God’s Grace Is A Gift We Do Not Deserve
Big Truth:
God's Grace Is A Gift We Do Not Deserve
Ephesians 2:1-5; Titus 3:3-7; Romans 6:23; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; Romans 5:6-8; Romans 3:20-24
Bible Verse:
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Big Ideas:
- Because of sin, we do not deserve God’s grace.
- Because grace is a gift, we cannot earn it.
- Because God is good, He extends His grace to us through Jesus.
- Because God’s grace is priceless and undeserved we respond in praise and awe.
Bible Story:
Luke 17:11-19Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem when He encountered ten lepers. They cried out for mercy. Jesus instructed them to go and see the priest and as they went, they were healed. Their healing meant that they no longer had to live on the outside of town away from people. Only one of the lepers returned to worship and praise Jesus. Only one of the lepers truly understood the grace that he had received. He understood who Jesus really was and he worshipped Him as the true Messiah. We are like the ten lepers. We do not deserve to have our sin debt paid for. We do not deserve to receive grace and mercy from God, but God chooses to show us grace and mercy.
Story:
Redemption
Thankfully, God does not just leave us in the broken world, but is repairing the brokenness through His Son. From the very beginning of time, God promised He would fix creation, and He kept His promise by sending Jesus to rescue us from our sin. Jesus came to live on the earth and willingly died on the cross so that sin’s power over creation would be broken forever.
Every child should know that:
- God provides mercy and grace through Jesus
- Mercy is when God does not give us what we deserve; grace is when God gives us what we do not deserve
Every child should:
- Give thanks because God is merciful and gracious to us.
Every child should feel:
- Awe at God’s goodness in His mercy and grace to us.
Every child should want:
- To accept God’s gifts of mercy and grace that He extends to us through Jesus.
