Transformed By Grace
Kevin Sadler
Transformed By Grace
#1 - Unity in Christ
Transformed By Grace #2 - One Body in
Christ
Transformed By Grace #3 - The Apostle of
Grace
Transformed By Grace #4 - The Gifts of
Christ
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Connie Spivey
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Scripture Reading: Galatians 3:22-24
"Noah ifound grace in the eyes of the Lord" (Genesis 6:8). "By faith, Noah...became heir of the righteousness which is by faith" (Hebrews 11:7). "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness" (Romans 4:3). Both Noah and Abraham lived before the law of Moses was imposed.
"David also describeth the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works" (Romans4:6). David lived under the law of Moses. Salvation, then, is proven to have always been by grace through faith. And yet we make a great distinction between the dispensations prior to the dispensation of the grace of God and the dispensation of the grace of God per se. Since we know that God has always dispensed grace, and righteousness has always been attained through faith apart from works — why the controversial issues regarding the distinctive dispensation of the grace of God?
The basic difference lies in the revelation of the risen Christ to the apostle Paul: the revelation of the mystery. Paul explains the contrasts between doctrines. He establishes the responsibilities and privileges of the believer in this present age. He defines the one true Church which is the Body of Christ and charges the members thereof in their work and witness.
God required works and ordinances, rituals and washings, ceremonies and sacrifices, tithings and offerings and the keeping of the law. All these things He demanded of previous generations — but not of the members of the Body. "The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster."
All that went before was in preparation for the completeness which was to be established by the finished work of Christ at Calvary. No longer does God impose the law and works upon His people. "And ye are complete in Him, Who is the head of all principality and power" (Colossians 2:10). All works are now to be works of love, and the only law is the law of Christ.
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Transformed By Grace
Kevin Sadler
Transformed By Grace
#1 - Unity in Christ
Transformed By Grace #2 - One Body in
Christ
Transformed By Grace #3 - The Apostle of
Grace
Transformed By Grace #4 - The Gifts of
Christ
Posted By Cecil and
Connie Spivey
E-mail this BIBLE STUDY to all your friends
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