Summary: Jesus is grace personified. He oozes grace. He epitomizes grace. He is grace personified. He is the manifestation of grace here on earth. There are many questions about grace that keep people from accepted it as the free gift that Jesus offers. Understanding grace in your life gives you salvation, freedom, and the ability to offer the grace of Jesus to others that need to know him.
Grace define: the unearned, undeserved favor of God in your life.
1. What are your issues with grace? What do you struggle with? What questions have you asked before? Why is it so hard for people to understand and embrace grace from God?
2. READ John 1:14, 16-17. What does Jesus offer people as a result of their fallen and broken lives? How does that differ from other world religions? What do the other religions give you as options for your sin problem? (following the law, reincarnation, good deeds, martyrdom)
3. Read Romans 5:20 in Roman 6:1-2. What should our response to the grace of Jesus be? What are the negative responses that manipulate and abuse grace?
4. How does the giving of grace by God actually draw us closer to Him and push our lives more towards righteousness?
5. Read 1 Peter 5:12 and Titus 3:5. Some people reject grace because they think it is performance driven. What do these verses make clear about grace and how it is given in your life?
6. Have you ever felt guilty as a recipient of grace because of the sin that remains in your life?
7. Why do so many people feel obligated to repay God for His grace? Read John 6:28-29. What does Jesus say is the only thing we are "obligated" to do to receive this gift?
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