Grace by Buddy Overstreet

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God’s grace is His ______________.

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God showered __________________ on those who did not in any way deserve or earn it.

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God’s pure grace gets polluted from two sides. 1. The world works on the _____________________. 2. In the spirit realm, the grace of God is mistaken for _____________________ (Jude 4).

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God’s grace first _____________us and then ______________ His people for godliness and then ___________ us on to good deeds. His grace is always________________.

Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. - Daniel 12:3

Those who have ____________________ and those who ___________________ to righteousness are the true stars. Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe 16 as you hold out the word of life…Philippians 2:14-16

There are two kinds of Christians… those who ____________ and those who _____________.

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The major message that God wants to communicate to the world is that ___________________. And the way that He communicates that is to demonstrate it through ___________________. Save means deliver people ____________________________. Those who demonstrate His saving power by their ________________, will be the stars of heaven.

11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. Titus 2:11-14

It is that ___________ that demonstrates the transformed life.

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This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. Titus 3:8

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These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. They lead people to conclude that ______________________. We were saved to _______________________. When saving grace comes, it is designed to deliver us from the ______________________. 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.

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The grace of God appears to _________________ all men.

God saves to transform, to display His power so that others may be saved.

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Every aspect of salvation is predicated __________________.

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Grace is not just a word to be defined, or as an attribute of God, but Paul _________________ it.

The grace of God has appeared, (epiphaneia) - to appear suddenly and ___________________

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Who is the fulfillment of that? ___________________________

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This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 2 Timothy 1:9-10

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But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us… -Titus 3:4-5

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The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. -John 1:14

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From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. -John 1:16 27 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, 28 Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying: 29 “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation, 31 which you have prepared in the sight of all people,32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel. Luke 2:27-32

He didn’t come __________ with grace. He was loaded with it. To all men. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men… 1 Timothy 2:3-6 God is not willing that any should perish but all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

Though not all ________________ saved. And you do not have His Word abiding in you for you do not believe Him whom He sent. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life and it is these that bear witness of Me. And you are unwilling to come to Me that you may have life.- John 5:38-40

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Nothing displays God’s glory like the amazing miraculous work ________________________.

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Saving grace also delivers us from the _____________________.

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12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.

Salvation not only affects a change in _____________, it affects a change in _______________. Grace not only saves us, it immediately begins ___________________. The grace of God appearing in Christ is now personified as _____________________. Saving grace _____________________ the power of sin. Teaches – paideuo - to train a child - includes teaching, but also, ________________________.

Grace shapes, trains, disciplines, and instructs us in ____________. Sin reigned in death, now grace reigns through righteousness. Romans 5:21

Inherent is a transformation that involves reprogramming the very inner man so that we are taught to ___________ some things and to ______________ some things.

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Deny - to reject, to __________________________________ conveys the idea of a _____________________ initially with _______________________.

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Ungodliness â&#x20AC;&#x201C; asebeia - a lack of ____________________ for God.

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When salvation comes, the sinner abandons all his wrong views about God and instantaneously is transformed into a ______________________. Philippians 3:3

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You begin walking on the path that Jesus described as _____________________ daily, taking up your cross, and following Him (Luke 9:23).

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Denying ungodliness means you are now focused on the true God with a __________________, believing in Him to be the God that in fact He is.

Worldly passions - selfishness, pride, seeking after status and power, greed, lust, and living for sinful pleasure rather than finding pleasure in ___________________________. It is not enough to say no to ungodliness and worldly desires. You must also say yes to self-controlled, righteous, ________________________.

Self-control

- proper balance, _________________________, wise choices

Uprightly

- you start to live right and you ___________ everybody else.

Godly - you become respectful of God, you live under

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In the present age - emphasizes that we do not need to _________________ from this evil world.

13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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We live in hope - that some day Jesus ________________. When He comes we know He will deliver us permanently from the ______________________.

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Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2

We are not looking ____________________. We are waiting _____________________. What is the blessed hope? It is the ______________________.

“our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ”

- affirms ___________ of Christ (Hebrews 1:3; Romans 9:5) Jesus came in a humble state the first time _______________________. Jesus comes in an exalted state the next time __________________. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. Philippians 3:20-21

Saving grace breaks the ______________ that sin has of you. For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Romans 7:5-6

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If your focus is set on the hope of Christ’s return, you will _______________________from every known sin (1 John 3:2-3).

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We have a salvation that delivers us ____________________________ permanently.

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How can we display to the world that our God is a saving God if we don’t teach that our God ___________________________ _____?

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We have a God _____________________________ we become, and we will ever become and nothing will be able to break it.

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Now that we’ve been saved, our view is ____________________, not out of fear that we might end up in hell, but out of ____________________ because we will end up in heaven.

