Hill Country Bible Church Dripping Springs Sermons

Lent, the season leading up to the celebration of Easter, is a time for personal and church-wide repentance and confession. Psalm 51 serves as an apex of confession where David, a man after God’s own heart, confesses his sin and transgression.

Jesus’s followers know they need God’s forgiveness and know they are completely forgiven in Christ. There is a rich joy (blessing) in experiencing this forgiveness.

Through God’s grace we can approach Him without fear. Thus, we go to Him able to
confess our sins with genuine repentance.

2 Peter 1:1-8
We talk a lot about grace but tend to stop short of where grace is taking us. Grace is not meant to make us comfortable where we are but grow us in great knowledge and relationship with our Father.

1. Real grace will bring relationship
2. Real grace will bring repentance
3. Real grace will bring revelation
4. Real grace will bring reward

The world would have us believe that improving “just one thing” would make life perfect. That is an illusion. Rather than being controlled by our circumstances Jesus’ disciples can find true joy by resting in God’s grace.

We experience God’s power in our weakness. To do that we must put aside our pride and reliance on earthly credentials. Then our approach to ministry can be like Paul’s; to elevate Christ and a dependence on the Gospel in our lives.

Grace is fully understood when it is experienced. It involves more than receiving God’s grace. A fuller understanding comes when we give grace to others. When that seems impossible, we’re reminded God’s grace is greater than any grace we’re asked to show to others.

Authentic confession begins with a foundation of faith based on grace. In turn, we can be vulnerable before God and others without fear from the guilt of our sin.

To live a life of confession is to live in affirmation of the truth in Scripture. It is a declaration that life is centered on Jesus. Anything else is at odds with reality.

All week the culture stresses the importance of self. Our gathering on Sunday dispels that lie and replaces it with a right perspective for the week ahead. Grounded in the Gospel, we gather to celebrate access to our Creator.