Grace

Q: What does the Bible say about grace?

The Bible describes grace as God's unmerited favor and the means by which we are saved through faith in Jesus Christ. Grace is fundamental to the Christian faith, characterized as unmerited favor bestowed upon us by God. The psalmist in Psalm 45:2 reflects on how grace is poured into the lips of Christ, indicating that He embodies all grace, mercy, and love of God without measure. In Ephesians 2:8-9, we learn that we are saved by grace through faith, highlighting that it is not our works that earn salvation, but rather God's grace freely given. Jesus exemplifies this grace throughout His ministry, forgiving sins, offering mercy, and fulfilling God’s promise of redemption.

Q: How do we know the doctrine of grace is true?

The doctrine of grace is substantiated through Scripture and the person of Jesus Christ, who fulfills God's promises and extends grace to humanity. The truth of the doctrine of grace is firmly grounded in the Scriptures and the life and works of Jesus Christ. In Psalm 45, the psalmist declares that grace is poured into His lips—this signifies the divine authority and truth of Christ as the ultimate revelation of God. Additionally, through the New Testament, we see that grace overrides human failure and sin, as found in Romans 5:20-21, where grace abounds even more than sin. Christ's personal sacrifice, as highlighted in John 3:16, affirms that through Him, grace is accessible to all who believe, making the doctrine of grace an unshakeable truth in Christian theology.

Q: Why is grace important for Christians?

Grace is essential for Christians as it grants forgiveness, fosters spiritual growth, and secures eternal life through faith in Christ. Grace is critical for Christians because it is the foundation upon which our faith is built. Through grace, we receive forgiveness for our sins, as seen in Ephesians 1:7, which states, 'In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.' This forgiveness not only liberates us from sin but also allows us to grow spiritually, as 2 Peter 3:18 encourages us to grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ultimately, grace assures us of eternal life with God, as it is through grace we are saved, making it central to our beliefs and practices as followers of Christ.

Q: What is the relationship between grace and faith?

Grace and faith are interconnected; grace is God's gift to humanity, and faith is the means by which we receive that gift. The relationship between grace and faith is a core aspect of Reformed theology, with Ephesians 2:8-9 encapsulating this dynamic. The passage clearly states that we are saved by grace through faith, emphasizing that grace is a divine initiative, while faith is our response. This connection illustrates that while grace is freely given by God, it is through faith that we accept and experience salvation. Furthermore, faith itself is also a gift from God, as Romans 10:17 indicates that faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. Essentially, grace and faith work together, where grace opens the door for salvation, and faith walks through it to receive God's promises.

