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30 Oct 2016
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Grace…
A Beautiful and Divine Exchange
Part Two
2 Cor 12:9
"And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for
you, for My strength is made perfect in
weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather
boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ
may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in
infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in
persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For
when I am weak, then I am strong."
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Grace: A Beautiful and Divine Exchange
Definitions:
a. Unmerited favour
b. Great Riches at Christ's expense
c. The desire and the power to do God's will.
It's all of the above!
John 1:16 (AMP)
For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His
grace and truth] we have all received
Grace upon Grace
[spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon
favor, and gift heaped upon gift].
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What does Divine Exchange look like?
Isa 61:1-3
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
1. To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me
2. To heal the broken-hearted,
3. To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
4. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
5. To comfort all who mourn,
6. To console those who mourn in Zion,
7. To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of
the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
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So why Grace? To Progress!
1. Grace is for Salvation
2. Grace is for Assignment
3. Grace is for Reigning
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1. Grace is for salvation
Titus 2:11-14
For the grace of God that brings salvation has
appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly,
righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for
the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our
great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself
for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless
deed and purify for Himself His own special people,
zealous for good works.
Eph 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of
works, lest anyone should boast.
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2. Grace is for the assignment
Eph 2:1-10 (AMP)
And you [He made alive when you] were
[spiritually] dead and separated from Him
because of your transgressions and sins, in
which you once walked. You were following
the ways of this world [influenced by this
present age], in accordance with the prince
of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is
now at work in the disobedient [the
unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of
God].
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2. Grace is for the assignment
Eph 2:1-10 (AMP)
Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the
passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful
self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the
Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind.
We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of
[God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His
great and wonderful love with which He loved us, even
when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him
because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive
together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved
favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s
judgment).
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2. Grace is for the assignment
Eph 2:1-10 (AMP)
And
1. He raised us up together with Him [when we
believed], And
2. Seated us with Him in the heavenly places,
[because we are] in Christ Jesus,
[and He did this] so that in the ages to come He
might [clearly] show the immeasurable and
unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our
redemption].
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2. Grace is for the assignment
Eph 2:1-10 (AMP)
For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion
and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have
been saved [actually delivered from judgment
and given eternal life]
through faith.
And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not
through your own effort], but it is the
[undeserved, gracious] gift of God; not as a result
of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the
Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or
take credit in any way [for his salvation].
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2. Grace is for the assignment
Eph 2:1-10 (AMP)
For we are His workmanship [His own master
work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus
[reborn from above—spiritually transformed,
renewed, ready to be used] for good works,
which God prepared [for us] beforehand
[taking paths which He set], so that we would
walk in them [living the good life which He
prearranged and made ready for us].
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3. Grace is for reigning
Romans 5:20-21
Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But
where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as
sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through
righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:1,14,15
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace
may abound?
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under
law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are
not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
Rom 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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What will our response be?
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