1. What is a definition of grace?
Grace can be defined as “unmerited favor to the infinitely ill-deserving,” or, in other words, “God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense.”
2. Why should the Christian be concerned about how to make grace amazing to the world?
False Conversion - If we only tell sinners that God loved them so much that He gave His only Son to die in their place it seems to have less relevance to them than the day’s weather forecast. To them, the forecast is at least applicable to them here and now.
3. What is it that makes grace abound?
The solution to this dilemma can be found in Romans 5:20. Here we are informed why God gave His Law to us: “Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”
Memory Verse
“Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”
ROMANS 5:20
When sin abounds, grace “much more” abounds, and according to Scripture, the thing that makes sin abound is the Law.
4. What caused the speedster to see the seriousness of his transgression?
The Law: Notice what happens when the law enters the fast lane, with red lights flashing. The speedster’s heart misses a beat. He is no longer secure in the fact that other motorists are also speeding. He knows that he is personally as guilty as the next guy, and he could be the one the law pulls over. The fact that there are other people doing it is irrelevant. Suddenly, his “mere” 15 mph transgression doesn’t seem such a small thing after all; it seems to abound.
5. What did Charles Spurgeon say about the Law?
Charles Spurgeon said that “the Law serves a most necessary purpose.” How true are his words regarding sinners: “They will never accept grace, until they tremble before a just and holy Law.”
6. Why did the prostitute weep at the mention of God’s love?
Her tears were not tears of godly sorrow for sin, but merely an emotional response to the need of a father’s love. In my ignorance, I joyfully led her in a sinner’s prayer. However, I was disappointed sometime later when she fell away, and her tender heart became very callous toward the things of God.
It is important to realize that we can evoke a tearful response from sinners by saying that God loves them. The message is more appealing to both the Christian and the sinner.
7. What did John Newton say about the harmony between Law and grace?
Paradoxically, the Law makes grace abound, in the same way that darkness makes light shine. It was John Newton, the writer of “Amazing Grace,” who said that a wrong understanding of the harmony between Law and grace would produce “error on the left and the right hand.”
Memory Verse
“Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”
ROMANS 5:20
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