TODAY'S LESSON: G.R.A.C.E.
(GOD'S REDEMPTION AT CHRIST'S EXPENSE)
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,
THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM
SHOULD NOT PERISH,
BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
JOHN 3:16
IN JOHN WE FIND
THAT GOD AND JESUS ARE ONE
AND HAVE BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING.
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,
AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD,
AND THE WORD WAS GOD.
JOHN 1:1
SIMPLY PUT:
GOD GAVE OF HIMSELF SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
THAT'S A PRETTY BIG SACRIFICE TO MAKE
FOR LITTLE OLE ME.
HE DIDN'T DO IT JUST FOR YOU.
AND WE HAVE SEEN AND DO TESTIFY
THAT THE FATHER SENT THE SON
TO BE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
I JOHN 4:14
OK, I GET THAT,
BUT SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE
REALLY DON'T DESERVE IT.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY DON'T.
BUT GUESS WHAT?
YOU AND I DON'T DESERVE IT EITHER.
FOR ALL HAVE SINNED,
AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD;
ROMANS 3:23
FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH;
ROMANS 6:23a
THAT'S ALOT TO SWALLOW.
IS THERE ANY WAY OUT OF IT?
SURE THERE IS!
ROMANS 6:23 GOES ON TO SAY:
...BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.
YOU MEAN, I DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT?
NO, NOT A PENNY.
GOD DOESN'T NEED YOUR MONEY,
NOR DOES HE WANT IT.
WHAT HE WANTS IS YOU.
EVEN AS THE SON OF MAN CAME NOT TO BE MINISTERED UNTO,
BUT TO MINISTER,
AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY.
MATTHEW 20:28
JESUS PAID IT ALL!
FOR YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE:
I CORINTHIANS 6:20a
ALL TO HIM I OWE.
AND IN YOUR SPIRIT,
WHICH ARE GOD'S.
I CORINTHIANS 6:20b
SIN HAD LEFT A CRIMSON STAIN,
FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH;
ROMANS 6:23a
HE WASHED IT WHITE AS SNOW.
WASH ME, AND I SHALL BE WHITER THAN SNOW.
THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY,
