Grace and Works (6 of 6)
Series: Amazing Grace
Steve Jones
Romans 6:1
INTRODUCTION: Bumper: YouTube ''The Good-O-Meter''.
The ''good-o-meter'' video is a ''good-o-reminder'' of everything we've been talking about for the last few weeks as we've focused on the grace of God:
1) Our salvation is a gift of God.
2) Our salvation is accomplished by the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross.
3) We are saved by grace through faith at baptism apart from works of law.
So where does that leave us as far as good works are concerned. I mean, all of our lives we've been told we need to try to be good, right? Be GOOD little boys and girls. Do the right thing. Obey the law. Obey your parents. Obey God. In light of grace, does any of that matter anymore?
These are GREAT questions people. In fact, I want to ask and answer four questions about works in the message today.
1) Are we saved by grace through faith at baptism from works?
Rom.6:1 ''Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace?''
No, we are not saved FROM good works we are saved FOR good works.
Eph.2:10 ''For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works'' (not in pulpit outline).
Salvation by grace does not do away with works. It simply causes us to view them in a totally new way; it puts our works in a whole new light. For some people, discerning this difference between saved BY works and ''saved FOR works'' may be the key to freedom from the burden of legalistic works-righteousness. It will make a world of difference in any Christian's life and hope.
But some Christians might go to the other extreme that if works are not for salvation, then how we act must not be very important. If we are not under law but under grace (Rom. 6:14-15), then we really have no commandments that we HAVE to obey. We are free from law, free from any legal obligation to obey rules.
ILLUSTRATION: It reminds me of this Fa ...
Series: Amazing Grace
Steve Jones
Romans 6:1
INTRODUCTION: Bumper: YouTube ''The Good-O-Meter''.
The ''good-o-meter'' video is a ''good-o-reminder'' of everything we've been talking about for the last few weeks as we've focused on the grace of God:
1) Our salvation is a gift of God.
2) Our salvation is accomplished by the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross.
3) We are saved by grace through faith at baptism apart from works of law.
So where does that leave us as far as good works are concerned. I mean, all of our lives we've been told we need to try to be good, right? Be GOOD little boys and girls. Do the right thing. Obey the law. Obey your parents. Obey God. In light of grace, does any of that matter anymore?
These are GREAT questions people. In fact, I want to ask and answer four questions about works in the message today.
1) Are we saved by grace through faith at baptism from works?
Rom.6:1 ''Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace?''
No, we are not saved FROM good works we are saved FOR good works.
Eph.2:10 ''For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works'' (not in pulpit outline).
Salvation by grace does not do away with works. It simply causes us to view them in a totally new way; it puts our works in a whole new light. For some people, discerning this difference between saved BY works and ''saved FOR works'' may be the key to freedom from the burden of legalistic works-righteousness. It will make a world of difference in any Christian's life and hope.
But some Christians might go to the other extreme that if works are not for salvation, then how we act must not be very important. If we are not under law but under grace (Rom. 6:14-15), then we really have no commandments that we HAVE to obey. We are free from law, free from any legal obligation to obey rules.
ILLUSTRATION: It reminds me of this Fa ...
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