City Church
YP-Belltown
P. Judah Smith
TRIUMPH OF GRACE
Before you were ready
-God will not be mocked; u will reap what u sow. (work)
Romans 5:6-8
1 John 4:10
-We need to be assured of God’s love for us. A lot of times we question that. If we acted on the true knowledge (100%) we would live differently. We’d do work differently; we’d do a lot of things differently.
-God has already given us a sign of His unrelenting love: Jesus Christ (and his work is grace). Jesus came to earth to die bc he wanted to demonstrate God’s love for us/His creation.
-We need to live in the certainty that God loves us and He is for us.
-The foundation of our lives and belief is GRACE
-God is just; sin must be judged but that is not the point… The point is that Jesus took on Gods wrath and His wrath has been appeased.
-God is just and holy; God made a way through Christ… We could not have experienced God’s presence unless God would’ve sent his Son.
-mercy triumphs judgement in the heart of God
-peole know that something isn’t right… The emphasis is on the fact that we can be saved, not on the consequences of sin.
-God is very interested in us…Him becoming a man (Jesus) –that should send a clear message.
-Agape: it is divine; an endless emotion and concern for your life! God loved us before we were created! Before the creation of the earth, we were named!
-God is never late!
-Rom. 5:7 Paul is painting a picture of how man reason’s in his head…Paul is contrasting heaven’s agape/grace and the normal thought process of man! God couldn’t wait to put is together– He knew us!
-We were of no use to God; He saved us bc He loves us.
-1 Cor. 1
-Rom. 5:8–> “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this; while we were still sinners , Christ died for us.”
-this is the ultimate sign of God’s love: Jesus
-what leads us to live for Christ is not “u know how u can be better” — God leads us through His grace not by the law–it’s by God’s goodness
-God can lead us by our hearts
-God calls us through His goodness; so now we can live
1 John 2:1
- when u get a revelation of God’s grace, u start to avoid sin– your desires come to line up in how u can serve Him
-LEARN ABOUT GRACE… That’s how he leads.
-Learn how God leads; how can u be more like Christ
-The word LOVE doesn’t do it justice for how God feels about us.
-the more we focus on God and His goodness… The better our lives become. The triumph of grace! His triumph becomes my triumph We start acting better… Put God first!
