The presence or absence of a single word can have a significant effect on the meaning of a passage. The word all from today’s passage is significant for it encapsulates the totality of the grace of Jesus Accept the grace of Jesus, forgive yourself in the same way that Christ has forgiven you, and do your

saved  by Christ’s death from their sins and from destruction  receive this favor solely from God’s grace This is why one of the key marks of Reformed theology is that your salvation comes by grace alone ( sola The Canons today remind you that God owes this grace to no one— rather, it's been given to you in Christ means of grace and eliminating the recurring vestiges of your old physical/sinful self. Let the reality of God's undeserved grace flow over and around you as you read and listen to God's Word

God's grace flows despite our ongoing sin. Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace Believers’ Falling into ­Serious Sins The power of God strengthening and preserving true believers in grace motivated by God  that in certain specific actions they - by their own fault - depart from the leading of grace complaining like the Israelites and losing your cool like Moses, be sure to cling to God's amazing grace

God's grace is inherently unfair. Praise God for that! Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace Article 15: Responses to God's grace God does not owe this grace to anyone.  With our new found ability to recognize the truth of God's grace, it's become irresistible to us and The grace that we've received instead from God is inherently unfair, and praise God for that.

and weakness, has ordained sacraments for us to seal his promises in us, to pledge his good will and grace But the wonderful good news of the gospel is that your salvation is fully accomplished by grace alone was through their obedient participation in that sacrament that God made known His sovereign, saving grace This is why we understand sacraments to be part of the ordinary means of grace. If you don't obediently participate in them, you will not (ordinarily) come to know God's grace.

: This week we're working through selections from the book of Acts looking at examples of how God's grace Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace this regeneration occurs;  meanwhile, they rest content with knowing and experiencing that,  by this grace It did seem strange that so many of them had rejected the grace that the Messiah had made possible, but means of grace - that is, the primary way God saves sinners.

God invites you to His table despite your sins to remind you of His cleansing grace. But this ugly, terrible sin gave way to the most beautiful example in the Bible of what it means to confess So don't let guilt keep you from grace. completely just, and completely merciful; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that God will use His ordinary means of grace to renew a steadfast spirit within you; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament

You've heard about 'Amazing Grace,' but how about 'Negative Grace?' Here Paul reminds that grace gives you the freedom to say "No!" Grace!' Of course saying 'no' to one thing means you're saying 'yes' to another. BONUS: Use the comment box below to write a verse to the song 'Amazing Grace' about 'Negative Grace!'

Brace yourself like a man as God takes you on a poetic tour of His power. of God becomes diminished when we begin to think of Him just as a friend when we need one, or the 'man that's for certain, none of us want to hear God speak to us from a storm beginning with the words "brace yourself like a man," because somehow we've come to an inaccurate understanding of Him.

Does this mean that Simon Peter is the rock that the church is built on, or is 'this rock' that Jesus Here's how their catechism puts it: The words bind and loose mean: whomever you exclude from your communion The Church 'binds' those elected to salvation by as it carries out the ordinary means of grace (preaching Those who reject the grace proclaimed by the Church are 'loosed.' The Church is the very body of Christ, and it's the primary dispenser of the means of grace.