The Gift of Grace
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God’s Greatest Gift
God’s Greatest Gift
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
The Word of God has given to us to reshape our thinking about the world we live in. God has given us powerful gifts. Physical Gifts are only the result of a even greater gift.
In this passage we see two aspects of Grace.
In this passage we see two aspects of Grace.
Grace is declared to be
++A dispensation
++A gift
A dispensation is a period of time in which God works in a particular way.
A dispensation is a period of time in which God works in a particular way.
Dispensation
++Stewardship
++Administration
Throughout the biblical record we see this activity of God.
Throughout the biblical record we see this activity of God.
Old Testament Dispensations
++Innocence
++Conscious
++Patriarchs
++Law
Innocence
++Spans from Creation to the fall of Man
++Man knows God
++God knows man
Innocence extends from the creation of mankind to his sin in the Garden of Eden. The length of this time is unknown.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Conscience
++Spans from the Fall to Abraham
++Man hides from God
Conscience spans the time from the Fall of Man (the original sin) to Abraham.
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
The Time of the Patriarchs
++Spans from Abraham to Moses
++Man calls to God
++God calls man
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
The time of the Patriarchs reaches from Abraham to Moses.
The Law and the Prophets
++Spans from Moses to Christ
++God introduces Christ
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
The Law and Prophets time period extends from Moses to Jesus Christ.
New Testament
++Law
++Grace
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Paul recognized
++The Weakness of the law
++The Power of the Spirit
++The Strength of Grace
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Paul found in grace
++The source of his success
++The secret of his achievement
Grace
++Made him who He was
++Was not cheap
It was Grace
++That fueled his activity
++Kept him Going
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Grace was a gift from God
Grace was a gift from God
Grace is God’s favor
++Unearned
++Unmerited
++Undeserved
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
The Dispensation of Grace
++Was given by God
++Was given to Paul
++Was not for Paul
Grace would always be visible in benevolence
Grace would always be visible in benevolence
The grace he received was
++not for him to keep
++for him to release
Grace represented a shift
Grace represented a shift
It would not
++Be the elite
++Be the professional
++Be the perfect
14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Miracles happen
++Not because we deserve it
++Not because we want it
++When we believe
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
This Grace was not known
++It was hidden
++We were lost
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
The Gift of Grace
++Calls us to serve
++Commissions us to serve
++Compels us to serve
His Grace is amazing
His Grace is enough
His grace does what nothing else could do
Because of Grace
It’s a New Season for that same dispensation of grace that was upon Paul is now on us.