Grace Changes Everything

Was on November how you doing what is really day to see on past economic side to be here and listen before I get up and preach on the us to pray and ask God to move okay's listlessness about his imprint. Thank you for this rainy morning because you said that we should be thankful in all things public on the day expecting to hear your word especially for you to move for you said if I be lifted up I will draw all men to me, but remind us what it means to be living by your grace and living by the gospel. This is our prayer in Christ name a man read, such as yellow kill fellow red touches black friend of Jack Mr. Wyman tell the two snakes. The coral snake and the king snake.

These two snakes are very similar.

About the same length and width that have a similar color pattern and they even reside in the same habitat. The American South and placed side-by-side to the untrained, these two snakes with the same, but wisdom will caution you that even though they look the same.

One has a bite that will kill you look very similar have a similar origin and lifespan have a very similar pattern. In fact, they even reside in the American South and placed side-by-side to the untrained, these two things look the same but wisdom will caution you that one has a bite. The apostle Paul says that the difference between the gospel in religion. They both sit in the same pews read the same Bible sing the same songs like the same checks and placed side-by-side to the untrained, they look the exact same but one Lisa life in Christ Jesus, while the other leads to death in our own actions.

Ricky why are you telling me this was the day I want to invite you into my struggle.

I struggle with religion but believe that somehow I can be good enough to earn God's salvation that God I read in the Bible. I called the Scripture I can bargain with you that I don't need your great but here's the issue. The gospel has two parts to this vertical and also horizontal.

If you get the vertical part wrong. You didn't get the horizontal part because I spent so much time trying to earn God's grace I charge you for migrants.

All because I believe that if I just do enough good things God I have enough grace that I don't need you. And that's the limb I found myself in a today were in a series called this verse change my wife and I would invite you into my my my dark secret. I believe that I am good enough to earn God's grace and if I can be honest if you're from the South you to rethink that because were nice and we don't cuss and don't drink and somehow that's good enough to earn God's grace what Paul says in Galatians. No, it's not grace is only given for those who put their faith in Christ Jesus, that you are only saved by faith in Christ for Christ has done everything is there to save you when the issue is inattention.

Now if it is too late. Paul said they were saved by grace through faith and not by works. The new makeable I would invite you into my secret to say that some of you are exactly just like me, you believe that if you do good enough yourself of your own bootstraps. Somehow, you can bargain with God which are good enough to earn your salvation so it was my time.

Galatians chapter 2 and Paul's mom remind us that the whole book of Galatians about the grace of God that you are saying. By God's grace and so to see three things that link that rings while really see first of all that God's grace justifies us second. Going to see the God's grace now makes us dead to the law and last initial see that God's grace gives us life in Christ. Galatians 2 I got to invite you, which was going on pause now spin this time the Galatian church. He's been sharing the gospel with them. Here meet the gospel is that Christ lived, died and rose and all put their faith in him could have eternal life peace and sharing the gospel with them. But this was some old-school Christians hanging around the Galatian church called the Judaizers they were safe was right. Christ is crucial to your salvation. Christ is the foundation of salvation, but then there was say but he's not enough. You need to have now followed these old-school traditional laws to really be safe to be put their trying to add their own herbs and spices to the gospel and to make things worse. They even say of polished Christian faith in Christ is an upper salvation, and Paul may not even be a real apostle, the company Paul's neck pause okay will play the game if you want to charge at me.

I want to charge back into business was one all of Paul's letters always starts with like oh I miss you all. Am praying for you all and think about the only book that he does not do that is the book of Galatians, Paul says I got counterclaim which if you come at me about the gospel you doing it wrong. I'm coming straight for you not pick me up. Galatians chapter 2 verses 15 to 16 got a big stage and anything I be writing a percentage of John Miller. To this we ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners.

Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus. In order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified till now. Let me invite you to see the Galatian are having a cookout. And guess who shows up book.

They got the dry rub ribs over here the Bojangles over here got good-looking about the project. While seaborne what is this CNA slab and all type of slab are realistically collard greens, mac & cheese, lycopene is like where my aunt this is the best lot of life you got barbecue sauce all over his mouth is going and then some changes. Judaizers walking old-school Christians is a tension in the room. Peter drops the ribs out of his mouth harp begins to pump Paul's sweaty act of fear. He pushes back from the table and walks over to the Judaizers confusion in the room while all is on the Judaizers. Paul's is our own Peter not understand this is go back in time Paul was saying on the road to Damascus. Christ would knock him off his horse and show him his face and I love you because all applause like you try to chase after righteousness.

But this time righteousness came after him and that's the gospel you and I could not get to God, so God came to us. So now Christ gives now Paul knew gospel that now subbasins for everybody.

