October 8, 2023, John 1:14-17, "Wrong Faucet... No Grace" (Full)

John 1:14-17, God is the only faucet from which grace flows (did you connect to the correct faucet?)
John 1:16, 'grace for grace', mercy is grace in action and grace is God in action (His will, kindness, influence, intervention, etc.)

[saving grace]
Ephesians 2:8, the SAVING grace of God for the believer
Revelation 1:5, Jesus' blood washed away the believer's sin (slavery to sin, from which all a person's sins come from)

[daily grace]
James 4:6, the conditional grace (God resists the proud sinner, both believer and non-believer); God's sovereign grace is greater than the power of sin
1 Peter 5:5, the humble heart is the channel that lets God's grace to flow into the believer

[what blocks grace (how people reject grace from entering into them)]
Proverbs 28:13, willful sin blocks grace (man has no power over sin, except God), and man has no power to cover/erase even his secret sins
1 John 1:9-10, the sin nature revealed, for all are sinners (including believers), and the SAVING grace is given to believers to resist and repent from sin (as they are no longer slaves to sin)
Psalm 84:11, the power to walk uprightly comes from God
Jeremiah 17:5-6, trusting in the world also blocks grace; those who do not trust God will be likened to a shrub/weed in the desert

[what enables grace (how people allow grace to enter into them)]
Jeremiah 17:7-8, trusting in God enables grace; those who trust God will be likened to a good tree with secure roots and fruit by the river
Isaiah 57:15, humility enables grace; the humble heart is a willing canvas for God's grace
Proverbs 3:19-26, godly wisdom enables grace; God removes the believer's insecurity and fears if they will be wise and trust in God, to apply the knowledge given to them by God. In other words wisdom is the sharpening tool for discernment. The applied knowledge from God is realized and tempered in trials and opportunities (the testing of faith).
Colossians 3:16, the living word of God enables grace to move to others
Exodus 33:15-17, keeping God central to life enables grace
Philippians 2:5-8, ultimate grace released; Jesus Christ humbled himself down to earth, and sacrificed Himself to pay for the debt of sin (and fulfill His own law) and reconcile mankind, His own creation, back to Himself
Ephesians 2:8-10, the dross and sin removed from the workmanship and then remade into the original image by God; the believer has been sanctified, is being sanctified, and shall be eternally removed from sin in the future

[songselect.ccli.com songs]
I'll FLy Away, 26399
When We All Get To Heaven, 7048632
This Is The Day, 32754
Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross, 36736