Outrageous Part 2 audio & outline

Outrageous Grace Part 2

Text: Psalms 145:8 - The Lord is gracious and compassionate,  slow to anger and rich in love.

Quid Pro Quo (Latin) = Something for SomethingMeans something for something –something received or given in return for something else. We humans learn quickly that we must WORK for what we get in our world. We earn wages for services we render. Quid Pro Quo. We earn acceptance and approval by deeds we perform. Quid Pro Quo. People like and love us if we help them, serve them, and make them feel or look good. Quid Pro Quo

Grace is the opposite of Quid Pro Quo. God is Grace. He gives and loves, without guarantee or prior evidence of any return on his investment.

1.  Outrageous Grace is completely unearned and undeserved. It’s not ours to earn, it’s God’s to give.

2.  Outrageous Grace is that God chose to clean up what we messed up

1.    Ephesians 2:7-9 NIV - in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast.

2.    "Now we rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God -- all because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done in dying for our sins -- making us friends of God." Rom. 5:11 (LB)

 Romans 11:6 NIV - 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

3. Outrageous Grace simply put: The bad get the best

a.    Romans 5:8 - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

b. I John 4:10 - This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice (Payment) for our sins

c. The Call of Salvation is not “Come and get right so God will love you and bless you” The Call of Salvation is Come! You Are Loved! God loves imperfect people, moral misfits, and burned out believers!

a.    Old Hebrew term – to stoop, to bend, condescending favor. The late Bible Scholar Donald Barnhouse said it best, “Love that goes upward is worship, love that does outward is affection, love that stoops is grace”.

Grace – By U2

Grace

She takes the blame

She covers the shame

Removes the stain

It could be her name

Grace

It's a name for a girl

It's also a thought that changed the world

And when she walks on the street

You can hear the strings

Grace finds goodness in everything

Grace, she's got the walk

Not on a ramp or on chalk

She's got the time to talk

She travels outside of karma

She travels outside of karma

When she goes to work

You can hear her strings

Grace finds beauty in everything

Grace, she carries a world on her hips

No champagne flute for her lips

No twirls or skips between her fingertips

She carries a pearl in perfect condition

What once was hurt

What once was friction

What left a mark

No longer stings

Because grace makes beauty

Out of ugly things

Grace makes beauty out of ugly things

 

                                                                       

The Church I See in Columbus, Ohio

The Church that I see is a Church of influence. A Church so large in size that the city and nation cannot ignore it. A Church growing so quickly that buildings struggle to contain the increase.

I see a Church whose heartfelt praise and worship touches Heaven and changes earth; worship which influences the praises of people throughout the earth, exalting Christ with powerful songs of faith and hope.

I see a Church whose services are constantly filled with repentant sinners responding to Christ's call to salvation.

Yes, the Church that I see is so dependent on the Holy Spirit that nothing will stop it nor stand against it; a Church whose people are unified, praying and full of God's Spirit.

The Church that I see has a message so clear that lives are changed forever and potential is fulfilled through the power of His Word; a message beamed to the peoples of the earth through their television screens.

I see a Church so compassionate that people are drawn from impossible situations into a loving and friendly circle of hope, where answers are found and acceptance is given.

I see a people so Kingdom-minded that they will count whatever the cost and pay whatever the price to see revival sweep this land.

The Church that I see is a Church so committed to raising, training and empowering a leadership generation to reap the end-time harvest that all its ministries are consumed with this goal.

I see a Church whose head is Jesus, whose help is the Holy Spirit and whose focus is the Great Commission.

YES, THE CHURCH THAT I SEE COULD WELL BE OUR CHURCH - GRACETOWN CHURCH.

