God’s Good News – Last week we ended with “Our Bad News” and that was very well summarized by Romans 7.  And really that discussion about our bad news started in Romans 

and Paul’s says, “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.” And that’s really the phrase that we centered on last week, I have the desire to do what it good, to do what is right but not the ability to carry it out.  This is Paul’s situation as he reflects upon, well it was his situation under the laws. He was trying to justify himself through the works of the law and ultimately as we read here that was a futile practice and futile exercise.  And he goes on to say…Grace: God's Power to Overcome Sin (Student Workbook)Want to know more about Grace? Have you seen Grace abused too much, either by making it cheap or by acting like it doesn't really help the Christian? If so, then this student workbook is just what you are looking for. *** You May purchase workbook for $4:97 at  http://edwincrozier.com/my-store/

130728 3 God's Grace is Sufficient

God’s Power to Overcome Sin ***  Lesson 1: Our Bad News; Lesson 2: God’s Good News;  Lesson 3:God’s Grace is Sufficient; Lesson 4:The Price of Grace; Lesson 5:Relying on Jesus’ Grace Today; Lesson 6: God’s Righteousness, Not Mine; Lesson 7: Grace through Faith, Not Law;  Lesson 8:Christ’s Goodness, Not Mine;  Lesson 9: Surrender;  Lesson 10:Keeping Grace Pure;  Lesson 11: Growing in Grace;  Lesson 12: Being God’s Grace in the World; Lesson 13: God’s Grace in Review;  A Final Message: