LET GRACE REIGN

Sunday Morning:  September 28, 2003

Text: Galatians 5:1-4  "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace."

CALLED UNTO GRACE

Galatians 1:6  "I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:"

FAILED GRACE

Hebrews 12:15  "Looking diligently [present active] lest any man fail [present active, fall short] of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;"

GRACE FOR PEACE

Galatians 1:3  "Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,"

GRACE FOR CONTENTMENT

2 Corinthians 9:8  "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency [contentment] in all things, may abound to every good work:"

GRACE FOR POWER

2 Corinthians 12:9  "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

GRACE FOR SERVICE

Hebrews 12:28  "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:"

GRACE TO ENDURE

Ephesians 2:8  "For by grace are ye [endure] saved [perfect passive, having been saved] through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:"

GRACE BY FAITH

Romans 5:2  "By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."

GRACE TO ESTABLISH THE HEART

Hebrews 13:9  "Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein."

GRACE TO HELP US

Hebrews 4:16  "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

MOTIVATING GRACE

1 Corinthians 15:10  "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."

CHRIST IS NOT DEAD IN VAIN

Galatians 2:21  "I do not frustrate [annul, reject] the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain."

GRACE BY JESUS CHRIST

John 1:17  "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."

THE WORD OF HIS GRACE

Acts 20:32  "And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified."

GRACE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE

2 Peter 1:2  "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge [epignwsiv, exact knowledge] of God, and of Jesus our Lord,"

GROW IN GRACE

2 Peter 3:18  "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen."

JUSTIFIED BY GRACE

Titus 3:7  "That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

GRACE BY FAITH

Romans 5:1-2  "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."

JUSTIFIED BY GRACE

Romans 3:24  "Being justified [present passive] freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:"

THRONE OF GRACE

Hebrews 4:16  "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

GRACE MUST REIGN

Romans 5:21  "That as sin hath reigned (has dominion) unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto [leading to] eternal [agelasting] life by Jesus Christ our Lord."

SERVANT OF GRACE

Romans 6:14  "For sin shall not have dominion (reign) over you: for ye are not under the law (sin reigns under law), but under (the throne) grace."

BE STRONG IN GRACE

2 Timothy 2:1  "Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus."

CONTINUE IN GRACE

Acts 13:43  "Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God."

GRACE LEADS TO AGELASTING LIFE

Romans 5:21  "That as sin hath reigned (has dominion) unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto [leading to] eternal [agelasting] life by Jesus Christ our Lord."

THE LAST WORD

Revelation 22:21  "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."