MIKE MAZZALONGO
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Introduction
For I am not ashamed of the
gospel, for it is the power of God
for salvation to everyone who
believes, to the Jew first and also
to the Greek.
- Romans 1:16
PROPER WORSHIP
INSPIRATION
BAPTISM
GRACE
Outline
1. Renouncing of Grace – 1:1 to
3:20
Universal Sin
Outline
1. Renouncing of Grace – 1:1 to 3:20
2. Response of Grace – 3:20 to 7:25
Cross of Christ
Outline
1. Renouncing of Grace – 1:1 to 3:20
2. Response of Grace
– 3:20 to 7:25
3. Request of Grace – Chapter 8
Spirit filled living
Outline
1. Renouncing of Grace – 1:1 to 3:20
2. Response of Grace
– 3:20 to 7:25
3. Request of Grace
– Chapter 8
4. Refusal of Grace – Chapters 9 to 11
The Jews stumble
Outline
1.
2.
3.
4.
Renouncing of Grace – 1:1 to 3:20
Response of Grace
– 3:20 to 7:25
Request of Grace
– Chapter 8
Refusal of Grace
– Chapters 9 to
11
5. Result of Grace – Chapters 12 to 16
The Church of Christ
Definitions of Grace
ELEO = Mercy
CHARIS = Favor
O.T – Mercy is safety from enemies and
sin
N.T – Extension of God’s character seen in
love and mercy toward man in general
But when the kindness of God our Savior and
His love for mankind appeared, He saved us,
not on the basis of deeds which we have done
in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by
the washing of regeneration and renewing by
the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us
richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that
being justified by His grace we would be made
heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
- Titus 3:4-7
Misconception of Grace
• Roman Catholicism
– Grace distributed through
sacramental system
Misconception of Grace
• Roman Catholicism
• Pelagianism
“Just do it”
Misconception of Grace
• Roman Catholicism
• Pelagianism
• Calvinism
– Predestination = God knew
– Election
= God chose
Misconception of Grace
• Roman Catholicism
• Pelagianism
• Calvinism
• Legalism
– Thermometer Religion
Thermometer Concept of Grace
What God
Provides
What man
provides toward
salvation
Thermometer Concept of Grace
God’s part
100%
Man’s part
0%
What Salvation Requires
1. A Perfect Life of Obedience
who committed no sin, nor was any deceit
found in His mouth; and while being
reviled, He did not revile in return; while
suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept
entrusting Himself to Him who judges
righteously; and He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the cross, so that we might
die to sin and live to righteousness; for by
His wounds you were healed.
- 1 Peter 2:22-24
What Salvation Requires
1. A Perfect Life of Obedience
2. A Divine Spirit
For Christ did not enter a holy place
made with hands, a mere copy of
the true one, but into heaven itself,
now to appear in the presence of
God for us;
- Hebrews 9:24
By this will we have been sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all. Every priest stands
daily ministering and offering time after
time the same sacrifices, which can
never take away sins; but He, having
offered one sacrifice for sins for all time,
SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF
GOD,
- Hebrews 10:10-12
Grace: Summary Definition
God’s original creation of the world with
man at the head of it; His subsequent
decision to save fallen man through the
method of atonement accomplished by
Jesus; and His establishment of the
church in order to reveal this plan to all
mankind – this is grace.