HOUSE ON THE ROCK (HOTR)- Abridge Sunday sermon 220516. "Made Righteous By the Free Gift"

  No man not even yourself can unmake what God has made. Because the gift was not given by performance, it cannot be taken by non-performance.

TOPIC: MADE RIGHTEOUS BY THE FREE GIFT

Preacher: Pastor Paul Adefarasin

Facts 

1.            Being in right standing with the testator of all times enables you access to the receiving the inheritance God has given and bestowed on us.

2.            We were made the righteousness of God by the free gift and all you do is receive it. It is passive...(by grace are you saved through faith) Romans 5:18-21, 5:19a & b, 1:16-17, 10:2-4, 6:14 2 Corn5:21, jer 31:33, 

3.            God through grace will take the bondage away from your heart on the inside, while religion will only take away the fear on the outside

4.            Righteousness takes the desire for sin away from your heart. 

5.            What is in the name of Jesus that makes it so powerful? It's the gospel of Jesus Christ.

6.            Your motivation for salvation should be love for God and not fear of death. As a sinner you have no life...life is given after salvation.

7.            What you do does not determine your righteousness. One man made you a sinner and by one man you were made righteous.

8.            No man not even yourself can unmake what God has made. Because the gift was not given by performance, it cannot be taken by non-performance.

9.            The gift has nothing to do with you. The gift was a prerogative of the giver and not the recipient. Your witness is the gift of Jesus in your life. 

10.        All God wants from your is BELIEVE..

11.        The righteousness of God is revealed on faith to faith...as far as your Adam remains crucified, your Christ will be free.

12.        Do not predicate your ability to receive from God on your sins because Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.

13.        Holiness is not behavior modification. He fulfilled the law.....'filled it fully'. Do not pay for that which God has already paid for.

14.        We are no longer in the system of the law which revealed Sin. We would have not known sin if not for the law. What strengthens sin is the law. (See Romans 1-4 personally)

15.        You have to own the gospel...until your own the gospel it doesn't really work for you.

16.        We are qualified not of our own doing but by what Christ did on the cross.

17.        Your obedience cannot contribute to your righteousness but Christ. It's a battle of the mind and a thinking pattern. 2corn 10:4.

18.        The Gospel is not fair....it is favour 

19.        Embrace his obedience on your behalf because you will never be obedient enough to get anything from him. 2 corn 10:4-5, Rom 6 14-18

20.        SIN is responsible for death, sorrow, poverty etc, but SIN has no power over GRACE. 6:14. The obedience required is from one...JESUS Rom 5:12&17. He paid for all sin

21.        The question to be asked is what system do you believe?? The system of the law (James 1:15) or the System of Grace? Choose grace