Grace Bible study outline
Grace Topical Study Feb. 2017
What is grace?
Strong’s Concordance: “the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues”
Bible Dictionary: “The main idea of the word is divine means of help or strength, given through the bounteous mercy and love of Jesus Christ. It is through the grace of the Lord Jesus, made possible by His atoning sacrifice, that mankind will be raised in immortality, every person receiving his body from the grave in a condition of everlasting life. It is likewise through the grace of the Lord that individuals, through faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ and repentance of their sins, receive strength and assistance to do good works that they otherwise would not be able to maintain if left to their own means. This grace is an enabling power that allows men and women to lay hold on eternal life and exaltation.”
Why do we have it and how can we access it? Hebrews 2:16-18; Hebrews 4:14-16; Alma 7:11-13; Isaiah 53:3-5
Grace as a gift: 2 Timothy 1:9; Mosiah 2:18-25; Acts 17:28; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Romans 3:20-25; Romans 5:6-19; 1 Peter 4:10; 2 Nephi 2:3-4; (notice the tense in these next few passages) Colossians 1:14; Colossians 3:13; Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 2:8-9
Grace Topical Study Feb. 2017
What is grace?
Strong’s Concordance: “the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues”
Bible Dictionary: “The main idea of the word is divine means of help or strength, given through the bounteous mercy and love of Jesus Christ. It is through the grace of the Lord Jesus, made possible by His atoning sacrifice, that mankind will be raised in immortality, every person receiving his body from the grave in a condition of everlasting life. It is likewise through the grace of the Lord that individuals, through faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ and repentance of their sins, receive strength and assistance to do good works that they otherwise would not be able to maintain if left to their own means. This grace is an enabling power that allows men and women to lay hold on eternal life and exaltation.”
Why do we have it and how can we access it? Hebrews 2:16-18; Hebrews 4:14-16; Alma 7:11-13; Isaiah 53:3-5
Grace as a gift: 2 Timothy 1:9; Mosiah 2:18-25; Acts 17:28; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Romans 3:20-25; Romans 5:6-19; 1 Peter 4:10; 2 Nephi 2:3-4; (notice the tense in these next few passages) Colossians 1:14; Colossians 3:13; Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 2:8-9
As used in the verses in Romans, a gift is defined as: "a favour with which one receives without any merit of his own, the gift of divine grace, the gift of faith, knowledge, holiness, virtue, the economy of divine grace, by which the pardon of sin and eternal salvation is appointed to sinners in consideration of the merits of Christ laid hold of by faith, grace or gifts denoting extraordinary powers, distinguishing certain Christians and enabling them to serve the church of Christ, the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating on their souls by the Holy Spirit
Grace as an enabling power: Alma 22:14; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Galatians 2:20; Mosiah 24:8-15; John 15:1-5; Matthew 11:28-30
Grace to turn weaknesses to strength: Ether 12:27; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Isaiah 40:28-31
How does grace relate to salvation?
Pres. Uchtdorf, “The Gift of Grace”, April 2015 Conference
Pres. Uchtdorf, “He Will Place You on His Shoulders and Carry You Home”, April 2016 Conference
Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5; Romans 6:23; 2 Nephi 2:4; DC 88:33
Grace to turn weaknesses to strength: Ether 12:27; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Isaiah 40:28-31
How does grace relate to salvation?
Pres. Uchtdorf, “The Gift of Grace”, April 2015 Conference
Pres. Uchtdorf, “He Will Place You on His Shoulders and Carry You Home”, April 2016 Conference
Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5; Romans 6:23; 2 Nephi 2:4; DC 88:33
Salvation… Justification & Sanctification
“Justification and Sanctification” Ensign June 2001, Elder Christofferson, DC 20:30-31
Justification: “To be pardoned from punishment for sin and declared guiltless. A person is justified by the Savior’s grace through faith in him.” – Romans 3:20,23-26; Romans 5:1-2,9-11; 2 Nephi 2:5-8
Sanctification: “The process of becoming free from sin, pure, clean, and holy through the atonement of Jesus Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 John 3:1-3; John 15:1-5; Philippians 2:12-13
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