As long as they put their faith in Christ Jesus, so Paul's been a good steward of the cosmos is a peak PM binds to meet with Peter and the church leader says this is the new gospel. I've been given is this gospel correct Peter himself would not only say yes he will sign off on. So now come back and see Paul is more. You got to be kidding me.

We just went through this you just cosigned this gospel is not about your cultural religion is based on the finished work of Christ Jesus. But when you're old-school free as well. Change your two summer church. How long do you have to go through this gospel is not about your actions is all about what Christ has done for you. I don't care if your peer into your Mariano Was Bible you read. That is not enough to get you to heaven is only by the finished work of Christ Jesus, and what makes Paul so upset he's going up there was anyone who couldn't deserve God's grace is the one who denied Christ three times now the Judaizers that was you. You wanted Christ to get behind me Satan Galatian church that was you that was anyone who could not deserve to get the grace of God it was. Let me say this.

If there's anyone in here who does not deserve to get the grace of God is us without the brace about. We have nothing but all of the cross, Christ Jesus gave all he had just to make us he popping the rig's policy that is these Judaizers never really cared about the Galatian most religious people.

Sally don't really care about those who come in church and their souls. This care about as long which was similarly to what we do when we say this, let us not be a church that thinks that because you walking outdoors at the simile to our culture. The only thing I must assimilate to have the Bible, natural culture and extradition because culture and tradition can save me Jesus the am talking to you probably talk to myself because I know the gospel here, but I don't believe it. Here is as if every week of going God today said that can prove to you. Not good enough without your grace. It's frustrating because everyday I wake up taking a test that I'm normal to feel posted some would justify this word justify means him that Christ would give us his righteousness in exchange for our sin, that when God looks at us. He does not see you. He sees his son that that this is the grace of God, he will look upon propane sinful jacked up people and called them.

Here's heard of a well-known judge who was presiding over his courtroom when in walks a guilty party committing crime. A woman judge hears her case in the size that she is guilty and levies on her file for this judge is not only wise, she was extremely gracious with him put down his government unzipped his role pushback from the podium and walked on a platform and then stand right beside the guilty party what he would do next which shocked the courtroom, he would reach out in his back pocket and pull out a checkbook and began to write the exact amount of the father he just issued the check and give it to now the guilty party within what back on the platform. Sit back on the table sit back up his room and asked the question, do you have the money for the farm. Now the guilty party excited about the grace that she's been given says yes I do you honor and the judge now accept the payment for which he himself supplied is the gospel message God would say as you walk my courtroom guilty when out thing after brace. I would pushback from my throne unzipped my robe down the steps of heaven and stand right beside sin and have a reach in my back pocket and placed my son on the cross look back and you will not say paying in full the gospel message the price Jesus and if that's the gospel. Why do we add to minibus add to because we will like the charity case we actually believe that somehow we can meet the standard of God minibus don't like the situation worse because we don't like the knee great what you mean on the grace I read my Bible. I go to church him is what you mean. I need God's great what you don't see is your product was funny. The standard of God's holiness is perfection, not so than Christianity. God says if you don't come to be perfect. Don't come in all and only by grace of God die on the cross is putting our faith in him.

Now we can approach the throne of grace poses is by God's grace that we are justified. Amen we aliquoted Humana criminal law. God's grace only justify those within it makes us dead to the law pick me up.

Galatians chapter 2 verses 17, 18, says this, but in our endeavor to be justified in Christ we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin, certainly not for if I revealed I tore down I prove myself to be a transgressor 11 Paul says Peter I don't to get Paul is talking to three audiences at the same time Judaizers Peter and also the Galatian church and Paul says Peter I get them all back insulin says some silly words you really want to play this game. The somehow your resume got you say you really want to play this game.

Let's play politics Peter back down to his childhood. Paul says Peter, a Jew by birthright as a Jew, you knew that you could not touch or hang out with Gentiles relations.

That was a belief that if you touch them. You will be sinful PMI level around out of the goat's judgment. Imagine front of all people like always like there was a belief that if a Gentile texted you they were still they had cooling said it was sinners, so Paul goes on, you sure you want to play this game. The game that you believe that your culture and tradition somehow makes you say are you sure you want to play this game because pulses Peter you being a Jew know the rules. If you want to play the game you lose by your own rules you just ate with them. You just sit down with them. I had cooling and everything. So if you want to play the game of religion that says I bring my resume to God and I try to bargain myself to show him that I will need his grace. Are you sure you want to play that game, because if you do, you will always talk to myself.

It frustrates me.

Sometimes I have so much Bible knowledge here, but get don't believe all the time here.

