By Faith We Enter God’s Grace!

In Grace We Are Enabled To Stand!

Rom 5:2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of

God.

Standing in the Grace of God!

Rom 5:1-2 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have

peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this

grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Understanding what we have been given in Christ!

■One of the most important lessons we can learn is to realize and recognize what we have received “in Christ!”

■Salvation! (2 Tim. 2:10)■All spiritual blessings! (Eph. 1:3)■“Count your many blessings!” ■What would you put on your list?■Even the non-Christian would have a long list!■Every good gift & every perfect gift

(Js.1:17)

Two amazing blessings that God gives, mercy & grace!

■God who is full of mercy! ■Eph 2:4 But God, being full of mercy,

through the great love which He had for us.■God of all grace! ■1 Pet 5:10 But may the God of all grace,

who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

I. This Requires Strength!

■As this is the case when it comes to our physical lives, it is also the case when it comes to our spiritual lives!■Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the

counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

■Isa 40:31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

Right food, right nourishment, and right exercise!

■Food!■1 Pet 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk

of the word, that you may grow thereby.■Nourishment!

■Col 2:19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.

■Exercise■1 Tim 4:7 But reject profane and old wives' fables,

and exercise yourself toward godliness.

II. This Requires Stability!

■What does it mean to be unstable?■Financially unstable?■Mentally unstable?■For us to stand, it takes strength & stability!

■Stability = is the state or quality of being stable or secure (Oxford)

■If I was to ask you to cross a high bridge that was deemed “un-stable” would you?■Why or why not? Because it can’t be trusted, it

is unsafe, it can’t be counted on!

Stability in our Christian lives!

■We need to live lives that are trustworthy and can be counted on!■Col 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you

have put off the old man with his deeds.■Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may

grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

■We need to be stable in the doctrine of Christ, we need to be stable in our faith!■Eph. 4:14; 2 Jn. 1:9-11; Heb. 10:22-23

III. This Requires Sacrifice!

■How many of us have heard, or maybe even said, “we must make a stand; or stand up for what is right!”■What do we mean by this, what are we

asking?■We are asking people to “stop talking and

start walking!” It is time to move into action, it is time to get involved, it is time to make a sacrifice for what is right!

From talking to walking!

■Talking about helping others, talking about what is wrong with our country, talking about what needs to change, will only get us so far!■There comes a time when we must be

willing to act, to make a stand!■There comes a time we must be willing

to sacrifice!

A life of sacrifice!■Lk 9:23-24 Then He said to them all, "If

anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. "For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it."

■Rom 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Conclusion:■With God’s blessings comes responsibility!■We have been blessed to become a

blessing, forgiven to become forgiving, and saved to help save others!

■Are you truly “standing in the grace of God this morning?”

■Are you willing to stand up for what is right, are you willing to make a stand?

■If you are not a Christian, you have fallen already! (Rom. 3:23) all have sinned & fallen...