Introduction
have love for one another."
You can know the scriptures and still not have the Word abiding in you.
John 5:38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not
believe the one whom he has sent.
John 5:39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you
have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
Act 2:41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were
added that day about three thousand souls.
Act 9:3 Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and
suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
Act 9:4 And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul,
Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
The power of the church is found when we allow the spirit liberty to
move by removing the bondage of legalism and embracing the truth of
Grace.
The Power of Grace to Change Us
It is impossible to encounter Christ and accept Him into your heart and
not be changed.
2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The
old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
1 Cor 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous [fn] will not inherit
the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, [fn]
1 Cor 6:10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Cor 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were
sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and
by the Spirit of our God.
“God changed my family. He changed my world. He changed my
eternity”- Lee Strobel
John 13:35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you
The Power of Grace to Call Us
Gal 1:15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who
called me by his grace,
John 6:65 And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to
me unless it is granted him by the Father."
John 6:66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer
walked with him.
Eph 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
Eph 1:5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ,
according to the purpose of his will,
2 Th 2:13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers
beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be
saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
Rom 8:3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could
not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for
sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
The Power of Grace to Direct Us
Act 16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of
Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, "Come over to
Macedonia and help us."
Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes
his steps.
Rom 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons [fn] of God.
Closing-
Do you want the power of Grace in your life and in the life of this local

“The Power of 
church?

Grace is the power to change lives, the power to call men and women to
salvation and the Lord's work, and the power to direct His people.

How to have eternal life

Grace”
Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved.
Romans 10:10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with
the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Romans 10:11 For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him
will not be put to shame."
Romans 10:12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for
the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on
him.
Romans 10:13 For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
saved."

Galatians 1:11­24
All Scriptures used are from the ESV version

May 15, 2011