It doesn't matter how much you know. But what did you believe Paul calls out peace, hypocrisy, estimate what he says Peter you just preached two different Gospels. See Jesus preached faith in him or salvation.

Jesus preached that you're not simple because of what you eat your traditions. Jesus prays that if you believe in me. You are part of now the family of God altogether. But Paul preached something differently. For something Peter said on Galatians while I'm here it is with you mean you the gospel is for everybody.

But when the Juliano login depicts the different gospel.

Now the gospel only for those who look like a Jew taught like a Jew and wanted you, Paul calls out Peter's hypocrisy but there's something else that I think if you're not careful you miss Peter was all about racial reconciliation until certain folks walked into the room like that have dramatic effect. Peter was all about racial reconciliation until certain people walked into the room. Let this sit right there for a while is easy to be all about race when certain folks are in the room but what about when they walk-in live went back to my culture and back to my tradition alive stand up for the gospel when certain falls within the real-life backup of the gospel and went back to my culture and went back to my ethnicity or lab. Stand up for the gospel of Christ Jesus, Peter preached two different Gospels which we call hypocrisy 2009 I moved to Tennessee I was I was saved there and I will move one the most racial cities in the country and fallacy of multiethnic church multicultural church. I've never seen before.

Blew my mind to men who really helped shape me with a man by the name of Randy Oldham and Brown the rich, they poured into me that I am called to be now reconciled it was easy to be a reconciler. There Brown from Durham. My family face in real racial trauma, my dear members, heaven crosses Bernie's yard and he would often timidly stored as a key, but hear me you not send me stores because he was try to make me be need to people he was trying to protect his son because the reality is sometimes because when you look, you may not always be treated fairly. So now I moved back to Durham start work at the summit church and I and so weeks we buy a house and I noticed but please have a housewarming party. Men don't I just but we buy houses walking living living.

I do not yet have a party not paying rent with dull completely written employment. I am up a moment for you, you won't fully so now the Tutsis you about to invite all black family who still some racial tension trauma and I'm up and down the white church family. The same home on I would rather just have two separate part. I want to deal with the looks or the slot comments. I didn't want to deal with the night before the house and the party I'm walking around friends like Norma Doolittle doing my wife's is what is wrong what you say listen, I'm on the consisting I just don't want to do. She said you're not canceling our parting because you afraid to be what God called you to be. If bringing to be a multiethnic congregation in multicultural you can't do that by being afraid. What God has called you to be in that moment I fail. I pushed my seat back from the table.

I believe that God's grace is enough for salvation but not of the heel racism frustrates me the main guy waving the diversity flag was the main guy when the rubber hits the road. He cowered out the moment I was Peter my wife is Paul cowered away because I know God is calling to be a reconciler in that moment I allowed my culture and my history to tell me that the gospel is good enough for salvation but not good enough to heal racial tension so I just been honest with you. You be arms with me. Has anyone here ever done that before Trajan kicked you have is okay. Look around the room.

We've all failed to get this you sent out about race is is always about pointing fingers but it's hard to point fingers when everyone has for we've all dropped the ball. We've all preached two different Gospels. We've all been afraid to stand up was right when certain people walk in the room but this is not my pledge to you that that woman, all black family and I say controversial things about you. I will stand up for you and will you around your family and they say stuff about me and my black skin stand out for me to learn how to stand up for each other and the reason Paul also says because the Juliano said that they are less valuable because they are not you. There is no JV or varsity Christians.

All of us coming about above Lynn, let me say this one to them about the story is Paul didn't cancel Peter live in a cancel culture to someone about me, especially racially. I'm done with you, but here's a joke. I can't cancel John because John the attorney with me. Somebody will be in heaven with you for the rest your life. You can't cancel it. Stop canceling each other but do what Paul does. Paul says I'm gonna call you out do it in love.

Paul did not cancel Peter. We've all preached Gospels share with you that even though I wave the flag of diversity. I feel myself sometimes it's just easier to stay on the other side of history. But thanks be to God that he chose look across the street to breach both parties together for now because it not only is God's grace justify us in because that's the law. But now Mrs. alive in Christ and and and and everyone in here I give examples were littered with the verses 19 to 20 says this fourth of the law I died to the law so that I might live to God. I been crucified with Christ is no longer I live, but Christ who lives within me in the life I live now in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. I do not nullify the grace of God with righteousness were through the law that Christ died for no purpose.

As Paul says, I'm not writing on the Old Testament. I'm not knocking the Old Testament. I'm just saying look to the one who fulfilled this always say the Old Testament law was to be a mirror to show us that we are sinful. The whole purpose of the law of the show was that you need a Savior that you cannot do it on your own and possibly says I'm not knocking the Old Testament law. I'm just saying look to the one who fulfilled which is Christ Jesus. Paul Mann 11 certain words, Paul says if the law shows your sin. Why are you worshiping Jesus is your salvation you should worship him, not the law, and then Paul since we were racism when you and I try to answer the gospel is based my actions or what what what were saying is Jesus come down from the cross.