Psalm 45. Now here's the title
of the message. Grace. Grace. That's the title of this
message. Grace. In Psalm 45, verse 1, the psalmist
says, My heart is indicting a good matter. My heart is boiling over. My heart is bubbling up. My heart
is full and running over with a good matter, with good news,
with glad tidings. For I speak, listen, my heart
is bubbling over. It is filled and running over
with good matter, for I speak of the things which I have made
touching my King, I speak of my King. I speak to the King. I speak of things pertaining
to the King. That's why my heart is bubbling
up. That's why my heart's overflowing.
I'm speaking about the King. And I thought, what a temptation
and how guilty I've been of this so many times and through many
years, what a temptation to speak of ourselves. When we get up
to speak, when we open our mouths to talk about ourselves, many
do, most do. And you know, we are such an
empty subject in the light of His person and His work and His
glory, aren't we? What an empty subject to talk
about me and mine. in the light of His person and
His work. And then what a temptation, I've
been guilty of this so much, of defending my position and
my principles, knowing that I know in part, and we're preaching
part, and I see through a glass dimly, and even at my best I'm
an unprofitable servant. And yet I speak of myself and
my doings, and it embarrasses me. What a temptation is ours
to delight in our gifts and our talents and our ability and our
possessions, all of them borrowed and all of them destined to decay.
But the psalmist has the right subject. He said, my heart's
boiling over. My heart's bubbling up because
I'm speaking of the things pertaining to my King." Paul caught that. The Apostle Paul said, I preach
not myself, we preach not ourselves, but we preach Christ Jesus the
Lord, ourselves servants. That's all we are, servants,
your servants for Christ's sake. We preach Christ. Then again
he said to the Corinthians, I'm determined I'm determined. When I came among you, I was
determined not to know anything among you but Jesus Christ and
Him crucified, the person and worth of Christ. Oh, He said
to the Galatians, God forbid, God forbid, that I should glory
save in the cross of my Lord Jesus Christ. I wish the world
is crucified unto me and I unto the world. And then look at verse
1 again. In this heart of mine that's
boiling over and bubbling up with such a good matter, glad
tidings, good news, I speak of things pertaining to my King,
and that being the subject, my tongue is the pen of a ready
writer. I've got something to say. I
have something to say. Two important things here. You
mark two words here. The word heart and the word tongue. My heart and my tongue. Now listen to me. Old Brother
Mews used to say, listen to Brother Mews now. Here's where the whole
issue is decided and determined. My heart and my tongue. If thou shalt confess with thy
mouth, and believe with our heart. My heart, my tongue. That's my
two major areas. That's where she all, that's
where it is. My heart and my tongue. If the
heart is full of Christ and His love and His glory and His person,
then my tongue will speak of Him. If my heart is full of myself,
I tell you, I'll speak of myself. Isn't that right? If my heart
is full of venom, venom will be what I'll speak. Hatred is
what I'll speak. Love is what I'll speak. If it's
Christ, that's what I'll put. You see, as a man thinketh in
his heart, that's what he is. God said, out of the heart the
mouth speaketh. That's where it comes from. He
says, my heart is bubbling over. My heart is overflowing with
a good matter. I speak pertaining to my King. Therefore, my tongue is ready
to take up the subject. Isn't that right? David wrote,
and Paul picked it up later, I believe, therefore I spoke. The tongue is nothing but the
overflow of the heart. When you hear people speak in
bitterness, they've got a bitter heart. It's overflow. Whatever the container's full
of, that's what'll leak out when you squeeze it. That's right. Whatever this heart's full of,
when you squeeze it, that's what belches out. My heart is full
and running over with the love of Christ. So my tongue then
is a ready, ready writer. My tongue is always ready to
express what my heart feels. If the heart is filled with Christ,
the tongue will speak of Christ. If the heart is filled with love
for Christ, then the tongue will respond accordingly. A man writes
and speaks. and witnesses from the material
that's in his heart, for the heart and the tongue are inseparably
united. Oh, for a broken heart. Oh, for a gentle heart. Oh, for
a contrite heart. Oh, for a loving heart, because
that's what's going to overflow. All right, let's come back to
that. My text is verse 2. But before
I come back to verse 2 for a few moments, I want to run through
this psalm just briefly now, believe me. Run through it. Skip through the psalm and read
what he says about his King. My heart's bubbling over. My
heart's overflowing with the glory and person and majesty
of my King. And he says in verse 2, he's
fairer than the children of men. There's none with him can compare. All others are marred by sin,
they're scarred. He's fairer than all the fair.
He's altogether lovely. He's the fairest of ten thousand.
The rose of Sharon, lily of the valley. He's the glorious, victorious
warrior. Gird thy sword upon thy fire,
O mighty, O most mighty, with thy glow in thy majesty. He shall
