Gripping Grace

REVIEW

GRACE

Humility - am I teachable?

Word of God – Do I know his report?

Spirit of God- Do I know his ‘nudge’?

Obedience – Am I doing my part?

FAITH

GRACE is critical because it is vital to everything for our

spiritual present and future

God’s PROVISION(Will of God)

INTRODUCTION

FAITH is critical because it is vital on

our side of the equation to connect

with God

Human ACQUISITION(Will of Man)

INTRODUCTION

ILLUSTRATION

ILLUSTRATION

ILLUSTRATION

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Hebrews10:35 – 11:6

SCRIPTURE

35  So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

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36  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

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37  For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay.

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38  But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.“

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39  But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.

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1  Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2  This is what the ancients were commended for.

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3  By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

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SCRIPTURE4  By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

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SCRIPTURE5  By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

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6  And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

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CONFINDENCE

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Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective.

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Confidence is first an impulse or a sense then it becomes based upon experience

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Confidence enables us to

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Confidence needs to be ties to something additional : ENDURANCE

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Scripture urges us to not cast away confidence but to strengthen our grip upon it and assign it high value… “do not cast away your confidence , which has great reward”

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ENDURANCE

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Endurance: “the fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.”

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Endurance takes us past the logical stopping points…it starts a new chapter instead of ending the book…

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Endurance takes us past the doing of the will of God into the enjoyment of the promise associated with the will of God

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FAITHFULLNESS is the process of FAITH

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POINT THREE

THOROUGHNESS

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“ finding every opportunity and application and exploring it fully”

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“ those who believe to the saving of the soul ”

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Salvation is in its first moment life in the spirit of a man – breathed by the Spirit of God – RESURRECTION of the spirit.

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Salvation in its ultimate movement is the RESURRECTION of the body

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Salvation in its intermediate movement is the transformation of the MIND, WILL, and EMOTION

NEW CREATION

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REWARD

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…not earnings(we deserve hell)

… short term(change of destiny)(life – please God)

… long term(new body/perfection)