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Gen. 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
LORD.
Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they
hated and persecuted him, because both by his life
and preaching he condemned the world.
But he found grace in the eyes of the Lord,
and this was honour and comfort enough.
Mercy & Grace
Mercy & Grace is God withholding His righteous judgment
against my sins; while allowing me
the opportunity to receive eternal
life & Heaven, though I do not
deserve them.
Grace encompasses His Holiness
Holiness is "separateness"
God demands that His people be Holy,
i.e. separated unto Him
Leviticus 11:44 ‘For I am the LORD your God. You shall
therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I
am holy.
1 Peter 1:16 because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."
Grace encompasses His Truth
Truth is part of God’s Existence,
Knowledge, Power, and Glory.
Psalm 19:9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever: the
judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether
We can believe everything He says in
His word and can depend on His
promises.
Deut. 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his
ways are judgement: a God of truth and without iniquity,
just and right is he.
Grace encompasses His Righteousness
Righteousness is embracing Holy
principles and conformity to the life of
Christ
Perhaps a more basic meaning would be faithfulness.
Psalm 96.13 He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in faithfulness.
Grace encompasses His Justice
Justice is what happens based on
what's right.
Justice also means rendering to
everyone that which is his due.
Zephaniah 3:5 The LORD is righteous in her midst, He
will do no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His
justice to light; He never fails, But the unjust knows no
shame.
Psalms 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.
Grace encompasses His Goodness
The “goodness” of God is prominent in
- Gen. 1: 4~31.
Psalms 33:5 He loves righteousness and justice; The
earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
Psalms 107:1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is
good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting
Probably the most important, was sending a
Message of Goodness, the Gospel.
The Good News is that God Loves us and Gave
us His Most Precious Gift.
Grace encompasses His Love
God is love and so the source of love.
God defines love this way:
1 John 4:9-10 In this the love of God was manifested toward
us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we
loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
Grace encompasses His Mercy
God's Mercy is His goodness and love shown
towards people who have no way out.
Love and Mercy come together to bring about the
rescue of the dead and dying.
Romans 3:10 There is none righteous, no, not one;
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the
glory
of God
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the
gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The wages of sin is death or spiritual separation from God
Grace precedes faith
The grace that has awakened us to God; is also
a work of God and not ourselves.
Faith itself is not an act of will or a decision of
the mind, but a gift of the Holy Spirit.
Salvation by grace leaves no room for human boasting
Eph. 2:8,9 For by grace you have been saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not
of works, lest anyone should boast.
Mixing works with grace is a denial of true grace
Rom. 11:6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works;
otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it
is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
Grace and liberty can be so difficult to
achieve and live with balance.
Legalists do not walk freely in the grace of God
Liberals attempt to use the grace of God as an
excuse for sinful living.
Galatians 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free.
Romans 6:7 For he who has died is freed from sin.
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus has set you free.
John 8:36
So if the Son makes you free, you will be free
indeed.
We need the grace of God for our daily
walk with God.
Believers, who are already saved still need grace
for living the Christian life.
Eph. 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that
we should walk in them.
Rom. 12:1~2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable
service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may
prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of
God.
Grace is necessary for salvation, without
grace we cannot have eternal life.
Tit. 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has
appeared to all men
Rom. 3:24 being justified freely by His grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus
God’s Mercy toward us
Sin is universal and touches everything that is touched
by humanity.
You cannot talk about grace, without taking sin
seriously.
Matthew 5:45b that you may be sons of your Father in
heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the
good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
God gives the sun and the rain; the same is true of His
grace
Mercy is not salvation.
Anything this side of hell is a mercy
Lamentations 3:22 through the LORD’S mercies we are not
consumed, Because His compassions fail not.
Just the fact that evil exists; God shows his mercy, grace,
and compassion.
APPLICATION
Hand of Mercy
There is nothing that keeps us even one moment out of
hell, but the mercy of God.
John 3:18. "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but
he who does not believe is condemned already, because he
has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God
The bible says that there are but a few saved
How many have died before and are gone to hell
But each one imagines that he has a better chance than
all those before him.
So why does God judge and condemn the
lost to hell.
Sin is the transgression of the law of God, who is
perfectly just.
Sin and transgression cannot be removed but by the
grace of God through Jesus Christ:
Luke 16: 19~31 rich man in Hades (they have Moses &
Prophets)
So why does God judge and condemn the
lost to hell.
Ezra 9:13 "And after all that has come upon us for our evil
deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God have
punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given
us such deliverance as this,
Psalm 103: 8~10 The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow
to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive
with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not
dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us
according to our iniquities.
Hand of Grace
Salvation originates with God.
He takes the ungodly sinners that we are and saves those
who come to trust in Him through Jesus Christ.
Luke 13:24 "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for
many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
Matt 7: 21~23 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will
of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me in that day,
‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out
demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your
name?’ "And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Sin is the gate of hell, and wickedness the
way to destruction
Grace is the gate of Heaven, to all
who put their trust in Jesus Christ
Rom. 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God,
Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God
is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly,
I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God."
John 3:36
"He who believes in the
Son has everlasting life;
and he who does not
believe the Son shall not
see life, but the wrath of
God abides on him."