By Grace I Am Saved Through Faith

I. EXORDIUM:

Are you saved by grace?

Yes. Not of works, not of religion.

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers/unbelievers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that GOD saved us all by grace and salvation is GOD'S gift to mankind.

IV. TEXT:

Ephesians 2:8 (Amplified Bible)

For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for Your Grace that saved, and enabled me to come to the FATHER, this is 100% not from any human or me, but it's 100$ divine in it's nature, and it is GOD's gift to me.

VI. TITLE:

By Grace I am saved through faith

VII. EXPLICATION: [Source: Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines]

A. Author: Apostle Paul

B. Date written: 60 A.D. to 64 A.D.

C. Purpose: To show believers their position in CHRIST and encourage them to walk accordingly

D. To whom written: church at Ephesus

E. Key verses: Ephesians 1:10; 2:6, 14-22; 4:3-16 (especially Ephesians 4:13).

F. Keywords: together, one, In CHRIST, In heavenly places, riches

VIII. MAIN BODY:

Ephesians 2:8 (Amplified Bible)

For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;

Ephesians 2:8 (New King James Version)

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

A. By grace through faith we have been saved.

"For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith."

Ephesians 2:5 (Amplified Bible)

Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation).

Romans 3:24 (Amplified Bible)

[All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,

2 Thessalonians 1:9 (Amplified Bible)

Such people will pay the penalty and suffer the punishment of everlasting ruin (destruction and perdition) and eternal exclusion and banishment from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

GOD'S Presence in us is all Grace-made, 100% GOD and Divine and 0% human effort. Penalty and punishment simply means banishment from the Presence of the LORD JESUS and from the glory of His Power.

Grace as GOD'S Gift to every mankind is empowered by belief and faith in the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Without this faith, grace will not perfectly function in our lives.

Mark 16:16 (Amplified Bible)

He who believes [who adheres to and trusts in and relies on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] and is baptized will be saved [from the penalty of eternal death]; but he who does not believe [who does not adhere to and trust in and rely on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] will be condemned.

Luke 7:50 (Amplified Bible)

But Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go (enter) into peace [in freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin].

John 3:14-18 (Amplified Bible)

And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must [so it is necessary that] the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross],

In order that everyone who believes in Him [who cleaves to Him, trusts Him, and relies on Him] may not perish, but have eternal life and [actually] live forever!

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation—he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ’s name.]