Grace & Faith

KFLCC BIBLE STUDY

(a) Faith means firmly believing and trusting in the risen Christ as our personal Lord (owner, master, king, ruler)
and Savior (redeemer, liberator, rescuer) (Rom. 1:17). It involves believing from our hearts (Acts 8:37, Rom.
6:17, Eph. 6:6, Heb. 10:22), that is yielding up our wills and committing our total selves to Jesus Christ as He
is revealed in the Bible.
(b) Faith involves repentance, turning from sin with true sorrow (Acts 17:30 2Cor 7:10) and turning to God
through Christ. Saving faith is always a repentant faith (acts 2:37-38, Matt. 3:2).
(c) Faith includes obedience to Jesus Christ and His Word as a way of life inspired by what we believe to be true,
by our gratitude to God for sending His son, and by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit (John 3:3-6,14:15,
21-24, Heb 5:8 -9). It is an “obedience of faith” (Rom. 16:26). Hence, faith and obedience belong
inseparably together (Rom. 1:5). Saving faith without the commitment to sanctification is illegitimate and
impossible.
(d) Faith includes a heartfelt personal devotion and attachment to Jesus Christ that expresses itself in trust, love,
gratitude, and loyalty toward Him. Faith in an ultimate sense cannot properly be distinguished from love. It is a
personal activity of sacrifice and self-giving directed toward Christ (Matt. 22:37, John 21:15-17, Gal. 2:20,
1Pet. 1:8).
KINGDOM TRAINING:
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
GRACE & FAITH
ROM 10:9
Our salvation comes as a gift of God’s grace, but it can only be appropriated by the human response of faith. To
understand the process of salvation properly, we must understand these two words.
SAVING FAITH- Faith in Jesus Christ is the only condition God requires for salvation. Faith is not only a
profession about Christ, but also an activity coming from the heart of the believer who seeks to follow Jesus as
Lord and Savior (Matt. 4:19, 16:24, Luke 9:23-25, John 10:4, 27, 12:26, Rev. 14:4).
The New Testament conception of faith includes four main elements:

“DISOVERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITHIN YOU” LUKE 17:21
Grace in the New Testament continues this theme; it is
God’s presence and love through Christ Jesus, given to
believers by the Holy Spirit and imparting to them
mercy, forgiveness, and the desire and power to do
God’s will (John 3:16, 1Cor. 15:10, Phil. 2:13,
1Tim. 1:15-16).
The whole movement for the Christian life from
beginning to end is dependent on this grace.
(1) God gives a measure of grace as a gift (1Cor 1:4) to
unbelievers in order that they may be able to believe
on His son the Lord Jesus Christ (Eph. 2:8-9, Tit.
2:11, 3:4).
(2) God gives grace to believers to be “made free from
sin” (Rom. 6:20, 22) “to will and to do of his good
pleasure” (Phil. 2:13, Matt. 7:21), to pray (Zach
12:10), to grow in Christ (2Pet. 3:18), and to witness
for Christ (Acts 4:33, 11:23).
Faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior is both the act of
a single moment and a continuing attitude for life
that must grow and be strengthened (John 1:12).
Because we have faith in a definite person who
died for us (Rom. 4:20, 2Thes. 5:9-10), our
faith should become greater (Rom. 4:20, 2Thes.
1:3, 1Pet. 1:3-9). Trust and obedience develop
into loyalty and devotion (Rom. 14:8, 2 Cor.
5:15).
From here loyalty and devotion develop into an
intense feeling of personal attachment to and love
for the Lord Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:21, 3:8-10,
John 15:4, 17:21). This faith in Christ brings us
into a new relationship with God and exempts us
from His wrath (Rom. 1:18, 8:1) by it we become
dead to sin (Rom. 6:1-12) and able to be indwelt
by the Holy Spirit (Gal.3:5, 4:6).
GRACE- In the Old Testament God revealed
Himself as a God of grace and mercy, who
manifested love to His people not because they
deserved it but because of His own desire to be
faithful to the promise made to Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob (Gen 26:3-5).
(3) God’s grace must be diligently desired and sought
after (Heb. 4:16). Some of the ways by which God’s
grace is received are: studying and obeying the Holy
Scriptures (John 15:1-11, 20:31, 2Tim. 3:15):
hearing the proclamation of the gospel (Luke 24:47,
Acts 1:8, Rom.1:16, 1Cor. 1:17-18): praying
(Heb.4:16, Jude 20); fasting (Matt. 4:2, 6:16);
worshiping Christ (Col. 3:16); being filled with the
Holy Ghost (Eph 5:18); and partaking in the Lord’s
Supper (communion) (Act 2:42). God’s grace can be
resisted (Heb 12:15), received in vain (2Cor. 6:1),
quenched (1Thes. 5:19), nullified (Gal. 2:21), and
abandoned by us believers (Gal 5:4).
WHAT IS SALVATION? WHY DO I NEED IT? HOW
IS IT OBTAINED?
God freely offers us eternal life in Jesus Christ. But
Understanding the exact process used to make that
available to us is sometimes difficult for us to grasp.
Therefore, God presents various pictures in the Bible
for salvation, each one with its own unique emphasis.
This lesson examines three of those pictures:
Salvation, Redemption, and Justification.

