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"To make a man a saint, grace is
absolutely necessary, and whoever
doubts it, does not know what a
saint is or what a man.”
- Pascal
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Keep standing f irm in this…
Christ set us free
from the death curse of our sin,
to follow by faith His righteous way
of living in the power of the Holy
Spirit.
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Keep Standing Firm!
Identify your best effortto validate or save
yourself asking if it was
done after a prayer of
faith and with a grateful
spirit.
The “works of the Law” are not identified by
WHAT is done, but WHY its done.
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Keep Standing Firm!
Consciously,intentionally, and
perhaps even
materially (tosymbolize what’s in
your heart) say “NO”
to any effort that isnot done in step with
God’s Spirit.
Titus 2:11-14
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Keep Standing Firm!
Ask God to cleanse your heart of any self-reliance and self-promotion -- but be
prepared to be broken in the process!
“Christians emphasize God’s grace in changing
people like Jacob and Joseph who were liars
and braggarts… These individuals had to
become aware of their own transgressions and
limitations. They had to be broken...”
Marvin Olansky (WORLD 9/10/11)
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Keep Standing Firm!
Look to Christ and believe in Him!“Let all the world look to Me for
salvation! For I am God; there is no
other.”
Isaiah 45:22NLT
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Keep Standing Firm!
Look to Christ and believe in Him!“I looked to Him, He looked on me,
And we were one forever.”
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What prevents the unsaved from
coming to Christ and the savedfrom following Him in faith?
MISPLACED TRUST –
man
Vs.
GOD
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The dangers to you in believing the false
gospel of righteousness by works…
V.2
You won’t value Christ as you should, and
therefore, can not receive the benefits
from Him that He gives ONLY to the
believing heart
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Galatians 5:2-3 (MSG)
2-3I am emphatic about this. The moment anyone of you submits to circumcision or any other
rule-keeping system, at that same moment
Christ's hard-won gift of freedom is
squandered. I repeat my warning: The person
who accepts the ways of circumcision trades allthe advantages of the free life in Christ for the
obligations of the slave life of the law.
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The dangers to you in believing the false
gospel of righteousness by works…
V. 3
In Christ’s Kingdom, you cannot
work to save part of your life, and
trust Christ with the rest.
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Your best effort can never be enough to make up
for a fundamental deficiency of Christ in your
heart. Your relationship with HIM must become
the most precious possession of your heart.
And if you continue to look for His blessings basedon comparing yourself to others, or your claim on
His attentions is based on doing the best that you
can, then THAT literally and really is the standard
by which you’re living.
And it will NEVER be enough.
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The dangers to you in believing the false
gospel of righteousness by works…
V.4
Severance from “Christ,” leading to a
falling away from “grace.”
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How would you describe a person who has
been exposed to the gracious truth of the
gospel and then turned his back on living by
faith in Christ?
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We must see this verse in the
context, or end up believing
that by any momentary
digression from living by
faith, you are once again
eternally damned.
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As in earlier passages from Galatians, both the
title “Christ” and the word “Law” represent
two opposing ways of life…
The way of
life in Christ
is only by
gracethrough
faith.
The way of life
under the law is
slavery to its
impossible demandson human
performance.
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“Fallen from grace” and “severed from
Christ” are about losing one’s grip on a
fundamental principle of life in Christ
(it can only be lived by faith), and then inexperience drifting further and further
away from knowing personally the depth
of His love for you and the freedom of
living your life His way by the Holy Spirit.
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In repentance, we turn from...
“How well am I doing?”
to
“How thankful I am for whatChrist is doing in my life to fill me
with His love and help me to walk
His way of righteousness by
faith.”
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“Lord, grant me a joyful heart and a
holy sense of humor. Please give me
the gift of faith to be renewed andshared with others each day.
Teach me to live this moment only,
looking neither to the past withregret, nor to the future with
apprehension.
Let love be my aimand my life a prayer.”
Roseann Alexander-Isham