WHAT THE TRUE GOSPEL OF GRACE LOOKS LIKE

Pastor Art Watkins of Coden Bible Church (Coden, Alabama)

January 20, 2018

When the Apostles preached the Gospel of Grace this is what it looked like and sounded like:

*The death and resurrection of Christ paid for our sins in full. His death and resurrection provided a complete and total atonement for all of our sins.

*The sacrificial death and resurrection of Christ satisfied all of God’s wrath against our sins. Every ounce of God’s wrath and hatred and vengeance against our sins was poured out on Christ on the cross.

*The moment a person believes the gospel of grace all of the merits of Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross are put to his account. Anything and everything Christ accomplished on the cross becomes the present possession of the person who believes the gospel of grace. The person who has been saved by grace can with complete confidence say; I know I am saved, present tense.

*The salvation of the gospel of grace is a gift of God and not a reward earned by works, lest any man should boast. It is free and is not conditional upon the works of the person who believes the gospel. In true salvation by grace works, good or bad, have no part in receiving salvation or keeping salvation.

*In salvation by grace, God is the one who did all the works necessary to save us and keep us saved. All of the work he did to save us and keep us saved is imputed to the believer by God himself by faith alone the moment he believes the gospel.

*In salvation by grace God’s grace is freely given to all who believe the moment they believe. Grace is not distributed to believers by the hands of men or because of the works of men. Grace is freely given by God himself at the moment of conversion.

*In salvation by grace all sins are forgiven and blotted out and remitted and remembered no more.

*In salvation by grace the believer is secured eternally because of the sacrificial death and resurrection of Christ. His security is not based upon any work he does in life, but because of Christ’s death for him on the cross. His death not only saves us, but secures us.

*In salvation by grace the believer is justified and cleared from the penalty of all his sins. This means he cannot be eternally condemned or damned to hell for his sins.

*In salvation by grace all charges against the believer are cancelled out by the cross. A believer cannot be charged and penalized forever for his sins, for all charges against him were imputed to Christ who in turn discharged them by his death.

This is what the Gospel of Grace looks like and sounds like.

Is this the gospel you believe and preach?