Is It Really That Simple?

Title: Is It Really That Simple?

You don’t work for grace—you receive it.

You don’t achieve faith—you step into it.

1. Grace is a gift you cannot earn.

Colossians 2:13-15 ESV

13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

1. Grace Opposes Legalism

Colossians 2:16-17 ESV

16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

Jesus + Nothing= Everything

1. Grace leads to repentance.

Grace isn’t a license to sin-it’s the power to live free from sin.

Colossians 2:20-23

20 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

4.Faith: You Can’t-He Can