Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
A pastor wrote:
The Cross is the place where grace and sin collide with a crash, but
the wreckage is suffered on the heart of God. The sinner walks away
free - free from sin’s penalty, free to walk with God, free to live in
His Heaven for
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
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"No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where
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AN EPITAPH TO GRACE
In a small cemetery of a parish churchyard in Olney, England, stands a granite tombstone w/ this inscription:
“John Newton, clerk [pastor], once an infidel & Libertine, a servant of slavers in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ, preserved,
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2008
Martin Luther said: "Grace releases sin, and peace makes the conscience quiet. The two fiends that torment us are sin and conscience. But Christ has vanquished these two monsters, and trodden them under foot, both in this world, and in the world to come."
(Source: Barton,
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2004
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Grace
The boy stood defiantly. “Go ahead, give it to me.”
The principal looked at the young rebel and asked, “How many times have you been here?”
The child sneered rebelliously, “Apparently not enough.”
“And you have been punished each time?” the principal responded.
“Yeah, I been
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
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Grace At Bat
I read this week about a baseball game that one day took place. It seems that the Lord’s team was playing Satan’s team. The Lord’s team was at bat, the score was zero to zero, and it was in the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs. The Coach and the Lord stood by observing the game.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2004
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Grace - an illustration of the effect of grace.
By grace, Jesus took our place on the cross, enduring what he didn’t have to, so that we could have a relationship with our father. As an illustration of this, there is a scene in the Hugh Grant movie ’About A Boy’. Towards the end of the movie, the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
"Plenteous grace with Thee is found, Grace to cover all my sin; Let the healing streams
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Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 10, 2008
Sin’s Birthplace
“But each one is tempted when by his own evil desire he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” (James 1: 14, 15)
Before you can win a war you must know your enemy, understand his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2009
SIN DEFINITIONS
What is sin? Here are some suggestions:
"Sin is like a kidney stone. No one likes a kidney stone, nor should anyone like sin."
"Sin is like a rotten egg we try to cover up with spices."
"Sin is like a cancer with a 0% survival rate."
"Sin is like weeds in a garden; if not
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 14, 2010
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Sinful Nature
How does a worm get inside an apple? Perhaps you think the worm burrows in from the outside. No, scientists have discovered that the worm comes from inside. But how does he get in there? Simple! An insect lays an egg in the apple blossom. Sometime later, the worm hatches in the
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 9, 2009
SIN WILL:
1. TAKE YOU FARTHER THAN YOU PLANNED ON GOING.
2. KEEP YOU LONGER THAN YOU PLANNED ON STAYING
3. COST YOU MORE THAN YOU PLANNED ON
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God in Jesus Christ is beautiful, and it
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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MORE TO FOLLOW
Sam Ducanannan was a simple man with very few talents, but he had a great desire to do something for the Lord. So he made it his practice to cut out pictures from cards and magazines and to paste onto these pictures appropriate verses and poems. He would then give them as simple
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CHEAP GRACE
(defined and adapted from Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
a). Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
b). Cheap grace means grace as a doctrine, a principle, a system. It means forgiveness of sins proclaimed as a general truth, the love of God
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Contributed by Paul Searight on Aug 23, 2010
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GRACE AND THE BOOK
Dorothy Sayers wrote, "If men will not understand the meaning of judgment, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace."
IF you don’t realize what you could have faced at the judgment - what your sins really deserved - you’ll never appreciate the
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Contributed by Stan Coleman on Jan 16, 2007
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Listen to this from R.C. Sproul:
“Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our salvation. It is difficult for our pride to rest on grace. Grace is for other people—for beggars. We don’t want to live by a heavenly welfare system. We want
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