God's Grace and Law

3.  deliverance from sin and its consequences,
believed by Christians to be brought about
by faith in Christ.
 saving of the soul from sin and its
consequences
SALVATION

4. WHY DO WE NEED SALVATION?
HOW CAN WE ATTAIN SALVATION?
CAN WE ATTAIN SALVATION
THROUGH OUR OWN
WORKS?

5. JOHN 3:16
FOR GOD SO LOVED
THE WORLD THAT
HE GAVE US HIS
ONLY SON.
WHOSOEVER
BELIEVES IN HIM
WILL NOT PERISH
BUT HAVE ETERNAL
LIFE.

6. GOD SAVES HUMANITY FROM THEIR
SINFULNESS BY IMPARTING ON
THEM HIS GRACE AND
IMPLEMENTING HIS LAWS AS THEIR
GUIDE TO LIVE A HOLY
LIFE.
2 FUNDAMENTALS OF GOD’S SALVATION:

7. Moral Law – a general rule of right living
Expressions of the moral law:
1. the natural law – the light of understanding
placed in us by God to know what is right
and wrong.
2. revealed law – the Old Testament Law (Ten
Commandments) and
the Law of the Gospel or the
“BEAUTITUDES
3. Civil and Church laws – these
flow from natural law
(Ex. R.A’s, E.O’s and PD’s)
GOD’S LAW

8. Jesus Christ makes God’s law perfect
 Most perfectly revealed in the Sermon on the Mount
 Christ’s new law is a law of love, a law of grace, a law of
freedom
 Speaks to the attitudes and
motives behind our actions
The New Law has several
special virtues called
the evangelical
counsels:
poverty, chastity, and
obedience

9. Precepts of the Church
1. Attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of
obligation and rest from servile labor
2. Confess your sins at least once a year
3. Receive the Sacrament of Eucharist at least
during the Easter season
4. Observe the days of fasting and abstinence
established by the Church
5. Help to provide for the needs of
the Church
GOD’S LAW

11. Grace is God’s unmerited favor
which He bestows upon all
those who repent and trust in
Christ.
Grace has been called; God’s
riches at Christ’s expense.
God gives us what we do not
deserve.
GRACE

12. Types of Grace
Sanctifying
Grace
permanently
disposes us to
live like God
Actual
Grace
God’s special help
to turn from sin or
help us act like
Christ once
we have
Sacramental
Graces
gifts that flow
from particular
sacraments
Charisms
Special gifts the
Holy Spirit bestows
on individual
Christians to help the
Church grow
Graces
of State
God’s special help for
special ministers in
the Church

13. To where do we attain
salvation?