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Finding
Financial Freedom
"The
Grace of Giving"
September
15, 2002
What
is grace?
Common grace:
Saving grace:
How
does grace operate in our lives?
1.
We are saved by grace.
Ephesians
2:8,9
1
Timothy 1:12-14
Can we be saved any way we want?
Saving grace involves:
-
sacrifice (John 3:16)
-
joy
-
the lordship of Christ
2.
We are to live by grace.
Romans
6:1-4
Hebrews
4:16
Can we live any way we want?
Living grace involves:
-
sacrifice (Romans 12:1)
-
joy
-
the lordship of Christ
3.
We are to give by grace.
2
Corinthians 8:7
Can we give any way we want?
Giving grace involves:
-
sacrifice
-
joy
-
the lordship of Christ
We
are to give:
a.
regularly (1 Corinthians 16:2)
b.
sacrificially (2 Corinthians 9:13; Mark
12:41-44)
c.
willingly (2 Corinthians 9:7; 8:12)
d.
cheerfully (2 Corinthians 9:7)
Jesus
said, “I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through
me.” John
14:6
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