have preeminence over all his enemies. He is victorious. We see not now all things under
his feet, but they are there. The victory is his. He said it's
finished. The war is over, Mark. And he rides in the forefront
of the victory parade, and in thy majesty ride prosperously
because of truth and meekness and righteousness, and thy right
hand shall teach thee terrible things. He rides in the forefront
of the victory parade, for only in him are truth and mercy, righteousness
and peace, meekness and majesty all met together. And verse 5
says, Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies.
All his enemies shall fall where? Under him. Look at it. Thine
arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies, whereby
their people fall under thee. Satan said, I'll exalt my throne
above the stars of God. God said no, under his feet.
Under his feet. Every enemy will be his footstool. And then verse 6 is that quotation
from Hebrews, or Hebrews is the quotation from this, unto the,
which of the angels did he say this? None. Thy throne, O God. Thy throne, O God, is forever. Thy covenant's forever. Thy kingdom's
forever. Thy priesthood's forever. Everything
about Him is forever and ever. And grace reigns through righteousness. The scepter of thy kingdom is
a righteous scepter." And then he said in verse 7,
and he's the only one of whom this can be said, he loves righteousness and hates
wickedness. I wish I did. Don't you? He loves righteousness. There's
no creature in heaven, earth, or under the earth upon whom
that can be said. He loves righteousness. He came. He said, I come, and
the volume of the book is written of me. I delight to do thy will. I delight to do thy will. It
doesn't matter what it is. If thy will leads me to a cross,
I delight to do thy will. If thy will leads me to a tomb,
I delight to do thy will. If thy will leads me to sacrifice
myself, I delight to do thy will." Don't you wish you could say
that? He loves righteousness. He hates
wickedness. And I'll tell you, because of
it, therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows. You can talk about him. He's
been exalted above exaltation. He's been exalted above every
name, given a name above every name that is the name of Jesus.
Every knee shall bow at things in heaven, earth, and under the
earth. Every knee. Every cherubim, every seraphim,
every preacher, every angel, every messenger, every man, every
rebel. Because He loves righteousness. The scepter of his kingdom is
righteousness. Verse 8 said, All your garments
smell, how sweet he smelled, myrrh, alloy, cashew, out of
the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad. Kings' daughters
were among thy honorable women. Upon thy right hand did stand
the queen in gold and oprah. Hearken, O daughter, and consider,
incline thine ear, forget also thine own people in thy father's
house. Now watch this. So shall the
king greatly desire thy beauty. Talk about his bride now. He's
your Lord. He is your Lord. He's not going to be Lord. He
is your Lord. You don't make him Lord. He is
your Lord. Now I've got a hold of something
here. Now, you worship Him. Now, see
if I can illustrate that. Let's see if I can get hold of
that. He's your Lord. He's my Lord. Now, you worship
Him. Here's a young teenager. And
I know it's tough in this day being a teenager. It's tough to grow up, peer pressure,
all these other things. But here's a young teenager.
he or she will say he. He knows his father is wise. He knows that. No doubt in, that's
a certainty. He is wise. Secondly, he knows his father's
way is best. It's best. He knows that. Thirdly, he knows he's dependent. on His Father. Now, all of these
things can be applied to my Heavenly Father. I know my Father is wise,
my Heavenly Father, my Lord Jesus. I know that His way is best.
Don't you know that? And I know I'm dependent on Him.
I can't draw my next breath without Him. My times are in His hands. And this young man knows his
Father is going to rule. It's his house, it's his provisions,
it's his domain. Isn't that true? That's just
so. Now then, what's the secret of their relationship, if it
be one of joy or disaster? What's the secret? Not the young
boy knowing these things, but what? Vowing to them. Isn't that right? Isn't that
it? There are a lot of people who
know God's sovereign, and they cuss the day out of it. There
are a lot of people who know they can't breathe without His
permission, and they hate it. There are a lot of people who
know His way is best, but they don't want it. That's what's
causing them to pop off. He's going to reign, but
we're not going to have Him reign. Is that it, Ralph? That's your
whole problem with any student you have. He knows you're going
to be there. He knows you're ahead of this
thing. And his whole problem is based on this, I will not
bow. I will not bend. I will not merge. I will not be apart. I will not... I'm going to have my way. you'll
be damned for it. And you can be damned with all
your knowledge until you bow. That's what Barnard came here
preaching 40 some odd years ago. The gateway, the door to the
Kingdom of God is the Lordship of Christ. Bow down. Stack your
arms. Put up your sword. Lay down your
shotgun. Say, Isn't that right? Is that it,
John? Sink or swim, I go to Him. That's it. That's your happiness. And that's what he says here.
Verse 11, "...so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty. He
is your Lord." Now you worship Him. That's it, Roddy. That man gets his rebellion broken. Walk down. I got no problem with my Lord. And that's the key to a home.
