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The Church with Great Grace
Dr. David Davis
Acts 4:32-37
The passage of scripture for this message is found in Acts 4:32-37.
Have you ever been in a cold church? It is a tragic experience to be a part of a church where there is no movement of God. You know -- come in the door -- stand up -- sit down -- sing a few songs -- pray a couple of times -- listen to the choir -- watch the preacher turn beet red -- sing a couple of verses of the invitation -- and zilch! Nothing! And then you go home - ho hum!
I've been in churches like that where the pastor and people have lost their vision.
''Where there is no vision the people perish.''
But I have also been in churches where it was an unusual day of worship if no one came to know Christ -- no one joined the church -- no one made a decision to get right with God.
God's Word gives us a model of the kind of church that is characterized by ''great grace.''
What is grace?
G - God's
R - Riches
A - At
C - Christ's
E - Expense
Grace is God's unmerited favor. The truth is -- any favor we get from God is unmerited.
What is a deeper meaning of grace -- the kind that He visits a church or a Christian with?
''Grace is an endowment of power from God which enables a church or Christian to do the will of God.''
Do you realize that God has a will for you that can only be accomplished by God's grace?
When God chooses to visit a church or a child of God -- He will enable you to accomplish His will.
v. 33 - ''...and great grace was upon them all.'' The word ''great'' literally means ''abundant'' ''a super abounding'' grace. They didn't run out of strength.
They didn't say - ''Well, we just can't get people to visit.''
''We just can't find any more prospects.''
''We just can't grow.''
''We just can't find workers.''
Because every time they said - ''How are we going to do that? -- they would reach down and discover that there was enough and more than enough grace to do what God wanted done ...
Dr. David Davis
Acts 4:32-37
The passage of scripture for this message is found in Acts 4:32-37.
Have you ever been in a cold church? It is a tragic experience to be a part of a church where there is no movement of God. You know -- come in the door -- stand up -- sit down -- sing a few songs -- pray a couple of times -- listen to the choir -- watch the preacher turn beet red -- sing a couple of verses of the invitation -- and zilch! Nothing! And then you go home - ho hum!
I've been in churches like that where the pastor and people have lost their vision.
''Where there is no vision the people perish.''
But I have also been in churches where it was an unusual day of worship if no one came to know Christ -- no one joined the church -- no one made a decision to get right with God.
God's Word gives us a model of the kind of church that is characterized by ''great grace.''
What is grace?
G - God's
R - Riches
A - At
C - Christ's
E - Expense
Grace is God's unmerited favor. The truth is -- any favor we get from God is unmerited.
What is a deeper meaning of grace -- the kind that He visits a church or a Christian with?
''Grace is an endowment of power from God which enables a church or Christian to do the will of God.''
Do you realize that God has a will for you that can only be accomplished by God's grace?
When God chooses to visit a church or a child of God -- He will enable you to accomplish His will.
v. 33 - ''...and great grace was upon them all.'' The word ''great'' literally means ''abundant'' ''a super abounding'' grace. They didn't run out of strength.
They didn't say - ''Well, we just can't get people to visit.''
''We just can't find any more prospects.''
''We just can't grow.''
''We just can't find workers.''
Because every time they said - ''How are we going to do that? -- they would reach down and discover that there was enough and more than enough grace to do what God wanted done ...
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