Planted: God Grace

• Pastor: Zach Gryder
• Location: Highridge Parker County

• 2 Corinthians 12
• Old Testament: relationships between God and Israelites and eventually bringing Jesus through their bloodline.
• Israelites disobey all the time and God punishes them
• “I know it’s popular with some millennials that you don’t do the whole spanking thing and here’s the deal, we can tell.”
• The whole purpose of discipline is pain.
• The stakes are higher when they get older (like, jail) so spankings are worth it.
• How is daddy going to respond and what is the discipline going to be? And sometimes we show them grace, and we let them understand (ON OCCASION).
• Grace draws them nearer to us
• We let guilt and shame take us away from God when we should let the grace draw us nearer.
• You can’t hold on to grace and guilt, you have to choose one.
• Sanctification! Instantly saved, lifetime of becoming more like Christ and dealing with your undesired behaviors and wounds on your soul.
• When grace moves in, guilt moves out
• 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
  • Thought, memory, struggle: God please remove this from me
  • My power is made perfect in your weakness
  • So boast about your weaknesses
• God’s Grace: Unmerited favor and love through Jesus Christ.
• God’s grace has been extended to you. You have the Lord’s favor.
• WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG.

What does grace do to us?

1. Gods grace will restore you
   • John 16:33
   • Peace is not the absence of chaos, it’s the response.
2. Gods grace will confirm you
   • We don’t stand before a jury or make the case that we are worthy, he chooses us and confirms us for eternity.
   • Ephesians 2:4-7
   • Gallons of water in ocean 352,000,000,000,000,000,000
   • Stars: 100 billion trillion (lol)
   • If it exists, we can measure, BUT
   • Gods says his favor and grace for you is immeasurable
3. Gods grace will strengthen you
   • Life punches you, you get knocked down, you pray, go to church, read Bible, and faith gets built back up, then you get hit again.
   • Rollercoasters are fun but exhausting
   • 1 Peter 5:10
   • Fight and work hard and pray for stuff, but no matter what we have Gods grace and love and favor which never changes.

We are not a main character, we are an extra at best. It’s all about Jesus. Take the attention off of us.