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“Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us”

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The Son of Man didn’t come to be served but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many. Galatians 1:4

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25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. Ephesians 5:25-26 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time. 1 Timothy 2:5-6

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- to redeem - to release on the receipt ____________________.

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For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 1 Peter 1:18-19

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Redeem us from all wickedness - We have been saved from _________________ lawless deed.

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God saves in order to ____________________________.

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We have been ______________. He wants a people for His own who are __________________ to Him.

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to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

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“eager” He doesn’t just want us doing good deeds. ____________________ about good deeds.

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And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. 19 He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised. Deuteronomy 26:18-19

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God wants to ___________________________________ so that you can honor Him and bring praise and glory to Him.

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God saves us to display His saving ________________________ ________ to the world.

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…we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10

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Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. 1 Peter 2:12

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In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:16

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“good deeds”

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- deeds that are done out of _____________________________ and others in obedience to His Word.

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This whole scenario of our lives being on display for God’s glory doesn’t always work out. Why? There are many people __________________ the salvation of God that do not know God at all. There are many Christians who, though they are in a sanctifying process, fall into ________________________. It’s not the unbroken pattern of our life. But there’s a pattern _______________________ that’s being interrupted by sin. This sends ____________________.

A watching world needs to see the ___________________.

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This is how God’s grace works. It __________________ and then it ______________ and motivates us to be godly people in this present age, and then it _________________ on to good deeds, as we look for Jesus, who gave Himself for us, to return.

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GRACE...SUFFICENT.

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To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

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Grace - charis

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Grace - always spoken of in terms of ______________________, of excess, of fullness, of _______________________________.

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And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8

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In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33

When we go through the deepest, most profound of all troubles in life, is there sufficient grace? Paul is under tremendous attack by false teachers who have come to this Corinthian church, to teach satanic lies - to ____________________________.

I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers. 27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn? 2 Cor. 11:23-29

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It’s one thing to have your body wounded; it’s something else to have _____________ wounded. The deepest pain in human life comes in the category of _____________________.

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He knew about physical tortures of all kinds. But beyond that was the agony of his soul in dealing with ____________________________, rejected him, turned against him, failed him, wounded him, betrayed him, misunderstood him, turned on him.

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Lessons we learn from Paul in his suffering… good for the deepest suffering so surely profitable for every other lessor category:

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God uses suffering to _____________.

And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason to keep me from exalting myself there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me to keep me from exalting myself. 2 Corinthians 12:7

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Paul was the most mature of Christians, and yet _______ still remained in his unredeemed flesh. He had four _________________________ of the Lord. God’s goal in the life of a believer is that believer’s ______________________.

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So God _________________________ gives Paul a thorn in the flesh.

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“thorn” – translated - “stake”

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- what you would use to impale someone

“a thorn for the flesh” - to kill the __________ of Paul’s flesh.

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What was this spear that pierced his otherwise proud flesh?

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“A messenger of Satan” –angelos –a _________________ ____________

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_____________________________________ The disruption of the Corinthian church by the false teachers ______________________. False teachers are the servants _______________. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. 2 Corinthians 12:13-15

The demon leading the assault on Paul was _____________________________ by God as a way to humble Paul. The humbling of God’s servant is so important to God that He will ________________________ if need be to inflict the profoundest wounds where the servant of the Lord will feel the pain most because it __________________________________.

God uses suffering to _____________.

Concerning this, I entreated the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

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“Entreated” - a very strong word used frequently in the gospels of the appeal of the sick for Jesus to heal them – it is a _________________ word.

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Profound suffering has a very ___________________________.

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In times of despair, we enter in to the richest, sweetest communion with the Lord… far more sweet than the prayer we offer in _______________________________.

God uses suffering to _____________.

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“He said to me” - actually “He has said to me” - prefect tense - which means it is a settled answer, it is a _____________________.

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God’s standing answer – “My grace is sufficient for you.”

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God answered not by removing the pain or the trouble, but by _____________________ which then increases our confidence in our salvation and in the presence and goodness of God.

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I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. 20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. 21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” Lamentations 3:19:24

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Great love or loving kindness is an Old Testament reference for _______________.

God uses suffering to _____________.

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9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

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God’s power just begins to operate in its fullness when you ______________________.

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The suffering that humbles you, draws you into His presence, and dispenses His grace is also the suffering that ____________________________. No one is _________________ to be powerful, but many are ________________ to be powerful. You will begin to see the power of God released through ________________________. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

When you embrace the pain and suffering, you embrace the ______________________. I asked for prominence, God gave me ___________________. I asked for power, He gave me ___________________. Only then did I become usable.

His grace is sufficient.

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