I have found another way, Christ says I am the way, I am the truth I am the life we say here is when you will not believe it is all about what we do that makes us save parcel you say that what you're saying is Christ come down from the cross. I have found another way, but is cut with me from John Calvin says this as long as price remains outside of us. We are separated from him Albany separate has no value to me nor the human race.

When you and I begin to bargain with God about how good PR actually stand outside of Jesus is the greatest good to me. Paul says in Galatians 2 that it's addition by subtraction.

What makes no sense, Paul says the gospel is addition by subtraction missile but blessed.

Christ oftentimes says to the don't make no sense right to Salem to live, you must die sweetening questions on to be strong listening.

We Christ is on three great you must be linked server. Paul said let me ask this thing is addition by subtraction. In verse 19, try to break it down.

Paul says him is no longer I who live, subtraction, but Christ who lives within me addition the life I live now live in faith by Christ Jesus addition who gave himself up for me addition, Paul said the more I take my hands off the gospel better and better it gets. Paul says I live subtraction.

I'm not bringing anything to the table. I don't agree my righteousness my Bible study. Nothing can make me good with God and any says but but Christ now lives within me addition to simply say that if you have Christ you have all you need on the cross, Christ pager for penalty that human estimate for God holy and blameless.

I hope your longevity to harbor some struggle I was raised in the South in the South and put more energy on looking holy. The next being holy.

I'm angry because it frustrates me how I can know the gospel, but not at times believed I wake up every day planned this guy's going with God.

God.today I did this. Is that good enough pulses. If you have Jesus you have everything you need there is no need for you to come to the table trying to bargain with the Holy Spirit story of father and son elliptical. Let them where art pieces then go Picasso ramp that was spent hours surveying these pieces wonder the sun was called off toward father was now left alone. He would wait for the phone every day just hoping to receive a phone call Sally about a month later he received the form of his son dying Savior young man father was crushed about six months later he would hero a faint knock at the door.

There still are a young man with a very large package message so you don't know me but I'm actually the young man that your son died saving often tell me about how much you love art and so here's a gift for you father open the package and their picture of her son. He was going to have this novice penny could capture his sons eyes. His essence would do something great.

He would remove the Picasso women remove their membrane and output the porch of the sun right in the middle of his father would soon pass away, and of course his pains went up for auction folks would drop miles around the to see these rare pieces. The auctioneer banged his gavel auction open the force. The first bejeweled on the docket was a painting of the son auctioneer was say on the side of the son who will take son folks begin the year when income to see this source of ram pressure of the past so the auctioneer was persistent. It was say again the song the sun who will take son Paul said, seeing as he came to see the ramp at the Council get this out of here. He was say one last time. The somber son who will take son faint hand.

The back raises a I will take some.

The auctioneer banged his gavel so auctions over the auction so we came to the Picasso ramp what you mean. The option is the auctioneer said quietly and patiently when I was in this auction I was told about a secret stipulation. The will was told that who ever got the portion of the sun got the whole collection he was told that ever gets to sign the sun. The sun will take son there was no need for me to bargain with Jesus. For Christ on the cross. What is the gospel said that Christ did everything for me. God told the sun. The sun who will take son with those struggle like me who were raised in the South and believe that being holy is all about what you look like, not about what your heart says bite you back to the gospel message.

Christ says if you have me have all you need hope nothing with them. Jesus blood and righteousness, I shall not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus name on Christ the solid rock, all other ground is sinking saying I want to remind you that you place your faith in Christ Jesus you all the whole all the worth of the value of the protection of the love all the grace and compassion. All you need in the resurrected Savior so if that is true why we bargaining God says across gave you on the head. God says on the cross I gave you all I had. I bankrupted heaven just to bring you back me gospel of Christ. So when you hear me say amazing grace, how sweet the sound seemed a wretch like me I once was lost but now was blind but now I see I don't say look at it sounds nice.

I say because boy if you forget the grace of God, you have nothing to do some forming. I want you to write down this verse. First Corinthians 15 versus three and four.

That is the gospel of Jesus Christ live, die and rise that all put their faith in him will have life, and after you write down that verse right under it not and share with you my secret. I can preach God's grace we don't believe in, just like me is no need to feel shame or guilt is all grace in the gospel read touches yellow killer from red to black friend of Jack one Lisa life in one Lisa which one shall you choose this by saying it was God's grace for me the change