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Ephesians 1:2-8 Genesis 32:1-2 “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.” Genesis 32:1-2 Ephesians 1:2-8 3 3

Ephesians 1:2-8 Genesis 32:1-2 “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.” Genesis 32:1-2 Ephesians 1:2-8 4 4

Embracing Grace The reason we do not pray for God’s grace to be revealed or showered upon people and upon the church is because we are I___________ of who we are in Christ, and the R_____________ we have in Him. We embrace grace because we see it is so V_____________.

Embracing Grace The reason we do not pray for God’s grace to be revealed or showered upon people and upon the church is because we are IGNORANT of who we are in Christ, and the RICHES we have in Him. We embrace grace because we see it is so V_____________.

Ephesians 1:2-8 Genesis 32:1-2 “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.” Genesis 32:1-2 Ephesians 1:2-8 7 7

“…of His fullness we have all received and grace upon grace,” Genesis 32:1-2 John 1:16 8 8

Embracing Grace The reason we do not pray for God’s grace to be revealed or showered upon people and upon the church is because we are IGNORANT of who we are in Christ, and the RICHES we have in Him. We embrace grace because we see it is so VALUABLE.

Ephesians 1:2-8 Genesis 32:1-2 “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.” Genesis 32:1-2 Ephesians 1:2-8 10 10

Embracing Grace Grace is grace only when it is UNDILUTED. God saw you and saved you before you had done anything that D___________ it! Grace, once bestowed, is not W______________.

“But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace” Genesis 32:1-2 Romans 11:6 12 12

“In Christ alone I can stand before God. And in Christ, I am perfectly holy and blameless in God’s sight.”

Ephesians 1:2-8 Genesis 32:1-2 “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.” Genesis 32:1-2 Ephesians 1:2-8 14 14

Embracing Grace Grace is grace only when it is UNDILUTED. God saw you and saved you before you had done anything that DESERVED it! Grace, once bestowed, is not W______________.

Embracing Grace Grace is grace only when it is UNDILUTED. God saw you and saved you before you had done anything that DESERVED it! Grace, once bestowed, is not WITHDRAWN.

Ephesians 1:2-8 Genesis 32:1-2 “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.” Genesis 32:1-2 Ephesians 1:2-8 17 17

Ephesians 2:6-7 Genesis 32:1-2 “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.” Genesis 32:1-2 Ephesians 2:6-7 18 18

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” 1 John 5:13 Genesis 32:1-2 19 19

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“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” 1 John 5:13 "Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God, our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever." Jude: 24-25 Genesis 32:1-2 21 21

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