The Great Exchage
(7 downloads)Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007
Galatians 2:16-21
I Hate My Life – Ever felt like that? Wouldn’t it be great if I could trade places with an intelligent, good looking or athletic person. Wouldn’t it be great if I could just start over? Is there another way to live? Can you find relief even at the height of life’s many demands? Is there a way to start over with a new life? The answer is the great exchange: New lives for old, warm hearts for cold. Have I got a deal for you today? Come on step this way, and get your new lives for old.
Explaining the Exchange 16
The basis of the exchange is Justification by Faith
We are free from the Penalty of sin & restored to favor w/God
Legal term: A legitimate reason for something normally illegal
Our defense is that Christ paid the penalty for us
It is not by Works
It is by Faith in Jesus Christ
Exchanging away our former life 17-18
Argument against Justification by faith
Justification by faith is an invitation for loose living
If justified, why bother to live a good life?
The answer to the argument
Justification by faith does not remove all sin from our lives
Justification is not the cause of the sin in our lives!
If you insist on the way of works it will make you a sinner
The way of works is a slap in God’s face
The way of Works is a way of saying you don’t need God
To please God, you must “die” to the way of works
Exchanging in our new life 20
This is a statement of fact... I have been crucified
The Penalty has been paid
When Christ died, I died with him
This is a statement essential to life… I live by Faith!
I was saved by faith
The life that you now live must also become a life of faith
You must live by faith.
It is the only way you can find hope and victory over sin
Life without the exchange 21
The way of Works means no grace – no grace, no hope!
The way of Works means we must obey the law perfectly
The end of the matter is this – we are saved by faith and we live by faith. And that makes all the difference. This is the great exchange. This is what hope is all about. . John 8:36 says "If the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." Do you hate your life? Do you desire to have freedom from guilt, rejection, and remorse? God is offering you forgiveness through the great exchange. Will you accept it?
A time for Confrontation
(7 downloads)Tuesday, Sep 11, 2007
Galatians 2:11-21
The Important Things
(7 downloads)Saturday, Sep 08, 2007
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1 Corinthians 11
Over, Under, Through, but never Around
(6 downloads)Thursday, Sep 06, 2007
Acts 20:17-35