Topic: Understanding God’s Grace
INTRODUCTION
We are saved by grace through faith. Our salvation is because of the grace of God, not because of our works.
Today, this topic of grace has been greatly misunderstood and some have swung to different extremes. This is not a recent problem but one that has existed from the beginning of the church(See Jude 1:4). While some take the grace of God as a Licence to sin, some have denied the grace of God by trusting in their ability to keep rules and regulations as the reason why they are saved.
This study would help us further look at the important topic of grace so that we can walk in multiplied grace(2 Peter 1:2).
DISCUSSIONS
1 Define grace
2 Explain Romans 5:20.
3 Was there grace in the old Testament? Genesis 6:8, Genesis 19:19, Exodus 33:13, Psalm 84:11, Proverbs 3:34
4 What is the difference(if there is) between Grace in the new Covenant and grace in the old? John 1:16-17, Romans 3:24, Romans 5:21
5 What is the difference (if any) between the grace described in Ephesians 2:4-6, and 2 Corinthians 12:8, 2 Peter 1:2 and Romans 12:6
6 What are the products of grace in a person’s life? 1 Corinthians 15:10, 3:10, 2 Corinthians 9:8
7 How can people respond to grace:
Accept Grace: 1 Corinthians 15:10
Set aside Grace: Galatians 2:21
Abuse grace: Hebrews 10:29
Grow in grace: 2 Peter 3:17-18