THE UNITED CELEBRATION

AMONG DIFFERENT
CHURCHES
THE UNITED CELEBRATION
AMONG DIFFERENT
CHURCHES

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 40 DAYS of GRACE
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celebrations.

• YOUTH meets at Cinema 5 every

Sunday.

• CHILDREN’s Church meets at the

Lobby of Cinema 6.
Priority SUNDAYS
August 9 Kick Off What is GRACE?
August 16 Week 1 GIVING
August 23 Week 2
REVELATION
August 30 Week 3 ADORATION
September 6 Week 4 COMMUNITY
September 13 Week 5
EVANGELISM (END)
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my NAME … Jesus said.
The Uniqueness of Christianity 

In Philip Yancey’s “What's So Amazing

About Grace?” (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan
Publishing House, 1997), 45.]

• During a British conference on

comparative religions, experts from
around the world debated what, if
any, belief was unique to the
Christian faith. They began
eliminating possibilities. Incarnation?
Other religions had different versions
of gods' appearing in human form.
The Uniqueness of Christianity 

Resurrection? Again, other religions

had accounts of return from death.
The debate went on for some time
until C. S. Lewis wandered into the
room. "What's the rumpus about?"
he asked, and heard in reply that his
colleagues were discussing
Christianity's unique contribution
among world religions. Lewis
responded, "Oh, that's easy. It's
The Uniqueness of Christianity 

"Oh, that's easy.

It's
grace.”
The Uniqueness of Christianity 
• After some discussion, the conferees
had to agree. The notion of God's
love coming to us free of charge, no
strings attached, seems to go against
every instinct of humanity.
• The Buddhist eight-fold path, the
Hindu doctrine of karma, the Jewish
covenant, and the Muslim code of
law -- each of these offers a way to
earn approval.
• Only Christianity dares to make
ENGLISH VERSION – NCV
Acts 20:24 (New Century Version)

"I don't care about my own life.

The most important thing is that
I complete my mission, the work
that the Lord Jesus gave me — to
tell people the Good News about
God's grace.“
Romans 5:6-8 “But God has
shown us how much he loves us –
it was while we were still sinners
that Christ died for us!”
 
The foundation in understanding God’s
grace is in knowing the extent of His
love.

The Bible says that God’s love is so

great that nothing in this world can
separate us from His love.
 
GOD is Holy, Man is
Sinful.
Realizing how far we are from the
perfection and holiness of God, we
should be able come to a conclusion
that no amount of good works can
earn our way to heaven.
This poses a dilemma because God’s
holiness demands that justice be
served and sin be punished. But the
other side of God’s character is love
and He desires to forgive us.
GRACIOUS God.

This problem was solved through the

death of Christ on the cross of
Calvary.
Jesus took our punishment upon
Himself and satisfied God’s justice.
At the same time, His death brought
forgiveness and redemption to us.
 
 

GOD’S GRACE.

The Bible says, this is how God

demonstrates His love for us. He did
so by giving His only Son to us to die
and take our place of punishment.

That’s
Grace!
GRACE:

UNMERITTED FAVOR
FROM GOD

OBTAINED FREELY
THROUGH
THE REDEMPTION
THAT IS IN CHRST
Romans 3:24
“Since we've compiled this long
and sorry record as sinners (both
us and them) and proved that we
are utterly incapable of living
the glorious lives God wills for
us, God did it for us. Out of sheer
generosity he put us in right
standing with himself. A pure
gift. He got us out of the mess
we're in and restored us to
where he always wanted us to
be. And he did it by means of
• By grace (v. 24).
• “God is love” (1 John 4:8). When God
relates that love to you and me, it
becomes grace and mercy. God in
His mercy does not give us what we
do deserve, and God in grace gives
us what we do not deserve. The
Greek word translated “freely” is
translated in John 15:25 as “without
a cause.” We are
justified without a cause! There is no
cause in us that would merit the
salvation of God! It is all of grace!
One person explains GRACE as:

“God’s
Riches
At
Christ’s
Expense”
GRATITUDE FROM US:
How then should we respond to God’s
love? God is not obligated to us.
He could
have destroyed us the moment we
sinned.

Instead, he chose to love us.

We can but do
one thing in gratitude – that is to live
our lives for His glory!
 
Our Babel-building pride insists that
we must work our way to God.
Only the
Christian faith presents God’s grace
as unconditional.
That so goes
against our instinct, so violates our
pride, that man never would have
made it up.
Comparative RELIGION study:
HINDUISM’s gods are many and
impersonal.
Christianity’s God is one and pesonal.

BUDDHISM offers no forgiveness or

divine intervention.
Christianity offers forgiveness and
divine intervention.
Comparative RELIGION study:
JUDAISM and ISLAM … men earn
righteous status before God through
doing good works.
Christianity … men gain righteousness
only by confessing their
unrighteousness and being covered
by Christ’s merit.
Every other religion is MAN WORKING
HIS WAY TO GOD.
Romans 11:6

“But if it is by grace, it is
no more of works:
otherwise grace is no
more grace.”
Every other religion is
MAN
WORKING HIS WAY
TO GOD.

Christianity is GOD
If you want a religion that
makes you look good,
CHRISTIANITY is a poor
choice!

It does, however, have something

wonderful going for it – it’s true!
 GRACE ABUSED ???
… some people take advantage of
GRACE … reducing it to an
excuse for SIN.

Jude writes: “For certain men whose

condemnation was written long ago
have secretly slipped in among you.
They are godless men who change
the grace of our God into a license
for immorality” (Jude 1:4)
Jude writes: “For certain men whose
condemnation was written long ago
have secretly slipped in among you.
They are godless men who change
the grace of our God into a
license for immorality” (Jude 1:4)
 GRACE ABUSED ???
IMPORTANT NOTE:

“any concept of grace that makes

us feel more comfortable about
sinning is not biblical grace.
God’s grace never encourages us
to live in sin; on the contrary, it
empowers us to say no to sin
and yes to the truth.”
BABY JESSICA

In 1987, eighteen-month-old “Baby

Jessica” fell twenty-two feet into a
Texas well. Rescuers labored
nonstop to save her. After fifty-five
grueling hours, here life hanging in
balance, they finally reached her and
extracted her from the well. The
nation breathed a sigh of relief and
cheered the heroes.
BABY JESSICA

Baby Jessica was utterly helpless. She

could do nothing to deliver herself.
Her fate was in the hands of her
rescuers. Left to herself, Jessica had
no chance. Likewise, when it comes
to our salvation, we’re utterly
powerless. That’s grace “at just the
right time, when we were still
powerless, Christ died for the
ungodly” Romans 5:6
God alone deserves
the ovation for our
salvation!

In the story of REDEMPTION, He’s the

only hero. And it didn’t just cost Him
fifty-five hours of hard work – it cost
Him everything!

Do you want to SAY,