Rom. 5:1-2 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

2. By Faith We Enter
God’s Grace!
In Grace We Are
Enabled To Stand!
Rom 5:2 through whom also we have
access by faith into this grace in which we
stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
God.

3. Standing in the
Grace of God!
Rom 5:1-2 Therefore, having
been justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ, through whom also
we have access by faith into this
grace in which we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

5. Understanding what we
have been given in Christ!
■ One of the most important lessons we can
learn is to realize and recognize what we have
received “in Christ!”
■ Salvation! (2 Tim. 2:10)
■ All spiritual blessings! (Eph. 1:3)
■ “Count your many blessings!”
■ What would you put on your list?
■ Even the non-Christian would have a long list!
■ Every good gift & every perfect gift (Js.1:17)

6. Two amazing blessings that
God gives, mercy & grace!
■ God who is full of mercy!
■ Eph 2:4 But God, being full of mercy,
through the great love which He had for us.
■ God of all grace!
■ 1 Pet 5:10 But may the God of all grace,
who called us to His eternal glory by Christ
Jesus, after you have suffered a while,
perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

8. I. This Requires
Strength!
■As this is the case when it comes to our physical
lives, it is also the case when it comes to our
spiritual lives!
■Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the
counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of
sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
■Isa 40:31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall
renew their strength; They shall mount up with
wings like eagles, They shall run and not be
weary, They shall walk and not faint.

9. Right food, right nourishment,
and right exercise!
■Food!
■1 Pet 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk
of the word, that you may grow thereby.
■Nourishment!
■Col 2:19 and not holding fast to the Head, from
whom all the body, nourished and knit together by
joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is
from God.
■Exercise
■1 Tim 4:7 But reject profane and old wives' fables,
and exercise yourself toward godliness.

10. II. This Requires
Stability!
■What does it mean to be unstable?
■Financially unstable?
■Mentally unstable?
■For us to stand, it takes strength & stability!
■Stability = is the state or quality of being stable or
secure (Oxford)
■If I was to ask you to cross a high bridge that was
deemed “un-stable” would you?
■Why or why not? Because it can’t be trusted, it is
unsafe, it can’t be counted on!

11. Stability in our
Christian lives!
■We need to live lives that are trustworthy and can
be counted on!
■Col 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you
have put off the old man with his deeds.
■Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may
grow up into him in all things, which is the head,
even Christ:
■We need to be stable in the doctrine of Christ, we
need to be stable in our faith!
■Eph. 4:14; 2 Jn. 1:9-11; Heb. 10:22-23

12. III. This Requires
Sacrifice!
■How many of us have heard, or maybe
even said, “we must make a stand; or stand
up for what is right!”
■What do we mean by this, what are we
asking?
■We are asking people to “stop talking and start
walking!” It is time to move into action, it is time
to get involved, it is time to make a sacrifice for
what is right!

14. From talking to
walking!
■Talking about helping others, talking about
what is wrong with our country, talking
about what needs to change, will only get
us so far!
■There comes a time when we must be
willing to act, to make a stand!
■There comes a time we must be willing to
sacrifice!

15. A life of sacrifice!
■ Lk 9:23-24 Then He said to them all, "If
anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow
Me. "For whoever desires to save his life will
lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake
will save it."
■ Rom 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, to present your bodies
as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to
God, which is your spiritual worship.

16. Conclusion:
■ With God’s blessings comes responsibility!
■ We have been blessed to become a blessing,
forgiven to become forgiving, and saved to help
save others!
■ Are you truly “standing in the grace of God this
morning?”
■ Are you willing to stand up for what is right, are
you willing to make a stand?
■ If you are not a Christian, you have fallen
already! (Rom. 3:23) all have sinned & fallen...