LIVING UNDER GRACE Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 16 of 36 Romans 6:14 Rick Warren In our last study we looked at the first part of this verse and what it meant to live "under the Law". Now we look at the meaning of "living under grace". I. THE MEANING OF "GRACE" DEFINITIONS: Characteristics…

Thomas S. Myers TROPHIES OF GRACE Ephesians 2:7-9 FIRST -- THE PURPOSE OF SALVATION. Why would God want to save a bunch of filthy sinners? We were dead in trespasses and sins. We walked according to the course of this world. We walked according to the prince of the power of the air. We have fulfilled…

What Makes Grace So Amazing? Romans 4:4-8 This morning, we continue a series of messages on the subject of "grace". We have been focusing our attention on this one single doctrine, because a correct understanding of God’s grace is at the center of our faith. It is absolutely foundational. A clear, accurate…

Dead Men Walking Ephesians 2:1-3 Introduction A man went to visit his well to do friend who had been taken ill. When he showed up at the door, the butler at first refused to let him in stating that the man will ill and could not be disturbed. “Nonsense,” said the friend. “It’s all in his mind. He just…

Romans 5:1-2 Introduction At the mission service we had in church last Sunday, one of the presenters who had spent some time in a third world country commented, “I realized how privileged I have been.” There are a lot of ways in which that person could have meant that. They could have meant it in terms…

The apostle Paul wrote this letter to the Galatians because He wanted to turn the Galatian people away from some bad theology. Bad theology always results in bad behavior or to state it another way, many (maybe most) of our personal and practical problems are theological. Theology affects the way you…

Philipians 10. At the beginning of the last chapter Paul warned the believers in Philippi – three times he told them to BEWARE! [P] [Philippians 3:2-3 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and…

The Gospel According to Genesis Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on December 9, 2007 www.goldcountrybaptist.org Luke 24:13-27 (NASB95) 13 And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 And they were…

Anyone involved in sports knows that you have to practice the fundamentals of your sport over and over and over again. The infielder must always practice fielding ground balls the correct way; the basketball player must continue to practice freethrows; the field goal kicker must practice kicking properly;…

How were those before Jesus saved? Simple answer by faith.

GOD'S SOVERIEGN GRACE OUTLINE The Soveriegn Grace of God Foreordination Foreknowledge Election Predestination I. THE SOVERIEGN GRACE OF GOD: A. SOVERIEGNTY: Supreme and independent authority. (Authority is the freedom or right to do as one pleases.) B. God does not merely possess authority, (no one gave…

Philipians 10. At the beginning of the last chapter Paul warned the believers in Philippi – three times he told them to BEWARE! [P] [Philippians 3:2-3 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and…

Choose Grace Galatians 2:21 *There was a time in many of our Baptist churches where right and wrong were clearly defined. People in the church KNEW what was acceptable behavior! People knew which establishments in the town were acceptable and which were not, people knew which forms of entertainment were…