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We’re going to *continue* on the *subject* of *Growing in Grace*.
*Last time* we were *on* the subject of *Hindrances to growing in Grace* and were going to *pick up from there*.
*I.*
Just *so* that we *all know what were talking about*, *Grace is God’s unmerited* (*unearned*) *favor*.
It is *also God’s riches at Christ expense*, it’s *God’s Holy Spirit*, but it’s *also the very heart felt attitude of God* which *moves Him toward people*.
*A*.
It is *because of God’s Grace* that *God* that He *chooses* *to be involved in our lives*.
*1.*
But *God’s Grace* is *also* the *power active within us* that *empowers us* or *gives us the ability* *to do the will of God*.
*a.*
He *gives us* the *ability* *to do what He has told us* to do.
*b.*
Look at */1COR 15:10/*
*i.*
You could say it this way, (*/1 Corinthians 15:10/*) “*/By the grace of God I am what I am: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me/*.”
*ii.*
*Paul* even *adds* in this that *all his hard work was* only *done by the Grace of God*.
*2.* *Paul* *was* even *having* a *problem with a messenger of Satan*.
*a.*
The *Lord said* to him, “*/My Grace is sufficient (enough) for thee/*.”
*3.*
It *only through the Grace of God* that *we can do what He has told us to do*.
*a.*
Look at */LUKE 6:30-34/*.
*i.*
The word “*/thank/*” in *these Vs is the Greek word* “*/Charis/*” which *almost always is translated* “*/Grace/*.”
*ii.*
Let’s *read* these *same Vs* *replacing* the *word* “*/Thank/*” *with* the word “*/Grace/*.”
(*/LUKE 6:30-34/*)
*b.*
*You need to go beyond the human ability* */to give/*, */love/* and to */do good/* to others, *you need the Grace to do it*.
(Especially those that hath you.)
*c.*
*Look at the benefits* that Jesus adds in */LUKE 6:35/*.
*B.* *How* do we *Grow in Grace*?
*1.* (*/Ephesians 2:8/*) It says, “*/For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God/*:”
*a.* *How* do we *get faith* so that we can *tap into* the *Grace of God*?
*b.* (*/Romans 10:17/*) Says, “*/So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God/*.”
*i.* *As you hear the Word* of God *and mediate* on His Word, *faith comes*.
*ii.*
*When you have faith*, *you can tap into Grace of God*.
*2.*
The *2nd* way that *you tap into the Grace of God* is *by spending time in His presence*.
*a.*
(*/Hebrews 4:16/*) Says, “*/Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need/*.”
*II.
*Now *there are* also *some* *hindrances to growing in Grace*.
*A. **/GAL 1:6/*
1.
*The Judaizers* --*keeping the law* *and faith in Christ*.
*Salvation by Grace alone*.
*B. *Look at */GAL 5:4/*
*1.
*Notice that phrase, “*/Fallen from grace/*.”
*a.
*To *fall from Grace* *is to allow God’s Grace* to *become* *null and void*.
*b.
*It *also means* to *trust in something* else *other than God’s ability*.
*2.
*The */Phillips translation/* words this same */V/* this way, “*/You put yourself outside the range of Grace/*.”
*III.
**Not all Christians* are *growing in Grace*.
*A. **Many are going backwards* or *regressed* *in* *their* *growth in Grace* and in the Lord.
*B. *There are *some things that hinder* people *from Growing in Grace*.
*I’m going to share* some of them with you.
And so that it *might help* *you get* back *in the race* *and* continue to *grow in Grace*.
*1.
**Last weak* we said the *1st* *hindrance* is *LIGHTNESS*.
*a.
**In this age* that were in *everything seems to be so light*.
*No body takes things seriously*.
(Catching venereal diseases, wars, drugs.)
*i.
**People just don’t take them seriously any more*.
*They make light of them*.
*We’re living in an age of lightness*.
*b.
**It seems that same spirit of lightness has crept into the church and into the lives of individual Christians*.
*i.
**Everyone likes light reading material*, even *Christian material is getting light*.
*ii.
**Lets get into the meat of God’s Word*, *lets get into the deep things of God*.
*a.* *What are the deeper things of God*?
*b.* *It’s not new things or things not heard before*.
*c.*
*It’s the Word of God* *that is going to make a difference in you life*.
(*Weather* you have *never heard it or you have heard it a 1000 times*.)
*iii.
*Lets find *things that will feed our spirit*.
*c.
**Another area* of *lightness* which I feel is *even more important*, is that *there is a spirit of irreverence in the churches today*.
*i.
**Taking the Spirit of God too lightly*.
*ii*.
(*/Psalm 46:10/*) “*/Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth/*.”
*a.
**This* V *is talking about reverencing God*.
*b.
*I think one of our *biggest problems with irreverence is that no one has taught* on *it*.
*iii.
**/1COR 12:7‑11/*
*a.
*We need to remember that the *things that come from God are holy*.*
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*b.
*But *too many times we see people moving around or talking or clipping their nails or some other thing when God is doing something.
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*d.
**Weather* it’s the *gifts of the Spirit* in operation, *Praying for someone*, the *Word of God* going forth, *Praising and Worshipping* the Lord, or even *Giving* *time*.
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