Jan. 07, 2024

“A Gift Too Good to Keep”
Central Idea: God’s grace, absolutely essential in our lives, must be
shared with others.
I. Grace Defined
1. Grace is ____________________
• ___________________, __________, _____________ favor
• Acts 15:11 (NLT)
We are _______ used to grace.
We have to understand God owes us _____________. Yet in His
grace, He has given us _________________.
2. Grace is _______________ - not regarded as ________ to happen
• Romans 3:23 & 6:23
• How likely is it that God comes to help us?
• Don’t think God ________ you grace.
• Don’t deny the great ____________ your sin is to God.
• Remembering what you truly ____________ from God will
keep His grace unexpected.
II. Grace Supplied
In the Bible the grace of God is described as...
• _____________ (Ephesians 1:6)
• _____________ (Acts 4:33)
• _______ (Ephesians 1:7)
• _______________ (never a ____________ - 2 Corinthians 12:9)
God does not measure out His grace to us one ________ at a time.
God ________ out His grace to us.
III. Grace in Action
• Grace of God in our salvation
• Matthew 26:39-44 — Jesus taking the ________ for us
• cup = God’s _____________ for sin
Application:
1. Remember Jesus’s sacrifice that keeps you from facing God’s
judgment.
• ________ as you eat
• __________ as you celebrate communion
2. Remember the grace of God in your life & _______ it with others.
• Six lost people I would love to see come to Christ.
1. _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _____________________
4. _____________________
5. _____________________
6. _____________________
• Praying ________________ for them.
• God wants them to hear and ____________ to the gospel.
• God wants to ______ you as part of these individuals coming
to saving faith in Him.