Today's Sermon:

"Grace to Accept"

I. If You Believe in That Which is Not True, You Believe in Vain- Vs. 3-7

Gospel Essentials

1. Christ is....

2. Christ died....

3) Christ was......

II. If You Do Not Hold Fast to the Truth.....

This book is offered as a handy guide to help Christians experience the gospel more fully by preaching it to themselves each day. It is also offered as a correction to a costly mistake made by Christians who view the gospel as something that has fully served out its purpose the moment they believed in Jesus for salvation. Not knowing what to do with the gospel once they are saved, they lay it aside soon after conversion so they can move on to “bigger and better” things (even Scriptural things). Of course, they don’t think this is what they are doing at the time, yet after many years of floundering in defeat they can look back and see that this is exactly what they have done. God did not give us His gospel just so we could embrace it and be converted. Actually, He offers it to us every day as a gift that keeps on giving to us everything we need for life and godliness. The wise believer learns this truth early and becomes proficient in extracting available benefits from the gospel each day. We extract these benefits by being absorbed in the gospel, speaking it to ourselves when necessary, and by daring to reckon it true in all we do.-Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer for Christians

III. If You Hold Fast to Tradition without Transformation, You Believe in Vain- Vs. 8-11