Transformative Grace: Breaking Free from Expectations
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"We've been talking about grace to start off the year 2025 because it is the most foundational topic to a life following Jesus. So we've been looking at the gospel of grace, some things that it is and some things that it isn't, and some of the fake versions of the gospel and of grace that are out in the world." [00:00:04]
"Grace does start to work in your life, though, from the moment that you hear the gospel and you receive the gospel for yourself. When I say the gospel, I just really simply mean when you come to a belief that Jesus was the Son of God, made man, who lived a life that was perfect and died on the cross in your place for your sin and then rose from the dead, and that you're invited to start that life with him that will last forever right now." [00:04:18]
"To be sanctified means to grow more and more and more over time to look like Jesus. It's the process. It's the process. It's the process. becoming take a deep breath holy the process of becoming holy now that's really what it means to look more like Jesus because the one word that the Bible uses over and over and over from beginning to end to summarize all that makes God God is holy." [00:05:42]
"See, Paul writes, it's grace that powers the change. It's grace that puts you on this trajectory to becoming more like him. But the problem is there's two different versions of how this works, and one of them has produced the box. And I wanna offer you today that that is a fake version of grace." [00:07:47]
"If you told them you followed Jesus, you would find that version of the box. If that is anything like what you grew up hearing, what you thought of Christianity, what you thought Jesus wanted out of your life, any version of that, any version of that at all, you need real grace to go to work in your life. And my hope is that you will want the work of Jesus in your life." [00:09:46]
"Are you tired, worn out, burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me. And you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me. Watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill -fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly." [00:10:48]
"Real grace comes through him it comes through a person real grace comes to us through a person it's actually the presence of Jesus himself he offers a relationship that's what those words mean come to me get away with me keep company with me he said walk with me this is an invite to know someone not not orders and a progress report that's a blessing that's a blessing that's a blessing that's a boss right show up at a meeting tell them how you're doing hit the bullet points walk out the door wait for your raise you know." [00:11:43]
"Real grace always works from the inside out real grace goes inside first real grace never begins on the outside now it reminds me of my what fake grace tells us reminds me of my favorite book of the book of the book of the book of the book and I find does not and is of a powerful助 as growing on it over time and I just you know and it looks as good as new but you know what happens about three four weeks later." [00:15:36]
"Jesus criticized Pharisees harshly for keeping their focus on the external things of a life of faith. Listen to him just absolutely rail against this idea in Matthew 23. He says, Jesus says this directly to the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self -indulgence, blind Pharisee." [00:18:20]
"Real grace gives that opportunity. It starts in hidden places. It works for a long time. It grows over time in a process that, yes, eventually grows fruit, but does not end up a white, washed tomb see real grace doesn't mind hidden starting points real grace actually doesn't mind any starting point the third way that real grace works in our lives is by personal knowledge real grace knows us like knows us knows us inside and out knows where you've been knows what your hurts are knows what your joy is knows what you love about your life." [00:26:31]
"Real Grace knows what you're gonna need for the future. Real Grace knows the parts of you that need outfitted for the future, that need brought forward, that need some new technology. And Grace also knows what parts of your store, your past your pain your mistakes your cracks need sealed in and just kept because ruins are beautiful they're beautiful he said when you get to put your hands on a ruin what did he say it's magical there's something amazing about it and friends this is how real grace works." [00:32:53]
"The good news is that you have access to the power of grace to live a holy life. That's the good news. That is amazing news, but we've got to stop the scrub down. We've got to get rid of the checklist. We've got to believe that he can actually do that work in a way that frees you, in a way that you recover your life instead of losing it." [00:37:08]
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"Grace does start to work in your life, though, from the moment that you hear the gospel and you receive the gospel for yourself. When I say the gospel, I just really simply mean when you come to a belief that Jesus was the Son of God, made man, who lived a life that was perfect and died on the cross in your place for your sin and then rose from the dead, and that you're invited to start that life with him that will last forever right now." [00:04:18]
"To be sanctified means to grow more and more and more over time to look like Jesus. It's the process. It's the process. It's the process. becoming take a deep breath holy the process of becoming holy now that's really what it means to look more like Jesus because the one word that the Bible uses over and over and over from beginning to end to summarize all that makes God God is holy." [00:05:42]
"See, Paul writes, it's grace that powers the change. It's grace that puts you on this trajectory to becoming more like him. But the problem is there's two different versions of how this works, and one of them has produced the box. And I wanna offer you today that that is a fake version of grace." [00:07:47]
"If you told them you followed Jesus, you would find that version of the box. If that is anything like what you grew up hearing, what you thought of Christianity, what you thought Jesus wanted out of your life, any version of that, any version of that at all, you need real grace to go to work in your life. And my hope is that you will want the work of Jesus in your life." [00:09:46]
"Are you tired, worn out, burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me. And you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me. Watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill -fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly." [00:10:48]
"Real grace comes through him it comes through a person real grace comes to us through a person it's actually the presence of Jesus himself he offers a relationship that's what those words mean come to me get away with me keep company with me he said walk with me this is an invite to know someone not not orders and a progress report that's a blessing that's a blessing that's a blessing that's a boss right show up at a meeting tell them how you're doing hit the bullet points walk out the door wait for your raise you know." [00:11:43]
"Real grace always works from the inside out real grace goes inside first real grace never begins on the outside now it reminds me of my what fake grace tells us reminds me of my favorite book of the book of the book of the book of the book and I find does not and is of a powerful助 as growing on it over time and I just you know and it looks as good as new but you know what happens about three four weeks later." [00:15:36]
"Jesus criticized Pharisees harshly for keeping their focus on the external things of a life of faith. Listen to him just absolutely rail against this idea in Matthew 23. He says, Jesus says this directly to the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self -indulgence, blind Pharisee." [00:18:20]
"Real grace gives that opportunity. It starts in hidden places. It works for a long time. It grows over time in a process that, yes, eventually grows fruit, but does not end up a white, washed tomb see real grace doesn't mind hidden starting points real grace actually doesn't mind any starting point the third way that real grace works in our lives is by personal knowledge real grace knows us like knows us knows us inside and out knows where you've been knows what your hurts are knows what your joy is knows what you love about your life." [00:26:31]
"Real Grace knows what you're gonna need for the future. Real Grace knows the parts of you that need outfitted for the future, that need brought forward, that need some new technology. And Grace also knows what parts of your store, your past your pain your mistakes your cracks need sealed in and just kept because ruins are beautiful they're beautiful he said when you get to put your hands on a ruin what did he say it's magical there's something amazing about it and friends this is how real grace works." [00:32:53]
"The good news is that you have access to the power of grace to live a holy life. That's the good news. That is amazing news, but we've got to stop the scrub down. We've got to get rid of the checklist. We've got to believe that he can actually do that work in a way that frees you, in a way that you recover your life instead of losing it." [00:37:08]
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