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G RACE F ORBIDS … W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS P RIDE A NOTHER G OSPEL S ALVATION BY W ORKS

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.” Titus 2:11,12

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “ Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.” Romans 5:20

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it ?” Romans 6:1,2

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “ What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not !” Romans 6:15

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?” Romans 6:16

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” Romans 6:17,18

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.” Romans 6:21,22

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “ And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “ Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.” Romans 13:13,14

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “ We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.” 2 Corinthians 6:1

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?” 2 Corinthians 6:14,15

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “ Therefore, come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” 2 Corinthians 6:17

#1. W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS “Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.” Hebrews 12:14,15

#2. P RIDE “ Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble.” Proverbs 3:34

#2. P RIDE “ The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.” Proverbs 8:13

#2. P RIDE “ A man's pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.” Proverbs 29:23

#2. P RIDE “ But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6

#2. P RIDE “ Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5

#2. P RIDE “ The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up-And it shall be brought low.” Isaiah 2:11,12

#2. P RIDE “ I will punish the world for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance of the proud, And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.” Isaiah 13:11

#2. P RIDE “ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner ! ” Luke 18:13

#2. P RIDE “ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. ” Luke 18:14

#2. P RIDE “ For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. ” Romans 12:3

#2. P RIDE “ For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ” Galatians 6:3

#3. A NOTHER G OSPEL “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. ” Galatians 1:6,7

#3. A NOTHER G OSPEL “ But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:8,9

#3. A NOTHER G OSPEL “ Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.” Galatians 1:3,4

#3. A NOTHER G OSPEL “You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice...” Deuteronomy 13:3,4

#3. A NOTHER G OSPEL “But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time.” Acts 8:9-11

#3. A NOTHER G OSPEL “ Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation...” Hebrews 2:1-3

#3. A NOTHER G OSPEL “ See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven.” Hebrews 12:25

#3. A NOTHER G OSPEL “ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.” Hebrews 13:8,9

#4. S ALVATION B Y W ORKS “ Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.” Romans 4:4

#4. S ALVATION B Y W ORKS “ Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.” Romans 4:16

#4. S ALVATION B Y W ORKS “ Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.” Romans 11:5,6

#4. S ALVATION B Y W ORKS “ Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:24

#4. S ALVATION B Y W ORKS “Because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.” Romans 4:15,16

#4. S ALVATION B Y W ORKS “ Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death ?” Romans 6:3

#4. S ALVATION B Y W ORKS “ Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:4

G RACE F ORBIDS … W ORLDLY L USTS AND U NGODLINESS P RIDE A NOTHER G OSPEL S ALVATION BY W ORKS