That's the solution between husband and wife. That's the solution
between parents and children. That's the solution out there
where you men work. That's it, authority. And that's
our major problem in this country. That's the major problem in the
churches. my rights. I lost my rights in the Garden
of Eden. That's where I lost them. He's the king. I bow. That's right. Oh boy,
that's the secret. People, people must not only
believe God's sovereign, but love it. Not only believe that
Christ is a sufficient, effectual Savior, but love it. Not only
believe that His righteousness is essential, but love it. That's
the way I want it. His way is my way. His way is my way. Because one
of our ways has got to go. It can't be two wills, can it?
It's got to be His will. This is the essence of sin, I
will. The essence of holiness, I will. I will be done. That's the essence
of it all. Submission. Fall down. All right, his bride, the king's
daughter, verse 13, is all glorious within. Her clothing is wrought
gold. She shall be brought unto the
king in raiment of needlework. This is his beauty, his righteousness. The virgin, her companions that
follow her, shall be brought unto thee. And with gladness
and rejoicing shall they be brought. They shall enter into the king's
palace. Instead of the fathers, thy fathers shall be thy children,
whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. I will make
thy name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore shall
the people praise thee forever and ever." But there is a word
here in verse 2. Let me call you back to it. And his heart is bubbling over
with this. Verse 2, "...thou art fairer
than the children of men, and grace is poured into thy lips."
Grace is poured into thy lips. Now, the grace of God and the
gospel of His grace was given to the prophets of the Old Testament.
The Scripture said, God spake to our fathers by the prophets
in different ways and different manners. Isn't that what it said?
The grace of God was given to Moses And Isaiah and David in
promise, in picture, in pattern, piecemeal, here a little, there
a little, over here a little. When it comes to the Son, God's
grace is poured into His lips, poured into His lips, without
measure, without limit, poured into His lips. All the fullness
of God is in Him. All of the mercy of God is in
Him. All of the grace of God is in
Him. All of the love of God is in
Him. All of the life of God is in Him. All of the Spirit of
God without measure is in Him. All of the holiness of God is
in Him. All of it's poured into him. A body, thou hast prepared
me, and he's the fullness of the Godhead bodily. That's who
we're talking about, you see? That's who we're talking about.
And containing all this, all fullness and all grace, then
that grace is poured from his lips. So you read that both ways. Grace is poured into his lips,
And grace is poured from His lips. And you can say it either
way. Grace is poured into thy lips,
and grace is poured from thy lips. Isaac Watts said it this
way, My Savior and my King, thy beauties are divine, thy lips
with grace overflows, and every blessing dies. Grace. Grace. Ah, back yonder, five
things I want you to see. Back yonder, before the foundation
of the world, when the Father purposed to have a people, and
He chose those people in Christ, from every tribe, kindred, nation,
and tongue unto heaven, loved them in Christ, gave them to
Christ, accepted them in Christ, predestinated them to be like
Christ. It was at that moment that grace,
this grace, poured from His lips. For He said, My Father, I'll
be surety for all of Ah, wonderful grace. Listen to it. Listen to
it. I'll be sure with you, Paul. I'll assume their nature. I'll
go into their world. I'll be born under your love.
I'll take their nature. I'll be tempted and tried as
they are. I'll bear their blame, I'll bear
their filth, I'll bear their guilt, I'll bear their sin, I'll
redeem them, every one of them, and bring them to you in holiness
and love, totally forgiven. If not, I'll bear their blame
forever." When he said that, On the basis
of that commitment and that promise and that grace poured from His
lips, you and I entered heaven right then. That's right. Right then. On the basis of that
promise. No other words needed. I know
the fulfillment of it is needed, but no other promise is needed.
No other assurance is needed. God the Father needs no more. agreement or collateral. Just His Word, that grace. I'll
be sure of it. And then when He came into this
world and dwelt among men, the Word was made flesh and dwelt
among us. Grace poured from His lips as
my prophet Wouldn't you love to have heard Moses speak? Wouldn't you love to have heard
Moses? I thought about this this morning, when Moses stood out
there beside the sea, and Pharaoh's army was coming, and there was
a sea in front of him, and the Israelites were about to hang
him. His mighty voice rumbled across hill and dale, and he
said, See the salvation of God! Wouldn't
you love to have heard that? It makes me tremble to think
about it. Boy, I'd like to have been on
Mount Carmel when all those prophets of Baal had exhausted every measure
of their trickery to get some kind of acknowledgement from
their gods and finally Elijah stood and said, In a brief 63-word prayer, Lord,
let it be known this day that You're God. That's all I'm asking. Show these people who You are,
that I'm Your servant, and what I've done, I've done according
