"Suddenly Moments"
The Power of Grace • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 25:28
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· 185 viewsThis is a rebroadcast of the message given at Naalehu Assembly of God on September 23. 2018.
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The Power of Grace
The Power of Grace
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:1
Life is full of challenges
Life is full of challenges
In the beginning the world was
++Formless
++Empty
++Dark
Yet God spoke
++Let there be
++And it was so
Creation would be marked by
++God’s Declaration
++The world’s Response
Suddenly Moments
Suddenly Moments
God’s work doesn’t require everything to be
++right
++perfect
++good
This is the atmosphere of Grace
This is the atmosphere of Grace
God’s first words
++Imperfect Conditions
++Expression of Grace
And Suddenly...
And Suddenly...
Suddenly means something that happens quickly or unexpected
Suddenly means something that happens quickly or unexpected
The Bible is filled with Suddenly moment
We will all experience suddenly moments in our life.
What do we do when we are face with a suddenly moment?
What do we do when we are face with a suddenly moment?
Human reasoning tells us
We can
++Response to the situation
++React to the cucumstances
++Recall the moment
God reminds us of his grace
God reminds us of his grace
22 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Because I know the Lord’s Favor
++I am not overwhelmed
++I am loved
++I have Hope
++I know the Lord is Good
Grace is the foundation of Salvation
Grace is the foundation of Salvation
Grace is the foundation of Salvation
Grace is the foundation of Salvation
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
We too were undone
++We were dead
Ephesians 2:
++We broke God’s law
++We had sinned
But God still speaks grace
But God still speaks grace
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
The Character of God
Ephesians 2:4-5
++Rich in mercy
++Great in love
++He loves us
++Where we are
We were enemies of God
++Broken, bruise and tatters
++Marred by sin
Marred by sin
++Separated from God
He has quickened us
++With Christ
++By Grace
Grace promises a brighter future
Grace promises a brighter future
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:7
The Future is his Work
++The riches of his Grace
++His revealed kindness for us
++Because of Christ
Gen 1
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Grace makes salvation possible
Grace makes salvation possible
God’s Love
++Not for the Righeous
++Not for the Holy
++for the world
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God has given all the world
++The Greatest Love
++The Greatest Sacrifice
++The Greatest Reward
++
All we have to do is Believe.
All we have to do is Believe.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Faith Trust
++Provision of Grace
Mark
++Purpose of Grace
++Power of Grace
His Grace
++Is Provided for the Suddenly Moment
++Works within the Suddenly moments
++Will carry you through the Suddenly Moment
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
2 Cor 9:8
God is able
++To make grace abound
++To release grace to you
++To make grace enough
He can do it _Suddenly_
He can do it _Suddenly_
Suddenly
7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
All things are possible if you believe
All things are possible if you believe
Trouble all around
Heartache and pain
God sees, God knows, God cares for you
Just Believe
Just Believe
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Acts 2:1
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.