TEXT: ROMANS CHAPTER 11 TITLE: THE GRACE OF GOD IS FOR YOU AND ME

Salai C.Lian

1.      What is grace?

Grace is in Old Testament (used 56) the Hebrew word Chen and the Verb chanan. Mean “be favourable and merciful”. In the New Testament (used 150) Greek word Charis mean something delightful or beautiful in a person, thing, act which brought pleasure to other. We can say The simply meaning of “grace” is a gift from God. Grace is divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration (rebirth) or sanctification; a virtue coming from God; a state of sanctification Grace is God's unmerited favour. It is kindness from God we don't deserve. There is nothing we have enjoyed through divine favour. Examples: It is by grace you were saved through faith, and not of yourself. (verses 5,6; Ephesians 2:8)

2.      Why do we need God grace?

Ø  For our Salvation

we must recognize the fact that God's grace brings salvation. You may think! Why do we need to be saved? Again, the truth is that we need to be saved because of our sins. Even in the Old Testament, it was understood that sin separates one from God (Isa. 59:1-2). All responsible human beings have sinned, and the wages or consequences of sin is death (Rom. 3:23, 6.23). Since we cannot save ourselves by ourselves, what did God by His grace to make salvation possible? He sent Jesus to be our Savior ( Matt. 1:21, Lk. 2:11). "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost" (Lk. 19:10). So, what did Jesus do to provide for our salvation? Paul, in his preaching and writing, emphasizes the death of Christ for our salvation (Rom. 5:8, 1 Cor. 15:1-3). "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief" (1 Tim. 1:15). Therefore, we can safely conclude that if God went to this length to save us from our sin, He must want us to be saved we see in (1 Tim. 2:3-4). God is not some mean ogre, just waiting for us to transgress His law so that He can gleefully cast us into hell. We are His creation, the work of His hands made in His image, and He loves us enough to want us to be saved, so He did everything in His power and consistent with His will to make it possible.

3.      How can we receive his Grace?

Ø  By Faith (Eph 2:9)

We see in this passage the people of Israel they reject by God. Because disobedience also they don’t have faith to God. They were living as they like so God reject them. But that is not to reject forever. God want to know them and to return for his sight, for that case only he reject. Something…something

My be love Brother and Sister do you have a strong faith to God? How much you trust him? How much you believe him?  As we are gathering here we may face a lot of trouble thing. Also you may face kind of sickness. You may have finical problem. When you face such thing how you feel? As matter fact those thing are not God plan, He want to test us how much we have faith upon him or How much we truth him. As the Israel people his will is whatever we  face to turn with him and to glorify his name only. In this day we are so lucky. You may say why? Because of Israel people by they rejected him we can get salvation through faith. We see in verses 11, 12. 30

Ø  By Repentance

As we are human being no one is righteous (3:10). So, in everyday of our life we committed sin. Committed sin is not only unbeliever. We all committed sin. For that case we need to repent our sin to God. Let see, (Romans 10:9) as we in this verses we need to confess our sin. (I John 1:9) So, that he will forgive our sin we will be save through him.

Ø  The benefit of Faith & Repentance

The benefit of Faith and repentance is eternal life for those who chosen. When I say chosen you may think who will be chosen person. Brother and Sister don’t worry for that God already told us in The book of Ephesians 1: 4. Also he is the owner of Wisdom the riches of the world we see in Verses 33-36. It is say that For him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. All those thing are by prayer through faith we can get it. All his richness, wisdom are those who he chosen people with his grace he keep for us. Amen.!

Conclusion

Finally, we are talk about God's grace brings salvation to all men chosen one, or to all those who chosen person. Even though under the Mosaic Covenant the Israelites were God's chosen people, it was prophesied in the Old Testament that when the Messiah would come, God's blessings would be offered to all mankind chosen people. When the mountain of the Lord's house would be established, all nations would flow to it (Isa. 2:2). At that time, whoever would call on the name of the Lord would be saved (Joel 2:32).  salvation would be available not just to Israelites to but any chosen one. These prophesies were fulfilled as Jesus sent His followers into all nations to preach the gospel to every creature (Matt. 28:18-20, Mk. 16:15-16). This shows us that it is God's will for His message of salvation to be announced to the whole world of chosen. In spite of thousands of years of racial and ethnic prejudices, Christians in first century came to understand that no one was to be denied hearing and obeying God's plan. "...God shows no partiality, but in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him" (Acts 10:34-35). Therefore, today we still recognize that God's grace can bring salvation to any chosen one. He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Pet. 3:9). Everyone is invited; nobody is excluded (Rev. 22:17). This is because God's grace that brings salvation has appeared to all men of chosen people. God wants chose us to be saved--and we can be saved, but we have to turn from sin and keep God's commandments. "Blessed are theose who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city" (Rev. 22:14).

Brother and Sister as we are believer whatever let know how God grace upon us, How God Love us, When we face trouble thing don’t walk to other way Let confess our sin and let turn to God with thankfulness. So that, Our living God will show his grace to us. Therefore we may able to walk a shining life in this world and we may able to glorify his name.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL THROUGH THIS MESSAGE