INTRO: Some time ago I did a message on grace. It is a word so misunderstood that it has led, in my estimation, to all kinds of false thinking. If it were understood, Calvinism would cease to exist. So let me see how you would respond to this statement: Before you can be saved you have to please God! How many say that is true? How many say it is false? James 4:6: But He gives more grace. Therefore, He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." Do the proud receive grace from God? No! When I used to study grace in the OT I thought the word grace occurs very little in the OT but it occurs many times in the OT, only the original word is translated by several different English words, the main one being favor. Many times, it is translated, "find favor," or "found favor." You see, if someone extends grace you must first find favor with them. Now let me recommend our message on grace on sermonaudio if you find this hard to believe. But here is the problem; when man wants to find favor with God or he wants to please God, unless he is instructed by the Scriptures, he always does so by doing good works. But one cannot please God like that. Well, you can listen to our messages on grace on sermonaudio.com/mecl.
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