full day’s work, rather than the
add-ons at the end of the day. We like to think of
ourselves as responsible workers, and the employer’s
strange behavior baffles us as it did the original hearers.
We risk missing the story’s point: that God dispenses gifts,
not wages. None of us gets paid according to merit, for
none of us comes close to satisfying God’s requirements.
Grace
Is better than fair
Is offered to all
1 Timothy 2:4-6
[God] desires all people to be saved and to come
to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one
God, and there is one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a
ransom for all…
Grace
Is better than fair
Is offered to all
Overcomes all our failures
1 Timothy 1:15-16
…Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners,
of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy
for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus
Christ might display his perfect patience as an
example to those who were to believe in him for
eternal life.
Romans 5:20
…but where sin increased, grace increased
all the more
You can’t out-sin grace!
Grace
Is better than fair
Is offered to all
Overcomes all our failures
Is ours by faith
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
Son, that whoever believes in him should not
perish but have eternal life.
Acts 16:30-31
He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what
must I do to be saved?”
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you
will be saved...”
Why we Believe Jesus Rose
1. Women were the first witnesses
2. The Apostles (writers) looked foolish
Matthew 16:23
But [Jesus] turned and said to Peter, “Get behind
me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are
not setting your mind on the things of God, but
on the things of man.”
Matthew 26:69-75
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And
a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also
were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it
before them all, saying, “I do not know what you
mean”…
Matthew 26:69-75
…another servant girl saw him, and she said to the
bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know
the man.” After a little while the bystanders came
up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of
them, for your accent betrays you”…
Matthew 26:69-75
…Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and
to swear, “I do not know the man.” And
immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter
remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the
rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And
he went out and wept bitterly.
Why we Believe Jesus Rose
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Women were the first witnesses
The Apostles (writers) looked foolish
His enemies never brought out His body
The Apostles chose to die for their claim
Why we Believe Jesus Rose
Acts 5 – Peter & John flogged
Acts 12 – James beheaded
Acts 14 – Paul stoned
Acts 16 – Paul beaten with rods
After 2 Peter – Peter crucified upside down
After 2 Timothy – Paul beheaded
Grace
Is better than fair
Is offered to all
Overcomes all our failures
Is ours by faith
Was purchased by Jesus
1 Peter 1:18-19
…you were not redeemed with perishable things
like silver or gold from your futile way of life
inherited from your forefathers, but with precious
blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless,
the blood of Christ.
The Grace of the King