AMAZING GRACE IS TRANSFORMING GRACE ! The greatest hymn of all time was written by John Newton Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me ! Newton was a very wicked ungodly profane slave trader who became a new creation transformed by the grace and power of God !Radically saved ! A real grace transformation truly changes us in a very powerful way and people will know it because we will show it ! Eph.2:8For by grace are ye saved through faith ,and that not of yourselves it is a gift of God. This is quoted so often but we miss the meaning ! Saved by grace but saved from what ? Well ,we are saved from the guilt of sin,the penalty of sin and the power of sin and one day from the very presence of sin ! Now thats amazing grace not cheap grace ! 1.Amazing grace gives us a new life in Christ and transforms us. Grace is costly not cheap ! It cost Jesus the spotless perfect Son of God his life on the cross.Matt.1:21 says He saves us from our sins not in our sins and that is a big difference ! We are not just forgiven sinners we are forgiven and set free from sins power.(Rom.6:22) This scripture says we are right now free from sin and we now serve God and we now produce the fruit of holiness ! NOW- TODAY ! And we continue to grow in holiness ! 2.Counterfeit grace leaves you in sins bondage ! If Gods divine grace has not produced in you a deep desire to live holy then you have a religious experience but not a true conversion! Grace is never a license to sin.Grace is never a permit to sin ! 3.Rom.6:1-2What shall we say then?Shall we continue to sin ,that grace may abound? God forbid.How shall we ,that are dead to sin,live any longer therein?The old life of sin has passed away ! Divine grace will never allow you to live for self and indulge your lusts ! Titus 2:12 says that the grace of God teaches us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly ,righteously and godly in the present world. 4.BIBLE NOTE:Grace instructs believers to decisively reject the ungodly passions ,pleasures and values of this world and regard them as abominable.Grace commands and empowers us to live righteously and godly while we wait for the Blessed Hope .Do we hear this today ? So many are old creatures in Adam confessing to be new creatures in Christ but nothing has changed in them ! They have a confession but not a real conversion ! Old things have not passed away !(2nd Cor.5:17) That is a fake artificial grace that produces false converts still living in sin and they do not live godly.They serve Him with their lips but not their lives ! 5.Titus 1:16They profess to know God ,but in works deny Him.False grace allows a person to live for himself and yet confess to be saved without surrender to Christ! Grace teaches holiness and is never soft on sin !The power of grace works in us from start to finish and enables us to please God in daily living ! 6.Jude1:4For there are certain men crept in unawares ,who were before of old ordained to this condemnation,ungodly men,turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness ,and denying the only Lord God ,and our Lord Jesus Christ. BIBLE NOTE:Jude denounces certain persons who teach that salvation by grace allows professed believers to indulge in serious sins and yet not be judged by God.They preached pardon for sin but not the imperative of holiness. 7.Friends Christ died for us when we were ungodly (Rom.5:6) but He does not leave us in that condition ! His grace transforms us. ! We now pursue godliness !! Never forget Rom.6:14 that tells us that sin is not our master and cannot control us because we are under the rule of divine life-changing grace ! Brother David Cooke.Share as the Lord leads you —
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