Pew2You
Sola Gratia: Grace Alone
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Aaron Schlueter
Highlights:
Grace is:
Not EARNED
Not MERITED
Not DESERVED
Grace should be reflected in our life daily.
The Influence of Grace upon our hearts is reflected in our lives by:
A love for the gift giver
A willingness to forgive
A strength that points to God
A gratitude that is sincere
Discussion Questions:
Aaron spoke on God’s grace and how it is not earned, merited, or deserved. In what ways have you seen this in your life? Where can you see God’s grace more abundantly?
How do you reflect grace in your daily life?
In this season of thanksgiving, how is your heart reflecting His grace? Share specific examples of how you are living this in your life.
Key Scriptures and Quotes:
– 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:4-9
– 6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. Isaiah 64:6
– 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven – as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little. Luke 7:47
– 8…Feely you have received; feely give. Matthew 10:8b
– 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. 2 Corinthians 12:9
– 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 4:15 (NIV)
Definitions:
Grace: graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
Strong’s G5463
Thanksgiving: eucharistia; gratitude; actually grateful language (to God, as an act of worship) Thankfulness, (giving of =) thanks (-giving)
Strong’s G2170
Overflow: to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous
Strong’s G4052