Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Memory Verse Heb 13:5, “Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you.”

John 14:18-21, The basis for fellowship with God and understanding His Word!

John 14:18a DOCTRINE OF LOGISTICAL GRACE A. Definition and description.

7. Logistical grace is imputed through the grace pipeline.

Righteousness God (+R) Man (w/ + or -R) Love Blessing or Discipline

8. Divine justice can only bless perfect righteousness.

Righteousness God (+R) Man (w/ + or -R) Love Blessing or Discipline

9. Biblical documentation. Deut 33:27; Psa 23:1-6; 37:25; Lam 3:20-25; 2 Cor 9:8; 12:19; Eph 1:3; Phil 4:5, 19

2 Peter 3:18, “But grow by means of (logistical) grace and the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

2 Cor 9:8, “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.”

2 Cor 9:10, “Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.”

B. Logistical grace includes six categories of support.

1. Life-sustaining Support. God sustains the life of every believer on earth. No believer can depart from life apart from God's will.

God also provides all that it takes to support life.

Psa 48:14, “This God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even unto death.” See also Lam 3:20-25.

2. Temporal Needs such as food, shelter, clothing, transportation, environment, time, a job, etc. are provided by God. Mat 6:25-33; Phil 4:19

3. Security Provision = Eternal Security. This includes the assignment of guardian angels, and the provision of the laws of Divine establishment for freedom to advance to maturity.

1 Peter 1:5, “We are kept by the power of God.”

4. Spiritual Riches = Portfolio of Invisible Assets, the Ten Problem Solving Devices, and the unique factors of the Church Age.

It also includes the provision of doctrinal teaching from your right Pastor, privacy and security necessary to maintain positive volition, the Royal Family Honor Code, and discernment to see distractions and set them aside.

Eph 1:3, “Who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing.”

5. Blessings (not to be confused with escrow blessings) are given to every believer, both winners and losers.

6. God preserves us from death. Heb 2:14; Psa 33:18; 56:13; 116:8

Psa 33:18, “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who respect Him, on those who wait for His grace to deliver their soul from death, and to keep alive in depression.”

Psa 56:13, “For you have delivered my soul from death, indeed my feet from stumbling, that I may walk with God in the light of life.”

Grace Fellowship Church Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Tape # Doctrine of Logistical Grace, Part 2 Upper Room Discourse, Part 289 John 14:18; Lam 3:20-25; Mat 6:25-33; 2 Cor 9:8-10; Phil 4:5-19 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2009