The call to reckon ourselves dead to sin (Rom. 6:1-
14) and to submit to the leading of the Holy Ghost
(Rom.8:1-16) and the Word of God (John 8:31,
14:21, 2Tim. 3:13-16). Also, the invitation of the in
dwelling of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38-30). And
lastly, the boldness of being enlisted as a soldier in
God’s kingdom against Satan and his demonic host
(2Cor 10:4-5, Eph. 6:11, 16, 1Peter 5:8).
SALVATION- Salvation (Greek Soteria) means
“deliverance,” “bringing safely through,” “keeping from
harm” in Old Testament time God revealed Himself as
the one who saves His people (Ps. 27:1, 88:1, Deut.
26:8). It is described in the New Testament as “the
way” or road that leads to eternal through Jesus Christ,
which rewards are fellowship with God in heaven
(Matt. 7:14, John 14:6). This road of salvation must
be walked to the very end of ones earthly existence.
1. There is exclusively only one way to receive
salvation. Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father
(Acts 4:12). Salvation is provided for us by God’s grace
which He gives in Christ Jesus (Rom. 3:24), based on
His death (Rom. 3:25, 5:8, 5:10), resurrection, and
continued intercession for believers (Heb. 7: 25)
2. There are two operating factors of salvation.
Salvation is received by Grace, through Faith in Christ
Jesus (Rom. 3:22-25&28). That is, it comes as a result
of God’s grace (John 1:16) and the human response of
faith (Acts 16:31, Rom. 1:17, Eph. 1:15).
Understanding the stages of salvation.
(A) The past stage of salvation includes: the personal
experience by which we as believers receive forgiveness
of sins (Acts 10:43, Rom. 4:6-8) and pass from
spiritual death to spiritual life (1John 3:14) from the
power of sin unto death to the power of eternal life in
Jesus (Rom. 6:17-23), from under the dominion of
Satan to the dominion of God (Acts 26:18). Then
most importantly bringing us into a new relationship
with God as His adopted children (John 1:12) and
rescues us from the penalty of sin (1Cor. 1:18, Rom.
6:23).
(C) The future stage of salvation includes: (Rom.
13:11-12) our deliverance from the coming wrath of
God (Rom. 5:9, 1 Cor. 3:15 5:5, 1Thes. 1:10, 5:9).
Our sharing in Jesus’ divine glory (Rom. 8:29,
2Thes. 2: 13-14) and receiving a resurrected or
transformed body (1Cor. 15:49-52), and our
receiving rewards as faithful overcomers (Rev.2:7).
This future salvation is the goal toward which all of us
saints of God strive (1 Cor. 9:24-27, Phil. 3:8-14).
However, it is important to know that God does
punish, warn, and discipline His children to keep us
from forfeiting the final stage of salvation (1Cor. 5:1-
13, 9:24-27, Phil. 2:12, 16, 2Pet. 1:5-11, Heb.
12:1).
(C2)REDEMPTION- The root meaning of
“redemption” (Greek apolutrosis) is to ransom by the
payment of price. The expression denotes the
meaning by which salvation is procured, namely by
the payment of a ransom. The doctrine of redemption
can be summarized as follows:
(1) The state of sin out of which we must be
redeemed: The New Testament represents all of Adam
and Eve’s descendants (everyone ever born) as
alienated from God (Rom. 3:10-18), under the
dominion of satanic powers (Acts 10:38, 26:18),
slaves to sin (Rom. 6:6, &7:14), and in need of
deliverance from its guilt, punishment, and power
(Acts 26:18, Rom. 1:18, 6:1-18, 23 Eph. 5:8, Col.
1:13, 1Pet. 2:9).
(B) The present stage of salvation: saves us from the
practice and dominion of sin, in return preparing our
temple (body) to receive the Holy Spirit. Which
includes, the privilege of a person-to-person
relationship with God as our Father, and Jesus as our
Lord and Savior (John 14:18-23, Gal. 4:6).
Mat 6:10 Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

“DISOVERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITHIN YOU” LUKE 17:21
Grace Empowers You To obey The Law, Not To Be Lawless!
(2) The price paid to free us from this bondage: Jesus secured the ransom for sin by sacrificing His
life and shedding His blood for us on Calvary’s cross (Matt. 20:28,Mark 10:45,1Cor.6:20, Eph 1:7, Tit.
2:14, Heb. 9:12, 1Pet. 1:18-19).
(3) The resultant state of the redeemed: Believers redeemed by Christ are now free from Satan’s Dominion
and from the guilt and power of sin. This freedom from sin, however, does not leave us free to do as we wish,
because now we’ve become the property of God. Freedom from sin makes us willing slaves of God (1Cor 6:19-
20, 7:22-23).
(4) The N.T. teaching of redemption was foreshadowed by redemption in the O.T. The great redemptive
event was the exodus from Egypt (Exo.6:7). Furthermore, through the sacrificial system, the blood of animals
became insufficient to God for the remission of the people’s sins (Heb 10: 3-7).
(C3) JUSTIFICATION- The word “justify” (Greek dikaioo) which means to be “just (or righteous) before God”
(Rom. 2:13), “to be made righteous,” ”to establish as right” or “to set or put right”. It denotes being in a right
relationship (fellowship) with God rather than receiving a more legal, judicial declaration. God forgives the
repentant sinner, whom He had pronounced guilty through the law and condemned to eternal damnation in
Hell. Through Jesus God restores us to divine favor, and sets us in right relationship with Himself and His will.
The Apostle Paul reveals several truths about justification and how it is accomplished: Being put right with God
happens “through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”. No one is justified without Jesus regardless of their
religious belief or lack of understanding (Hos. 4:6).
Being put right with God comes “by His grace” and is appropriated through faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior.
By faith and obedience to Jesus we are to crucify our flesh just as Jesus was crucified then he comes to live in
us (Gal. 2:20, 5:24). Through this experience, we actually become more Christ like and living unto God,
endowed with the ability to do great works such as healing the sick and restoring sight to the blind for His glory.

“DISOVERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITHIN YOU” LUKE 17:21
“REFERENCES”
King James Bible
Prepared by:
Apostle Gary Carter, Jr.
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