WE BELIEVE IN GRACE (7 OF 9)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10
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We Believe in Grace (7 of 9)
Series: Creed: 9 Essentials to the Christian Faith
Scott Maze
Ephesians 2:1-10
This morning I want to talk to you about zombies and two steel mill works in Western Pennsylvania from the 1970s. Along the way, I want to talk about God’s grace.
I’m continuing a series of messages entitled Creed: 9 Essentials to the Christian Faith.We are exploring the beliefs that form the theological center of Christianity. It is a series devoted to the discovery of what you believe and why it matters.
We Believe in God
We Believe in the Trinity
We Believe in the Bible
We Believe in Creation
We Believe in Sin
We Believe in the Cross
We Believe in Grace
We Believe in the Church
We Believe in Christ’s Return
Each of these beliefs serves as lynchpins to the Christian faith, so that if you were to remove one of them you would see the Christian faith crumble.
This morning I want to talk about something unique to Christianity – GRACE. The New Testament contains some 155 references to grace while 100 of these come from the pen of Paul himself. The word opens, closes, and dominates every letter he wrote. He mentions grace twelve times in the letter of Ephesians alone. Grace defines his letters and his teaching. This word grace was on Paul’s mind when he wrote today’s text. For you’ll notice that Paul repeats nearly the same sentence in a matter of four verses when he says, “by grace you have been saved”. Listen carefully as you’ll hear this word grace in one of the most familiar and popular verses in all of the Bible.
Today’s Scripture
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of ma ...
Series: Creed: 9 Essentials to the Christian Faith
Scott Maze
Ephesians 2:1-10
This morning I want to talk to you about zombies and two steel mill works in Western Pennsylvania from the 1970s. Along the way, I want to talk about God’s grace.
I’m continuing a series of messages entitled Creed: 9 Essentials to the Christian Faith.We are exploring the beliefs that form the theological center of Christianity. It is a series devoted to the discovery of what you believe and why it matters.
We Believe in God
We Believe in the Trinity
We Believe in the Bible
We Believe in Creation
We Believe in Sin
We Believe in the Cross
We Believe in Grace
We Believe in the Church
We Believe in Christ’s Return
Each of these beliefs serves as lynchpins to the Christian faith, so that if you were to remove one of them you would see the Christian faith crumble.
This morning I want to talk about something unique to Christianity – GRACE. The New Testament contains some 155 references to grace while 100 of these come from the pen of Paul himself. The word opens, closes, and dominates every letter he wrote. He mentions grace twelve times in the letter of Ephesians alone. Grace defines his letters and his teaching. This word grace was on Paul’s mind when he wrote today’s text. For you’ll notice that Paul repeats nearly the same sentence in a matter of four verses when he says, “by grace you have been saved”. Listen carefully as you’ll hear this word grace in one of the most familiar and popular verses in all of the Bible.
Today’s Scripture
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of ma ...
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