LIFE COLLEGE WEEK 18 – GRACE – SESSION 2 

MADE RIGHT…

 EPHESIANS  CHAPTER ONE, VERSES THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE

PREINSTALLED GRACE

Grace is part of God’s ________________. It is His balance. He installs that in each one of us, believer or not. That preinstalled grace prevents us, if we choose, from getting stuck in __________________ or __________________. It clears aware the noise of blame, shame, and condemnation and makes God available to all despite circumstances, past regrets, life choices, culture, language, or intelligence. 

The invitation to live by the power of His Grace can now be heard loud and clear. 

ADAM AND EVE REFERS

As clearly as Adam and Eve heard God’s __________________ after their rebellion, we can hear it too. With prevenient grace available even to them, despite their past errors, God still extends the balance of the power of grace.  

When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:8-9 NLT

Adam and Eve decided to remain in their mayhem. What will be your choice? Is that bush just too big? Will you want to correct that circumstance, or will there be enough trust for grace to bring divine balance to those unsurpassable problems?

According to John Wesley’s sermons, grace highlights God’s desire to ________________ despite our circumstances (prevenient grace) and His desire to ____________________ and ____________________. To do this, Wesley proposes that grace also has a justifying and sanctifying (next session) effect on us.

ALL GRACE

Before we jump in and study the next effect of grace, our approach to this revelation must be curated. Grace does not operate on a __________________. Don’t think that it’s one holistic effect of grace at a time; when you get to the last effect, you are perfectly holy and complete.  

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV.

If only one element of grace is operating in your life at a time, it would not be congruent with the balance of God and how He works in the fullness of all that He is all the time.  

Some parts of your life are still operating in prevenience, while there are other areas where you have already made the choices needed to see grace start to work in its fullness. 

We need all elements of grace operating in ___________ areas of our lives, ____________ the  time. 

You will never understand all of what God is doing in your life. Just let Him do what He does! 

Prevenient grace never stops operating in our lives. It is God’s ____________ ___________________ for your ________________  ___________________.

BUT THERE IS MORE…

JUSTIFYING GRACE  

Grace is like an onion; it comes in layers. At its core is our potential, and God ensures that the core is always usable (prevenient-redeemable), whether we step up and grow with Him or not. But then, if we choose, He starts to layer the balance of His desires (the fullness of our salvation – our rebirth by water and spirit) for us onto that core—the next layer: justifying grace.

“Justification,” said Wesley, “is another word for pardon. It is the forgiveness of all our sins and our acceptance ___________________ God.” Justifying grace is the assurance of forgiveness that comes from repentance and turning toward God’s gracious gift of new life. It is being ____________________ and ________________ with God and accepting God’s reconciliation in Jesus Christ.  

Prevenient grace alone is amazingly powerful and dangerous to Satan (if we acknowledge it), as he does not want us to realize that the sorry state we find ourselves in is redeemable. But justifying grace amps up our purpose and direction, sending Satan packing! 

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