Church notes

Planted: God Grace

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Notes on a sermon by Zach Gryder, Highridge Parker County.

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  • 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.