5/12/2021 [Sunday Service]                                                                                                                                                        www.lifechurchmissions.com              

 

If Already Received Grace, Do We Still Owe Any Debt?

<Ro 4:4-5; 1 Co 15:10; Ac 17:24-25; Ro 6:23; Ro 1:14-15; 1 Co 9:16-17, 19; Ro 6:17-18, 22; Ro 13:8; Mt 10:8; Mt 6:12; Mk 12:17; Gal 2:20>

 

1. Grace means it need not and cannot be repaid.

1Since it is grace, it need not be repaid.

* Read <Ro 4:4-5>

 

2We can never fully repay God’s redemptive grace.

* John Piper ever said: If we wish to do anything to repay God, we will go deeper into debt to God’s grace.

* Read <1 Co 15:10; Ac 17:24-25>

 

2. Since Jesus already paid the debt of sin for us, do we still owe any debt?

* Read <Ro 6:23; Ro 1:14-15; 1 Co 9:16-17, 19; Ro 6:17-18, 22>

* “Debt-repayment mentality” and “gratitude mindset” are different.

 

1Debt to love one another.

* God wants us to express our gratitude to Him by loving others.

* Read <Ro 13:8; Mt 10:8b; Mt 6:12>

 

2Debt to evangelise.

 

3Continuing debt: We can never love enough.

 

3. Give to God what is God’s.

* Read <Mk 12:17; Gal 2:20>