Where the Grace of God Will Not Reach!

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Where the Grace of God Will Not Reach!

• His Grace Reaches Me 596
• - Hymns for Worship (revised)

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Introduction

• Salvation involves both God and man!
• Grace is Gods part!
• Gods attitude toward man!
• Jn. 316
• Faith is mans part!
• Mans response to Gods spiritual provisions!
• Rom. 1017 51-2, 6-8
• 2 Cor. 57
• Gal. 311, 22-26
• Heb. 1038
• Heb. 11 Heroes hall of the faithful of old!

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Errors of the Grace-Unity Movement

• Unity in Diversity Proponents argue we can no
  more think alike than we can look alike. The say
  we have unity with the Christian Church by
  recognizing that we are different in our beliefs
  about using mechanical instruments of music in
  worship and by accepting each other in spite of
  this difference.
• Who Is A Christian
• Leroy Garret recognizes Christians in all
  denominations
• Rubel Shelly says that one is a Christian so long
  as he is baptized in order to obey God

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2006 ACU Annual Lectureship

• One taught, we are hypocrites when we look
  down our noses at the denominations, they are
  Christiansall come to Christ through the cross
  They taught we are NOT saved because we are
  right, BUT because Jesus was right. It is just
  the PERSON, not the doctrine They constantly
  said we are saved by GRACE, not by being united
  in doctrine, making fun of unity in doctrine and
  practice.
• Comments by brother David D. Bonner in his
  article entitled, ACU Lecturship-2006, Gospel
  Truths, April 2006, p.1.

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• Is The Grace Of God Limited?

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Gods grace will not reach those will not obey
His commandments!

• We must obey His commands!
• Jude 4-5
• John 1415 23 1510
• 1 Samuel 1522
• Let us heed the examples of old given for our
  learning!
• 1 Corinthians 101-12
• Romans 154

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Gods grace will not reach those who seek
salvation by the law of Moses!

• Justification by the Law of Moses demands
  perfection!
• Galatians 310-12 
• Trying to be justified by the Law of Moses is a
  yoke upon the neck!
• Acts 1510
• Following the Law of Moses severs one from the
  grace of God!
• Galatians 51-4

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Gods grace will not reach those who will not
believe!

• The Jews were saved by faith and grace just like
  the Gentiles!
• Acts 1511
• The jailor and his house were saved by an
  obedient faith!
• Acts 1630-32
• Faith is mans part and grace is Gods!
• Ephesians 28
• Mark 1616

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Gods grace will not reach those who refuse His
teaching!

• The gospel must be learned!
• John 644-45
• The grace of God teaches us how to live!
• Titus 211-12
• A perverted gospel condemns!
• Galatians 16-9
• We must obey the gospel of Christ!
• 2 Thess. 17-9

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Gods grace will not reach those who view grace
as a license to sin!

•  We cannot practice sin just because we are not
  under law, but under grace
• Romans 615-18
• Continued sin insults the Spirit of grace!
• Hebrews 1026-29
• We cannot practice sin lest we fall short of
  Gods grace
• Hebrews 1214-15

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1 John 34 Romans 323

• Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the
  law for sin is the transgression of the law.
• For all have sinned, and come short of the
  glory of God

If there is no law, there can be no sin, and
therefore, no need of grace!
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of
liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a
forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this
man shall be blessed in his deed (James 125
cf. Gal. 62)
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Gods grace will not reach those who refuse to
repent!

• Cannot continue in sin that grace may abound!
• Romans 61-2
• God demands repentance!
• Luke 2446-47
• Luke 133 5
• True repentance equals regret change of action
  or direction!
• Acts 2620

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Gods grace will not reach those who are not
humble!

• God resists the proud, but gives grace to the
  humble
• James 46-10
• God wants people who possess a contrite and
  humble spirit!
• Isaiah 5715 Psalms 5116-17
• As the elect of God, we must put on humility
  throughout our lives
• Colossians 312

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Gods grace will not reach those who are not
baptized into Christ!

• Jesus commanded baptism!
• Matthew 2818-20 Mark 1615-16
• All spiritual blessing are in Christ!
• Ephesians 11-3
• Galatians were baptized into Christ.
• Galatians 323-29
• Before the faith came, shut up under the law
• Law a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ
• No longer the schoolmaster after the faith came
• Children of God by faith in Christ Jesus
• Baptized into Christ
• Put on Christ
• All (Jews Gentiles) one in Christ
• Spiritual seed of Abraham
• Saved by grace through faith!
• Ephesians 25-9

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Conclusion

• We cannot be presumptuous and creative with the
  grace of God!
• We must learn, believe, repent, and humbly obey!
• We cannot earn salvation by perfection!
• 1 John 7-10
• We need Gods grace!
• But, we have to accept the reality of Gods
  revelation concerning His grace

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The Bible Plan of Salvation

• The Alien Sinner must
• Hear - Romans 1017
• Believe the Gospel - Romans 1014
• Confess Christ - Romans 109, 10
• Repent of your sins - Acts 238
• Be baptized into Christ - Acts 238
• An erring child of God must
• Repent and Pray - Acts 822-24