{"id":854,"date":"2014-08-17T23:33:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T23:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gospelchangeseverything.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/17\/transforming-grace\/"},"modified":"2014-10-16T15:28:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T19:28:27","slug":"transforming-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/transforming-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grace apart from change is cheap grace. Change apart from grace is legalism.<\/p>\n<p>This week I preached a message from John 8:1-11 titled, \u201cTransforming Grace\u201d. After telling the Pharisees that the one without sin should cast the first stone, Jesus says these glorious words to the woman, <em>&#8220;Then neither do I condemn you,&#8221; Jesus declared. &#8220;Go now and leave your life of sin.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;<\/em> Notice the two parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grace<\/strong>: <em>neither do I condemn you<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Transformation (change)<\/strong>: <em>Go now and leave your life of sin<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the gospel, we hear both phrases. Because of God\u2019s grace we are forgiven, accepted by God, and adopted into his family (Eph. 1:5-6). Like the woman in this passage, we need not fear the scorn of the self-righteous. Grace has set us free.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, this is not cheap grace, but transforming grace. Grace produces a changed life. As surely as we hear a message of no condemnation (Rom. 8:1), in Christ, we also hear the words: <em>leave your life of sin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say &#8220;No&#8221; to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.<\/em> Titus 2:11-12<\/p>\n<p>For entire message: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1tdjaAv\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1tdjaAv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace apart from change is cheap grace. Change apart from grace is legalism. This week I preached a message from John 8:1-11 titled, \u201cTransforming Grace\u201d. After telling the Pharisees that the one without sin should cast the first stone, Jesus says these glorious words to the woman, &#8220;Then neither do I condemn you,&#8221; Jesus declared.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/transforming-grace\/\"> Read More&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":921,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}