FREED BY GRACE

June 15, 2024

Michael Boyd

FREED BY GRACE LISTEN ON MIXLR @ https://gbcsl.mixlr.com WATCH US ON YOU TUBE LIVE @ http://www.youtube.com/gracechurch-slus/live BACKGROUND Acts 15:1 ESV But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Acts 15:8-11 8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, 9 and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith. 10 Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? 11 But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.” But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.” Legalism Working in our own power. Spiritual Disciplines are not about making you pleasing to God The Grace that saves us is the Grace that sustains us IN Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. Colossians 1:29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me. Philippians 1:6 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Phillipians 2:12-13 Working according to our own rules. Working in order to earn God’s favor. Legalism Destroyed ... 13 For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born,[d] and who called me by his grace Galatians 1:13-15 1. The gospel is free. Gal 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Grace the root of our salvation and peace is the fruit of our salvation. God’s pleasure in us is based on His performance for us. God the Father has initiated our salvation Gal 1:4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, God the Father has initiated our salvation. A. God the Father has initiated our salvation. 15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born,[d] and who called me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to[e] me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone This gospel is not invented by man. This gospel is revealed by God. B. This gospel is revealed by God. God the Son has accomplished our salvation. God the Father is the initiator of our salvation; God the Son has accomplished our salvation. “who gave himself for our sins. Christ has done everything necessary for our salvation. We malign the gospel when we add to grace. We misunderstand the gospel when we cheapen grace We misunderstand the gospel when we cheapen grace WE MARVEL AT THE GOSPEL WHEN WE TRUST GRACE. The gospel of grace is a gospel of rescue The gospel is freeing. By His grace, The gospel frees us from sin in this world. We are free to share with this world. Galatians 1:15-16 ESV But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; Grace Baptist Church of Second Life PODCAST HTTPS://PODPOINT.COM/GRACE-BAPTIST-CHURCH-OF-SECOND-LIFE-PODCAST WEBSITE https://gracebaptistofsecondlife.godaddysites.com