{"id":2905,"date":"2014-06-14T09:39:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T09:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2905"},"modified":"2014-06-14T09:39:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T09:39:32","slug":"the-grace-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2905","title":{"rendered":"THE GRACE OF GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE GRACE OF GOD
\n<\/em><\/strong>
\nby Don Fortner-
\n<\/em>
\nIf you search the Scriptures you will find four things which always
\ncharacterize the GRACE OF GOD. Any doctrine that is inconsistent with
\nthese four things is a denial of the doctrine of the grace of God.<\/p>\n

1. THE GRACE OF GOD IS ETERNAL (II Tim. 1:9).
\nGrace did not originate in time, and it cannot be merited, directed,
\nor controlled by anything in time. All that grace does for any sinner
\nin time, it has done for that sinner from eternity in the infinite
\nmind and infallible purpose of almighty God (Rom. 8:28-30).<\/p>\n

2. THE GRACE OF GOD IS FREE (Rom. 3:24).
\nWhen God declares in his Word that grace is free, he is telling
\nus that there is no cause for grace except his own purpose.
\nFree grace is unqualified grace.
\nFree grace is unconditional grace.
\nFree grace is unchangeable grace.<\/p>\n

THE GRACE OF GOD IS SOVEREIGN (Rom. 3:21).
\nGrace reigns!
\nIt reigns everywhere and over all things.
\nIf grace reigns, then it reigns from a throne.
\nAnd the One who sits upon the throne is sovereign.
\nThe throne of the sovereign God is called,
\n\u201cthe throne of grace\u201d (Heb.4:16).<\/p>\n

When the Bible declares that grace is sovereign it is declaring
\nthat God is gracious to whom he will be gracious (Rom. 9:11-18).
\nSalvation and eternal life is the gift of God (Rom. 6:23).
\nIf it is a gift, it cannot be claimed as a right.
\nIf it is a gift, it cannot be earned by works.
\nIf it is a gift, the Giver is free to bestow it upon whom he will.<\/p>\n

4. THE GRACE OF GOD IS DISTINGUISHING (I Cor.4:7).
\nIt is true, \u201cGod is no respecter of persons\u201d (Acts 10: 34). What could
\na sinful man do to win the respect of the holy God? God has no respect
\nfor anything man is, does, or gains, by which he sets himself apart from
\nother men. But God does have his favorites, whom he has, from eternity
\nsingled out from the rest of Adam\u2019s race, to whom he will be gracious.
\nHe distinguishes them from all others by\u2013
\neternal election (II Thess. 2:13),
\nsovereign predestination (Rom. 8:29),
\neffectual redemption (Tit. 2:10), and
\nregenerating grace (Eph. 2:1-5).
\nNothing so riles man\u2019s hatred of God as
\nthe declaration that his grace is\u2013
\n-eternal,
\n-free,
\n-sovereign, and
\n-distinguishing.
\nThis message of grace is abasing to human pride,
\ngives no merit to human righteousness, and makes man
\nutterly dependent upon the goodness of God for salvation.
\nProud men hate it.
\nSaved men love it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE GRACE OF GOD by Don Fortner- If you search the Scriptures you will find four things which always characterize the GRACE OF GOD. Any doctrine that is inconsistent with these four things is a denial of the doctrine of the grace of God. 1. THE GRACE OF GOD IS ETERNAL (II Tim. 1:9). Grace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-don-fortner","category-grace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2906,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905\/revisions\/2906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}