2. John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world throughout him.”
3. 1. Abundant Grace Ephesians 2:8-9 “God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.”
Simon the magician offered Peter money to receive the anointing. Acts 8:20 “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money.”
-The sinner must die. This statement met with another statement when Jesus died on the cross. -God had to punish the sinner but in His mercy, He chose to punish His own Son instead, to save the lost. -Grace through faith allows us to declare that “all the punishment I deserve fell on Jesus who committed no sin. All the good that Jesus should have received came to me instead; just because I believed in Him. God looks at me through His Son, Jesus, and I communicate with God through Jesus Christ as well.” We must realize that we don’t deserve grace and be transformed by this amazing gift.
Our problem is not that the law is spiritual, but that we have a carnal nature and we are slaves to sin.
- It can be defined as redemption, which clearly implies that a price is to be paid for freedom to become a reality and for enslavement to disappear altogether. -Salvation is the process by which man is ransomed from the enslavement of sin through the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary.
HOMEWORK: Make a list of people who are close to you, relatives and/or friends that have not yet opened their hearts to Jesus. Pray for them and ask the Lord for an opportunity where by you can share the plan of salvation with them, so that they can also share in God’s grace.
