1 MIKE MAZZALONGO Introduction For I am not

1 MIKE MAZZALONGO Introduction

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. - Romans 1: 16

PROPER WORSHIP INSPIRATION BAPTISM GRACE

Outline 1. Renouncing of Grace – 1: 1 to 3: 20 Universal Sin

Outline 1. Renouncing of Grace – 1: 1 to 3: 20 2. Response of Grace – 3: 20 to 7: 25 Cross of Christ

Outline 1. Renouncing of Grace – 1: 1 to 3: 20 2. Response of Grace – 3: 20 to 7: 25 3. Request of Grace – Chapter 8 Spirit filled living

Outline 1. Renouncing of Grace – 1: 1 to 3: 20 2. Response of Grace – 3: 20 to 7: 25 3. Request of Grace – Chapter 8 4. Refusal of Grace – Chapters 9 to 11 The Jews stumble

Outline 1. 2. 3. 4. Renouncing of Grace – 1: 1 to 3: 20 Response of Grace – 3: 20 to 7: 25 Request of Grace – Chapter 8 Refusal of Grace – Chapters 9 to 11 5. Result of Grace – Chapters 12 to 16 The Church of Christ

Definitions of Grace ELEO = Mercy CHARIS = Favor O. T – Mercy is safety from enemies and sin N. T – Extension of God’s character seen in love and mercy toward man in general

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. - Titus 3: 4 -7

Misconception of Grace • Roman Catholicism – Grace distributed through sacramental system

Misconception of Grace • Roman Catholicism • Pelagianism “Just do it”

Misconception of Grace • Roman Catholicism • Pelagianism • Calvinism – Predestination = God knew – Election = God chose

Misconception of Grace • Roman Catholicism • Pelagianism • Calvinism • Legalism – Thermometer Religion

Thermometer Concept of Grace What God Provides What man provides toward salvation

Thermometer Concept of Grace God’s part 100% Man’s part 0%

What Salvation Requires 1. A Perfect Life of Obedience

who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. - 1 Peter 2: 22 -24

What Salvation Requires 1. A Perfect Life of Obedience 2. A Divine Spirit

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; - Hebrews 9: 24

By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, - Hebrews 10: 10 -12

Grace: Summary Definition God’s original creation of the world with man at the head of it; His subsequent decision to save fallen man through the method of atonement accomplished by Jesus; and His establishment of the church in order to reveal this plan to all mankind – this is grace.