This is the adult Sunday school lesson to be given at Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup Washington January 26, 2020. For more resources from Pastor Marvin McKenzie and Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup, WA visit http://www.puyallupbaptistchurch.com

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Lesson
Seventeen:
Grace in Vain
2 Corinthians

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I. A COMPANION PASSAGE
Abraham
Abraham’s faith caused him to:
 Follow God to a Promised place
 Worship God as a sojourner and stranger in the
earth and
 Give to God his most treasured prize, his son
Isaac

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I. A COMPANION PASSAGE
Rahab the harlot
Rahab’s faith led her to:
 Hide the spies of Israel
 Ask of them salvation and
 Openly show the scarlet thread out her window

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I. A COMPANION PASSAGE
To have received this Gospel grace and to leave it
 Untapped,
 Untried and
 Unused
is vanity indeed.

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II. A SECOND COMPANION PASSAGE
What a travesty to possess so great salvation and then
to neglect it.
 To ignore the preaching of God’s Word
 To backslide and rebel against it
 To be a hearer of the Word and do nothing with
it.
This is to receive the grace of God in vain and it is, as
James puts it, dead.

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III. PAUL’S APPEAL
A. As laborers together
This is not only the desire of Paul; it is the desire of
God.
 As one who has yoked together with God
 As one who has accepted the call of God to
preach
 As one who has embraced the ministry of
reconciliation

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III. PAUL’S APPEAL
B. We “beseech you” plead with you.
Preaching implores the hearer
C. Notice the word “also.”
We are asking you to take advantage of this grace with
us.