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The Grace Life:

The Lost Doctrine of the Church
10/17/10

The life of grace is something that very few Christians, in my opinion, know very little about because so many of the churches today teach the law as the rule of the Christians life.

The teachers that put Christians under the law as a rule of life believe that this is the means to produce godliness and to keep Christians from sinning.

Their motives may be good however, their methods are un-Scriptural and we are given ample warning against these kinds of teachers in the New Testament.

1Ti 1:5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
1Ti 1:6 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,
1Ti 1:7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

Gal 6:12 As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Gal 6:13 For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

Purpose: To learn from Scripture alone that the entire Law of Moses was done away in Christ death and that we are under a new means to produce godliness which is by the filling of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God alone by grace alone through faith alone.

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The Grace Life:

The Lost Doctrine of the Church
10/17/10

The life of grace is something that very few Christians, in my opinion, know very little about because so many of the churches today teach the law as the rule of the Christians life.

The teachers that put Christians under the law as a rule of life believe that this is the means to produce godliness and to keep Christians from sinning.

Their motives may be good however, their methods are un-Scriptural and we are given ample warning against these kinds of teachers in the New Testament.

1Ti 1:5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
1Ti 1:6 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,
1Ti 1:7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

Gal 6:12 As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Gal 6:13 For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

Purpose: To learn from Scripture alone that the entire Law of Moses was done away in Christ death and that we are under a new means to produce godliness which is by the filling of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God alone by grace alone through faith alone.

Continue reading “The Grace Life: The Lost Doctrine of the Church”

 

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What is your Church focus: Christ or Law? 

Oct. 10, 2010

 

Throughout Scripture we are told that a person is not saved by keeping the law but by grace through faith.

And thank the sovereign grace of God that there are many people who have believed the message of grace.

However, they believe that they must now put themselves back under the principle of law keeping for their sanctification- their rule of Christian life.

To put a Christian under the law as a means of making them holy is totally unscriptural and unwittingly produces the opposite effect.

Today most churches that I have studied know very little about living the Christian life by grace through faith.

 

Col 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 

Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Eph 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Gal 6:12 As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Gal 6:13 For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

Gal 6:14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Gal 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

Gal 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

 

Purpose: To learn from Scripture that to place a Christian under the law as a rule of life is blatant unbelief in the Holy Spirit’s revelation concerning how a Christian is to grow in Christ. The focus of the Christian life is Christ not the law.

Continue reading “What is your Church focus: Christ or Law?”

 

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What is your Church focus: Christ or Law? 

Oct. 10, 2010

 

Throughout Scripture we are told that a person is not saved by keeping the law but by grace through faith.

And thank the sovereign grace of God that there are many people who have believed the message of grace.

However, they believe that they must now put themselves back under the principle of law keeping for their sanctification- their rule of Christian life.

To put a Christian under the law as a means of making them holy is totally unscriptural and unwittingly produces the opposite effect.

Today most churches that I have studied know very little about living the Christian life by grace through faith.

 

Col 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 

Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Eph 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Gal 6:12 As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Gal 6:13 For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

Gal 6:14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Gal 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

Gal 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

 

Purpose: To learn from Scripture that to place a Christian under the law as a rule of life is blatant unbelief in the Holy Spirit’s revelation concerning how a Christian is to grow in Christ. The focus of the Christian life is Christ not the law.

Continue reading “What is your Church focus: Christ or Law?”

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The Christian’s Rule of Life: Christ or Law?

Oct. 3 2010

 

Note:  Jack’s audio sermon does vary from these notes…

 

Throughout Scripture we are told that a person is not saved by keeping the law but by grace through of faith.

And thank the sovereign grace of God that there are many people who have believed the message of grace.

However, they believe that they must now put themselves back under the principle of law keeping for their sanctification– their rule of Christian life.

To put a Christian under the law as a means of making them holy is totally unscriptural and unwittingly produces the opposite effect.

Today most churches that I have studied no very little about living the Christian life by grace through faith.

 

Col 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 

Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Eph 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Gal 6:12 As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Gal 6:13  For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

Gal 6:14  But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Gal 6:15  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

Gal 6:16  And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

 

Purpose: To learn from Scripture that to place a Christian under the law as a rule of life is

blatant unbelief in the Holy Spirit’s revelation concerning how a Christian is to grow in Christ.

The focus of the Christian life is Christ not the law.

Continue reading “The Christian’s Rule of Life: Christ or Law?”

This week’s Audio link

The Christian’s Rule of Life: Christ or Law?

Oct. 3 2010

 

Note:  Jack’s audio sermon does vary from these notes…

 

Throughout Scripture we are told that a person is not saved by keeping the law but by grace through of faith.

And thank the sovereign grace of God that there are many people who have believed the message of grace.

However, they believe that they must now put themselves back under the principle of law keeping for their sanctification– their rule of Christian life.

To put a Christian under the law as a means of making them holy is totally unscriptural and unwittingly produces the opposite effect.

Today most churches that I have studied no very little about living the Christian life by grace through faith.

 

Col 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 

Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Eph 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Gal 6:12 As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Gal 6:13  For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

Gal 6:14  But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Gal 6:15  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

Gal 6:16  And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

 

Purpose: To learn from Scripture that to place a Christian under the law as a rule of life is

blatant unbelief in the Holy Spirit’s revelation concerning how a Christian is to grow in Christ.

The focus of the Christian life is Christ not the law.

Continue reading “The Christian’s Rule of Life: Christ or Law?”

 

 

 

Victory over Your Worst Sin

9/19/10

 

There is nothing more real to the consciousness of the honest Christian than the moment by moment struggle with the presence of evil in his mind and the desire to commit evil.

 

The understanding that our wretched, sinful natures have not been eradicated after a believer has become a Christian is a critical awakening that God brings about in every Christian’s life.

 

The purpose of our Father leaving our wicked natures within our minds is to cause us to abandon all hope in our ability to overcome our sinful habits and to trust exclusively in His revelation concerning what He has done for us through His Son’s cross/work.

 

Purpose: To learn from Scripture alone to abandon all self effort to have victory over our worst sin and to look away from ourselves

 i.e. our feelings and experiences, to the finished work of Christ, to rest in His victory alone over our sin natures by means of the Holy Spirit’s power alone.

Continue reading “Victory over Your Worst Sin”

 

 

 

Victory over Your Worst Sin

9/19/10

 

There is nothing more real to the consciousness of the honest Christian than the moment by moment struggle with the presence of evil in his mind and the desire to commit evil.

 

The understanding that our wretched, sinful natures have not been eradicated after a believer has become a Christian is a critical awakening that God brings about in every Christian’s life.

 

The purpose of our Father leaving our wicked natures within our minds is to cause us to abandon all hope in our ability to overcome our sinful habits and to trust exclusively in His revelation concerning what He has done for us through His Son’s cross/work.

 

Purpose: To learn from Scripture alone to abandon all self effort to have victory over our worst sin and to look away from ourselves

 i.e. our feelings and experiences, to the finished work of Christ, to rest in His victory alone over our sin natures by means of the Holy Spirit’s power alone.

Continue reading “Victory over Your Worst Sin”