to Your orders. I'd like to have heard David
sing, the Lord is my shepherd. I'd love to have heard Isaiah
preach and Paul teach, but oh, let me tell you something, the
grace that poured from his lips, his lips, these men can't hold
him, all of them put together a candle. It's a mercy he's not preaching
today. We'd all have to hush, Bill, wouldn't we? I'd put my hand over my mouth
if he were preaching on this earth today, in person. In fact,
I'm not the only one. I believe that every man that
closed his mouth and every cherubim would hush his song. I believe every angel would bow
his head. And I believe the birds would
even quit singing. For living grace poured from
his lips. His eye was so gentle, his heart
of pure compassion, his voice the sweetest music, and grace
poured from his lips. See him sitting there on the
well and that poor, sinful, unhappy, desperate woman. Ah, he said,
if you knew the gift of God and who it is that speaks to you,
You'd ask Me and I'd give you living water, just grace. Zacchaeus, come on down. I know you, all about you. But you're a son of Abraham.
You come on down. I'm going home with you. Or hear him speak to the woman
in adultery, where are your accusers that no man accused you? Neither
do I. Go sin no more." That's grace. To his disciples, let not your
heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe in
me, or thy sins be forgiven thee. Take up thy bed and walk. He
had no harsh words for sinners. Not one. Only for religious Pharisees,
hypocrites. I'd like to learn to preach like
Him. Maybe if I had more heart like
Him, I'd preach like Him. Grace poured from His lips. I
tell you, as my shepherd, grace poured from His lips. He said
in Isaiah 54, listen, the mountains shall depart and the hills be
removed, but my kindness will never depart from you. Neither shall the covenant of
my peace be removed from you. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall
not want." He said in Isaiah 43, when you pass through the
waters, I'll be with you. And through the rivers, they'll
not overflow you. When you walk through the fire,
you'll not be burned. Neither shall the flame kindle
upon you. I'll never leave you. Never forsake
you. Fear not, I'm with thee. Oh,
be not dismayed. I'm your God. I'll still give
you aid. I'll strengthen you. I'll help
you. I'll cause you to stand upheld by my gracious, omnipotent
hand." Grace, grace, grace, grace. Doesn't that encourage you? Grace is my substitute. on the cross. I want you to listen to this
man. Grace poured from his lips. He was full of grace, that's
why. Full of grace. All the fullness of love and
life and holiness and grace and mercy and God is in him and it
flows from him. There's that multitude out there.
filthy sons of Adam. Every one of us in the midst
of it. Every son of Adam. They bound him. They mocked him. They spat upon him. They ridiculed
him. They lied on him. They whipped
him. They nailed him to a cross. They
laughed at him while he suffered. They gave him vinegar instead
of water. And they mocked his relationship
with God. And He looked down at all of
us. And He said, Father, forgive
them. Forgive them. It doesn't sound like us, does
it? I'll get even. You'll be sorry. Sometimes I feel like I've preached
in past days Like, I was kind of glad God was going to send
people to hell. I don't want to be that way to
you. Father, forgive them. Forgive them. They don't know
what they're doing, and they don't. If they'd have known who
He was, they wouldn't have crucified Him. Isn't that right? It says
that. And listen to this. Here He is
on that cross in the greatest of agony. Agony. He'd been born of a woman. That
woman was there. He'd been born under the law.
He came out of her womb and he was pressed into sorrow and tears
and grief and agony of the flesh, tempted in all points. And there
she was, that instrument by which he came into this world. Job
cursed the day he was born. Ain't that right? Cursed the
day was Paul. Almost cursed his mother and
daddy for bringing him into the world. But our Lord looked over
there at that woman. And then He looked over here
and there was a disciple there who, like the rest of them, had
leaned on his breast and professed to love him. And then when matters
got hard, He left him. But he'd sneak back. That's right. Beloved or not, there he stands. And he looks over at him in all
of this agony, pain of soul and spirit, agony of heart and stress. He says, Woman, behold your son. You go home
with him. He'll take care of you. Son,
behold your mama. Isn't that so? Grace! Our Lord,
our mighty Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth, the One
who gives the birds their song and makes the wind to blow and
the lightning and holds them in His hands and sends us hoarfrost
and all of these things, He stops in this magnanimous, monumental
It provides a place for that woman to live. Think about it. You got time
for things like that. And forgives a brother. Take
her home with you now. And then here's a thief over
here. A thief. A no-good thief. A lying, wretched,
Unworthy thief. Just a few moments before was
cussing like everybody else. But this man was smitten in conscience
and spirit and looked over there at that dying Savior and he said,
Lord, I'm guilty. And you're not. You're coming
into a kingdom. But you remember me? Oh, listen
to the grace. No rebuke, no upbraiding, no
chastening, no, if I do this, will you do that. Today, thou
shalt be with me in Paradise. No pass to bring up, no restitution
