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Respond to Grace
1. Respond to Grace by Appreciating your position in Christ
2 Timothy 2:1
"You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." NIV
2. Respond to Grace by Teaching
2 Timothy 2:2
"And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others." NIV
1 Timothy 3:1
"Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task." NIV
3. Respond to Grace by Living in grace
2 Timothy 2:3-4
"Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs — he wants to please his commanding officer." NIV
John 17:15
"My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." NIV
John 14:15
"If you love Me, you will obey what I command." NIV
Matthew 10:21-22
"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. All men will hate you because of Me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." NIV
2 Timothy 2:5
"Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules." NIV
Romans 6:1-2
"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?" NIV
Romans 6:15-18
"What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey — whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness." NIV
Ephesians 1:4
"For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight." NIV
1 Peter 1:13-16
"Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: 'Be holy, because I am holy.'" NIV
2 Timothy 2:6
"The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops." NIV
Galatians 6:7-10
"Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers." NIV
2 Timothy 2:7
"Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this." NIV
4. Respond to Grace by Evangelizing
2 Tim othy2:8-10
"Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God's word is not chained. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory" NIV
5. Respond to Grace by Worshipping
2 Timothy 2:11-13
"Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with Him,
we will also live with Him;
if we endure,
we will also reign with Him.
If we disown Him,
He will also disown us;
if we are faithless,
He will remain faithful,
for He cannot disown himself." NIV
Galatians 2:20
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." NIV
2 Timothy 2:11-13
"Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with Him,
we will also live with Him;
if we endure,
we will also reign with Him.
If we disown Him,
He will also disown us;
if we are faithless,
He will remain faithful,
for He cannot disown himself." NIV
Romans 1:16
"I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile" NIV
Luke 9:26
"If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels." NIV
2 Timothy 2:11-13
"Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with Him,
we will also live with Him;
if we endure,
we will also reign with Him.
If we disown Him,
He will also disown us;
if we are faithless,
He will remain faithful,
for He cannot disown Himself." NIV
Respond to grace by:
Appreciating your position in Christ
Teaching
Living in grace
Evangelizing
Worshipping
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