Empowered by Grace: Living Victoriously in Christ

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Many Christians miss this distinction between being reconciled through the death of Christ and being saved through the life of Christ. Do you realize there's a distinction? Paul makes a distinction, and it's important for us to recognize it. [00:01:25]

Paul then goes on to explain how death entered the world through sin and it spread to all men because all sinned, and he pointed out that this sin was in the world even before God's law was given, but sin is not recognized when there's no law. [00:01:46]

Paul states where sin abounded and how far did sin abound to all men where sin abounded grace super abounded amen far beyond even the reach of sin. None of us disputes do we, we don't none of us dispute that sin has affected the whole world. [00:04:20]

Those who are actively receiving the abundance of Christ are not victims of what others have done to them, but they are overcoming whatever has been done to them through the powerful grace of Christ. [00:06:23]

Forgiveness for sin and freedom from sin are two different aspects of grace. They're both a result of grace, but do you know both or just one? When we have fallen into sin, we need the comfort of forgiveness don't we, but in order to overcome temptation and live free, not under sin's dominion we don't need forgiveness we need the power of Jesus Christ in us. [00:09:20]

Jesus Christ equated grace with power and the in the Greek word for power is dunamis and the root idea of dunamis is ability the ability to do. Jesus Christ is literally telling Paul, my ability is made perfect in your weakness. [00:10:53]

When we finally begin to give thanks in everything and to count it all joy whenever we face trials of various kinds, we have begun to be more conscious of God's ability at work in us than the difficulty of the circumstances we're in. [00:14:07]

The language of victims is filled with finding fault and laying blame. The language of the overcomer is filled with giving thanks and praise to God. Actually, you know what the overcomer with the Christ power in them what they do what so sets them apart. [00:19:14]

True grace is like the remedy for sin in the old hymn Rock of Ages you remember that hymn you remember the remedy there's a remedy for sin in the Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages cleft for me let me hide myself in thee let the water and the blood from thy wounded side which flowed be of sin the double cure. [00:36:32]

True grace saves from wrath but it also makes a person pure amen okay only those receiving the abundance of grace will reign in life and those who reign in life let me put this way make sure you understand this those who are reigning in life through receiving the abundance of grace they've been victimized too. [00:36:45]

Grace is the power of Jesus Christ his dynamic ability at work in our lives this is what he told his disciples to wait for didn't he do you remember this right before he left his disciples were more curious about he had told them he was leaving and they were more curious about when he was coming back remember when. [00:30:22]

All things are possible to him who believes and if you believe Christ Jesus lives in you and his ability could be made perfect in your weakness and you can begin to demonstrate that even though you have just as weak a body as everybody else in the world the all-surpassing power that keeps you and makes you so different is Christ Jesus in you that's genuine grace right there okay. [00:42:23]

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