Good News About Grace What’s Amazing About Grace – Part 1 of 6

Good News About Grace
What’s Amazing About Grace – Part 1 of 6

“The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich
in love.” Psalm 145:8

WHAT IS GRACE?
G – God’s To Me.
“All of us need to be made right with God by His grace, which is a free gift…through Jesus Christ.” Romans 3:24 (NCV)

“…When he had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished.’ With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”
 John 19:30

R – By Faith.
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9

“People receive God’s promise by having faith. This happens so the promise can be a free gift.” Romans 4:16 (NCV)

“How I weep for you, my brother Jonathan; how much I loved you! And your love for me was deeper than the love of women!”  2 Samuel 1:26 (LB)

“David said ‘Is there anybody still alive in Saul’s household that I can show kindness to for Jonathan’s sake?… Is there no one still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?’ [They] answered the king, ‘There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet.’” 2 Samuel 9:1,3

“And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was crippled in both feet.”
2 Samuel 9:13

A – To Everyone.

“I can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, ‘Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our super-spiritual projects had everyone talking.’ And do you know what I am going to say? ‘You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don’t impress me one bit. You’re out of here.”     Matthew 7:22–23 (MSG)

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13

G – Grace through Christ.
“The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” John 1:17 (NCV)

“For God took the sinless Christ and poured into him our sins. Then, in exchange, he poured God’s goodness into us!”
2 Corinthians 5:21 (LB)

“…many people have received God’s gift of life by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:15 (NCV)

“[Don’t] treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if we could be saved by keeping the law, then there was no need for Christ to die.” Galatians 2:21 (NLV)

E – throughout .
“The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 (NLV)

Four Characteristics Of Heaven:
A place of reunion. (1 Thes 4:16–17; Heb 12:22–23)
A place of reward. (2 Cor 5:10; Matt 6:19–20)
A place of reassignment. (Matt 25:21; Luke 19:17)
A place of release. (Rev 21:4; Is 25:8)

“The Lord longs to be gracious to you.”
Isaiah 30:18

All scripture verses in New International unless otherwise noted.