We Must Accept God’s Grace

CURRENT TEACHING SERIES Essentials For Living

We Must Accept God's Grace By Rick Warren — Aug 13, 2015 “The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23 NLT, second edition) The Bible says in Romans 6:23, “The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord” (NLT, second edition). You might say that grace is the gift that keeps on giving. When you get to know Jesus Christ and his grace and love, it gets better and better and better. It is available and extended throughout eternity. The best is yet to come! What’s Heaven going to be like? You’re going to be reunited with loved ones who know the Lord. You’re going to be rewarded for your faith. You’re going to be reassigned a position of work that you love to do. You’re going to be released from pain, depression, despair, shame, and guilt, and you’re going to rejoice and party for eternity. What a deal! But there’s a catch: You have to accept it. If you went home today and found a gift on your table, but you left it there for the next year, unopened, that would be pretty dumb. A gift is worthless unless you accept it. You must accept God’s grace through his Son, Jesus Christ. Some of you have held off because you’re afraid of being rejected. Maybe you were rejected by your parents. Maybe you were rejected by a boyfriend or a girlfriend, and that hurt really bad. Or maybe you were rejected by a brother or sister or by kids on the playground. Some of you have been rejected by a former husband or wife who walked out on you and said very hurtful things that you still think of today.         But there is one person who will never reject you, and his name is Jesus Christ. He’s saying to you, “Come home.” Have you been secretly overwhelmed by that shame in your life? You can get rid of it today. The more you understand the grace of God, the more you fall in love with God and the more you want to draw closer to Jesus—because it’s almost impossible to not love somebody who loves you that much. PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick >> Talk It Over How should you respond to God’s grace when you consider that it is a gift? What is the guilt or shame or bitterness in your past that kept or is keeping you from accepting God’s grace? Have you fully released it to God? What does it mean to “come home” to God? Our Gift: God's Answers To Life's Difficult Questions Rick Warren takes you to the Bible for answers to 12 of life's toughest questions. Drawing from the examples of different biblical characters who faced the same issues, Warren offers concise, practical insights you can understand and apply in order to move past hardships and experience a life of purpose and significance. LEARN MORE Complete Audio Series (Purchase) Includes all complete sermons from the Rick Warren Essentials For Living teaching series. LEARN MORE Series Summary Message 1: Living By Grace Message 2: ​​​How To Connect With People Message 3: ​​Using The Bible To Make Decisions Message 4: ​​How To Invest Your Life Message 5: How To Tell God You Love Him PLAY TODAY'S BROADCAST

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