The Grace of the King

Grace Is not fair

Grace Is better than fair Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Ephesians 5:5-6 For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Phillip Yancey Many Christians who study this parable identify with the employees who put in a full day’s work, rather than the add-ons at the end of the day. We like to think of ourselves as responsible workers, and the employer’s strange behavior baffles us as it did the original hearers. We risk missing the story’s point: that God dispenses gifts, not wages. None of us gets paid according to merit, for none of us comes close to satisfying God’s requirements.

Grace Is better than fair Is offered to all

1 Timothy 2:4-6 [God] desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all…

Grace Is better than fair Is offered to all Overcomes all our failures

1 Timothy 1:15-16 …Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

Romans 5:20 …but where sin increased, grace increased all the more You can’t out-sin grace!

Grace Is better than fair Is offered to all Overcomes all our failures Is ours by faith

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Acts 16:30-31 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved...”

Why we Believe Jesus Rose Women were the first witnesses The Apostles (writers) looked foolish

Matthew 16:23 But [Jesus] turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

Matthew 26:69-75 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean”…

Matthew 26:69-75 …another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.” After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you”…

Matthew 26:69-75 …Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

Why we Believe Jesus Rose Women were the first witnesses The Apostles (writers) looked foolish His enemies never brought out His body The Apostles chose to die for their claim

Why we Believe Jesus Rose Acts 5 – Peter & John flogged Acts 12 – James beheaded Acts 14 – Paul stoned Acts 16 – Paul beaten with rods After 2 Peter – Peter crucified upside down After 2 Timothy – Paul beheaded

Grace Is better than fair Is offered to all Overcomes all our failures Is ours by faith Was purchased by Jesus

1 Peter 1:18-19 …you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

The Grace of the King