SUNDAY SERVICE
MY SERMON NOTES
@ Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN)
Area 1, Garki- Abuja, Nigeria
5th October, 2014
* Speaker: Rev. David Kwamkur
* Topic: Access to God's Grace
* Theme: Knowing the will of God
* Sub-theme: Blessings of doing God's Will
* Service leader: Mrs. Anna Yoila
* Text: 2nd Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."
SERMON
* There is no point knowing the will of God if one has no intention of doing it
* If you do the will of God, there are blessings that are sure to follow you
* A preacher asked Someone: "do you know anything about grace?" The person answered "grace who?"
* Many people think of "grace" only as a name
* Grace is more than just a name
* Grace is everything we are today & will become tomorrow through the unquantifiable mercies of God
* Grace is the unmerited favour of God
* There are things that you will never achieve in life based on just credit & merit
* Grace is God's enablement, God's power, God's wisdom that compensates man's inability
* There is something in God that man does not have
* God's Grace is the sufficiency of God
* As a believer, you have the fullness of God in you
* Grace makes things that are inaccessible to become accessible
* God's grace helps the natural man to access things that are obtainable in the spiritual realm
* God's grace makes the impossible possible
* God's grace is the strength of God in times of weakness
* God's grace is the courage that comes to you when you are discouraged
* God's grace makes difficult things to be easy and surmountable
* God's grace is not in opposition with obedience
* God's grace enables you to obey God
* We cannot do as we like just because we are living under grace
* The grace of God keeps you away from sin
→ Romans 6:1 "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?"
* The grace of God keeps you from Struggling - Whenever you struggle to get something, you must check
* God's grace promotes you from one level of struggle to the level of consistent victory
* You should not be struggling with the same thing that you struggled with this time last year
* Two Great Commodities given to Believers
1. Grace
2. Mercy
* Note: Most time, God gives us raw materials, not the finished product - There is something useful in every raw material
* Grace is the raw material used to produce what you not deserve
* Mercy is God not giving you what you deserve
* Grace & Mercy work & operate in every circumstance - their principles are static
* Types of Grace
1. Saving Grace
- This is potentially given to everybody
- You can only access it when you confess Jesus as your Lord and Saviour
2. Sanctifying Grace
→ Leviticus 11:44 "I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground."
- This grace Keeps you away from Sinning & Sets us apart for God
3. Sustaining Grace
- Grace keeps you from being overwhelmed by the issues of life
- Grace helps us to endure hardship
4. Growing Grace
- this grace helps you to realize and maximize your potentials
* Being in the middle of God's grace does not exclude you from the Challenges of life
* God's grace is inexhaustible; it is infinite
* When you draw from God's Grace, you cannot get to the end of it.
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