to make, no debt to pay, no assignment to fulfill, just let's go home. Why can't we be like that? Come
on, let's go home. When He came to redeem, He came
to redeem. And there's no ifs and ands and
buts and additions to be put on it. He came to redeem. Come
on, let's go home. And they went home. The perfect
one, and now the perfect one. In the perfect one. I saw one
hanging on a tree," John Newton said, in agony and blood. And
he fixed his languid eyes on me as near that cross I stood.
And sure never to my latest breath can I forget that look. It seemed
to charge me with his death, though not a word he spoke. He
wouldn't. He wouldn't, because he graced
us. The second look he gave, which
said, I freely all forgive. My blood is for thy ransom paid. I died that you might live. Oh, can it be upon a tree that
the Savior died for me? My heart is filled, that's what
he said, my heart is filled. My soul is thrilled, and my tongue
is a ready writer. to think he died for me. Well,
last of all, as my advocate, my advocate, John writes to us,
don't sin, but when you do, remember you have an advocate. And thank
God, grace pours from His lips, because that's the only basis
on which I can be defended His grace. See that fellow over there? His
name's Peter. Oh, he's so boastful. He's so confident. You ever been
there? I have. So arrogant. These fellows may forsake you,
but not I. I'll even go to the death with
you, Lord. In fact, as soon as I strap on
my sword, we'll go out there to Gethsemane. I've got a score
to settle with the high priest servant. I'm going to whack off
his head. I'm ready to fight. But unknown to him, standing
over there against him, is a powerful adversary called Satan. And he
says to the Lord, let me have him. Let me have him for just a moment. Would you let me have him? He
stands there with a seal. I love fellows like this, he
says. They're my meat. Let me have
him. The Lord Jesus said, all right.
Say, Peter, Satan hath desired thee, that he might sift you
as wheat. And here comes the grace. But
he's not going to have you for good, I pray for you. You'll be back. You'll be back. You'll be back. See that fellow over there? His
name's Thomas. That's my name. He was told by Christ that the
Lord would raise from the tomb. The Lord Jesus told him. He said,
destroy this temple in three days, I'll raise it. He told
him that, told him that. I'll be back. He said, I'll go to
a prepared place for you and I'll be back to get you. You
understand that? Yeah, I understand. He was told by the women that
the Lord would raise from the tomb. He was told by the other
disciples that they'd seen the Lord and he said, I don't believe
it. And unless He gives me a sign,
and I put my hand in the scars. I won't believe." Well, it seems like the Lord
would maybe rail on him for that, doesn't
it? But he came back among them and he looked over and said,
Tom, reach hither your hand. Come on. Reach out of your hand. Touch my hand. Touch my side. Don't be unbelieving. Don't be
that way. That's grace. And old Thomas, it broke him.
He fell on his face and said, my Lord, my God. It's not the
wrath of man that works the righteousness of God. It's the grace of God. Goodness of God leads men to
repentance. And then this old journey will
be over someday, and I'm going to stand before God. Stand before God. And there in
heaven, I expect to have just one advocate. That's all. That's all. If all the other
advocates and witnesses are called, tell me who could speak a word
in my favor. Anybody. Satan wouldn't. Why, he'd say,
he's as guilty as I am. The law couldn't. The law would
have to look at the record and say, well, he's failed on every count. My
conscience wouldn't be any help, would it? Guilty. Old Adam, my father would say,
he's my son. born in my nature in sin. All of the wicked whom God sends
to hell would cry with one chorus, yes, but he's no different from
us. But I have an advocate who will
step forward, Jesus Christ the righteous. And you know what he's going
to say? I heard a fellow say one time,
he's going to say, well, my client pleads guilty. No, he's not either. He's going to say, my client
is not guilty. My brother's not guilty. Not
guilty. Not guilty. He's holy. He's harmless. He's unreprovable. I come here to present him faultless. before the presence of my Father's
glory in me." Law? Check the books. Anything against
him? Not a thing. Justice? Look to your docket. Is his name
on there anywhere? Then let him go. I found a ransom. He said, I'm the guilty one.
I'm the one that bore the offense. I'm the one that paid the debt.
I'm the guilty one. But I died. I brought in a perfect
righteousness. I shared a perfect blood, perfect
atonement. And by one Alfred, I have perfected
forever. The only people who will enter
the gates of glory to permanently enjoy the blessings and glory
of Almighty God are perfect people, made perfect by a perfect sacrifice
and a perfect holiness. That's grace. That's grace. And it's for all whom the Lord
our God shall call. May He be pleased to call us.

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Why is grace important for Christians?

What is the relationship between grace and faith?

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What does the Bible say about grace?

How do we know the doctrine of grace is true?

Why is grace important for Christians?

What is the relationship between grace and faith?

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