Everyone hates to face their sin. We bend over backward to live in denial, pretense, and with a willful blindness to our own heart. The more we face the reality of the sin nature that lies within us, the greater the wonder grace will become to us. But we must receive God’s grace into ourselves. Outside of us, it cannot change us.

1. The Redemption
of Grace
July 7, 2019

2. “Let us hear what the Bible says and
what we as Christians are called to
hear together: By grace you have
been saved.”
-Karl Barth

3. Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For it is by grace you have been saved,
through faith—and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God—
9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

4. Ephesians 2:8-10
10 For we are God’s handiwork, created
in Christ Jesus to do good works, which
God prepared in advance for us to do.

5. 1. Grace provides a way for us to see
our ______.sin

6. 1 Timothy 1:13-15
13 Even though I was once a blasphemer
and a persecutor and a violent man, I
was shown mercy because I acted in
ignorance and unbelief.

7. 1 Timothy 1:13-15
14 The grace of our Lord was poured out
on me abundantly, along with the faith
and love that are in Christ Jesus.

8. 1 Timothy 1:13-15
15 Here is a trustworthy saying that
deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners—of
whom I am the worst.

9. Redemption:
The act of ____________ or ________
for a fault or mistake.
paying back atoning

10. Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the
gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord.

11. 2. Grace is _______ from works.apart

12. Romans 3:21
21 But now apart from the law, the
righteousness of God has been made
known, to which the Law and the
Prophets testify.

13. Titus 3:5
5 He saved us, not because of righteous
things we had done, but because of his
mercy. He saved us through the
washing of rebirth and renewal by the
Holy Spirit.

14. 3. Grace is available to all, BUT must
be _________.accepted

15. Romans 3:22-23
22 This righteousness is given through
faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.
There is no difference between Jew and
Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall
short of the Glory of God.

16. God’s grace is free to us, but it was not
______ to Him.cheap

17. 2 Corinthians 6:1
1 As God’s co-workers, we urge you not
to receive God’s grace in vain.

18. God has given us grace for a ________.purpose

19. 4. Grace accepted, results in
___________.justification

20. Romans 3:24
24 …and all are justified freely by his
grace through the redemption that
came by Christ Jesus.

21. Justified:
“______________never sinned.”just as if I’d

22. Ephesians 1:7
1 In him we have redemption through
His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
accordance with the riches of God’s
grace.

23. Romans 3:25
25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of
atonement, through the shedding of His
blood—to be received by faith.

24. Romans 3:25
He did this to demonstrate His
righteousness, because in His
forbearance He had left the sins
committed beforehand unpunished--

25. “Grace is but Glory begun, and Glory
is but Grace perfected.”
-Jonathan Edwards