(adapted from Hillsong Church, Sydney, Austrailia)

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Outrageous Part 1 Audio & Outline

Outrageous Grace

Romans 5:15-20 The Message


Outrageous – Excessive, wildly exaggerated or improbable. exceeding the limits of what is usual, Being beyond all reason; extravagant, extraordinary, or immoderate

The Outrageous Grace of God is an unreasonable grace….it’s a grace that is so generous….so extravagant…so over the top…that it exceeds all bounds of reasonableness…it is Grace that is:

            •Irrational

            •Incomprehensible

In fact, if you a person with high justice values….a person who wants consequences to always match violations…..you will definitely find the Grace of God OUTRAGEOUS!

Grace is inviting to the unrighteous and threatening to the self righteous. Andy Stanley

The Good news is that if it weren’t outrageous none of us could be saved!

Ephesians 2:1-3 NIV

•Grace is God giving people credit for something they didn't do! 

•"The Gospel of Grace simply put: the bad get the best (Rom.5:8)

Objections to Grace

•Some like to call it “Cheap Grace” – Grace is not cheap, it cost Jesus his life.

•Chuck Swindoll said, “If you preach Grace as it really is you will produce controversy and misunderstanding.”

1. If you teach Grace, it’s going to give people a license to sin

a. Here’s the truth about that argument – If people are going to sin, they don’t need a license. They will sin with or without it. Paul predicted this argument in Romans 6:1,2. - What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

2. If you teach Grace, it will lower the standards of the Church.

     

            a. They presuppose that grace leads to lawlessness. Not true. Grace does not take you down a road that will lead to a lawless lifestyle. Those who encounter grace discover a power to change their lives.

3. If you teach Grace, it will deceive God’s people about judgment day

1. Just read the writings of Paul, you will see that it is permeated with the message of Grace, but it doesn’t water down the fact that there will be a day when we all stand before God and give account for our actions & Jesus blood has taken care of those actions

4. If you teach Grace, it will lead people to think they don’t need to go to church.

1. Again, if people have it in their hearts that they don’t need Church, then the message of Grace is not the problem.  The problem is people’s understanding of the purpose of the church, not their misunderstanding of Grace. Paul makes it clear that grace is for life in the church. Grace empowers us and gifts us in a way that we can serve one another, and that is what the church is all about.

Therefore, To perceive God correctly, we must first understand Grace. God sees the best in the worst of us, knows the worst about the best of us, and loves us all without condition or exception.

The Law condemns the best of us, while Grace justifies the worst!

•Because of Grace, God chose to clean up what we messed up

A.    Grace is  a free gift that cannot be earned

1.     The monastic ideal of salvation urged people to STRIVE heroically for it. Augustine insisted that human effort cannot contribute to our salvation.

a.     No one can resist Grace if its offered.

b.     The grace of God is not granted in response to prayer, but itself causes prayer to be offered for it.

2.     No one can take credit for getting saved. It’s God’s initiative, not ours.

a.     Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV 

b.     Romans 11:6 NIV 

c.     Because of Grace, you can’t lose something you didn’t earn

d. Romans 3:20-24 The Message

e. James 2:10 (NIV)

•“The good you do won’t finally save you and the bad you do won’t finally condemn you.” – Martin Luther 

•Eternal life isn't a reward for good people; it's God's gift for-given people

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The Exchange Part 3 Audio & Outline

The Exchange Part 3 Audio & Outline
Matthew 27:50-53 NIV / Philippians 3:10 GN
Things to Exchange

1. Confusion. Romans 7:15, 18 LB
2. Frustration.
 Romans 7:21 LB
3. Discouragement.
 Romans 7:24 Ph

How to Make the Exchange
Romans 7:25 NLT

1. Acknowledge the root cause.
 1 John 1:8 LB / John 8:32 NIV
2. Believe that Jesus can set me free. Ephesians 4:18 LB / Eph. 1:19-20 LB / Rom 8:11 Msg
3. Have faith in God. Mark 11:22-24
4. Replace your anxieties. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 / Colossians 3:1-2

The Invitation

1. God wants everyone to be saved. (I Tim. 2:4)
2. God provided a way of escape. (Rom.6:23)
3. God invites you to receive salvation. (Rom.10:9-10)

Will You Make the Exchange Today?