1. By Grace Alone Acts 15

2. Legalism Getting in, staying in, or proving you are in by keeping the rules

3. Grace Is Worth A Fight -1 st visit. Acts 9:26 = Gal 1:18 -2 nd visit. Acts 11:30 = Gal 2:1-10 -Return to Antioch.  Acts 15:1-2 = Gal 2:11-16 -Wrote Galatians. Acts 15:3 -3 rd visit. Acts 15:4 -Jerusalem Council. Acts 15

4. Grace Overcomes The Law -Grace is given without distinction Romans 8:9, 16 But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him... The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God...

5. Grace Overcomes The Law -All are law-breakers Romans 3:9–10 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; as it is written, “There is none righteous, not even one....”

6. Grace Overcomes The Law -All are law-breakers Romans 3:23...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God....

7. Grace Overcomes The Law -Free grace is the only grace Romans 3:23-24...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus....

8. Grace Overcomes The Law -Free grace is the only grace Romans 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

9. Grace Overcomes The Law -Faith ALONE is superior to faith AND

10. Grace Overcomes The Law -Grace has always been God’s way Romans 4:5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness....

11. Grace Leads Us To Love

12. Application - Extend grace - - Receive grace -

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