The Good Life // By The Grace of God
Philippians
4:23 (NIV)
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.”
1 Corinthians
15:10 (NIV)
“by the grace of God I am what I am…”
Quote from Timothy Keller
“The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is Grace is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.” (Tim Keller)
God’s
Riches
At
Christ’s
Expense
“For in him we live and move and have our being.”
1 Peter 1:2 (ESV)
“May grace and peace be multiplied to you.”
John 15:5 (ESV)
“apart from me you can do nothing.”
“Grace is a system of living whereby God blesses us because we are in Jesus Christ, and for no other reason at all.” (Steve McVey - Author of Grace Walk)
“my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
“with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them”
Acts 6:8 (ESV)
“Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.”
2 Corinthians 12:7-9 (ESV)
“a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
Hebrews 13:9 (ESV)
“it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace”