The Riches

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The Riches

• of Grace

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Misunderstanding Grace

• Grace is a concept that is difficult to grasp
  because we live primarily under the philosophy of
  a tit-for-tat world.
• We are consumed with the concept called Fairness
• We find order in our lives through the concept
  called Justice

Misunderstanding Grace
Grace
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Misunderstanding Grace

• The difficulty is that
• Fairness is a two sided sword
• and Justice is blind to human error.
• So we demand Fairness only when its in our
  favour
• And we confuse Justice with Cruelty

In a tit-for-tat world
But do we really understand Grace?
Fairness prompts the call for Retribution
Justice forms the basis for Vengeance.
Fairness
So Forgiveness is despised as an Excuse for
continued wrong and thus Unfair
Excuse
Unfair
Justice
and Grace is confused for Weakness in the face of
obvious sin and thus Unjust.
Weakness
Unjust
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Misunderstanding Grace
But do we really understand Grace?

• Grace is when the Perfectly Sinless
• takes the place of the Absolutely Sinful
• so that the Absolutely Sinful
• can be perfectly sinless.

A tit-for-tat world sees injustice
and demands that the Offender bears the price of
that injustice so that the Offended may be
satisfied.
Incomparable Grace
So Forgiveness is despised as an Excuse for
continued wrong and thus Unfair
Grace sees injustice
Grace
is
and Grace is confused for Weakness in the face of
obvious sin and thus Unjust.
and bears the price of that injustice so that the
Offender may be saved.
Indescribably Costly
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Incomparable Grace

• (Ephesians 26-7) God raised us up with Christ
  and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in
  Christ Jesus

raised
us
up
with
(Ephesians 26-7) in order that in the coming
ages He might show
(Ephesians 26-7) the incomparable riches of His
grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ
Jesus.
the
incomparable
His
Christ
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with
Him
in
the
riches
expressed
of
His
grace
Do you know His grace?
heavenly
realms
kindness
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to
us
in
Grace is the incomparable and amazing story of
God going beyond the essentials
Incomparable Grace
(2 Corinthians 129) Jesus said, "My grace is
sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect
in weakness."
God not only saved us from our Sin,
He
He
Were
He showed us
Gift of an Abounding Life
Gift of Unsurpassed Blessing
Gift of Amazing Grace
Gift of Tender Kindness
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Incomparable
Grace
Do you know His grace?
Grace in Contrast
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Grace in Contrast

• (Ephesians 28-9) For it is by grace you have
  been saved, through faith--and this not from
  yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works,
  so that no one can boast.

Do you know Him?
Grace in Contrast
Grace that is subjected to the rules of a
tit-of-tat world is not grace at all
WARNING
Grace that saves us from the power and the
penalty of Sin
comes from the hand of God alone.
True Grace
because Grace accomplishes what we cannot do for
ourselves
The Gift of Grace cannot be worked for
God calls it a Me Faith
A Fake Grace
A faith designed to fool us.