Jeremy Utley - Have You Truly Understood God's Grace?

Jeremy UtleyDecember 20, 20169mWatch on YouTube

Speaker: Jeremy Utley Title: Have You Truly Understood God's Grace? Date: 12-18-2016 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

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The speaker argues that the true understanding of God's grace is proven by the continuous, increasing fruitfulness of one's life, mirroring the gospel's constant bearing of fruit. This fruitfulness is not static; it requires a deliberate process of self-denial, echoing Jesus' teaching that one must

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Have you truly understood the grace of God?The speaker poses a probing question about how someone would prove that they truly understand the grace of God.

Bearing fruit as proof of understanding graceLooking at Colossians, the proof of truly hearing and understanding the gospel is that it constantly bears fruit and increases in a believer's life.

The parable of the soils and increasing yieldsIn the parable of the sower, good soil yields a crop that increases season after season, producing thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.

Examining our increasing fruitfulnessThe speaker challenges listeners to reflect on whether the fruit of the Spirit—such as love, joy, peace, and patience—is actively increasing in their lives compared to previous years.

He must increase, but I must decreaseTo grow in Christlikeness and spiritual fruitfulness, Jeremy must decrease so that Christ can increase within him.

The grain of wheat must die to bear fruitJesus explains that unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone, but death brings forth much fruit.

Asking the Lord where we need to dieWhen a lack of fruitfulness is evident, believers can honestly ask God to show them where they need to step up and die to themselves.

Reflecting on past growth and longing for moreReflecting on past spiritual growth with his wife encourages the speaker to look forward to even greater fruitfulness and deeper understanding of God's grace in the coming year.

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The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.

Have you truly understood the grace of God?The speaker poses a probing question about how someone would prove that they truly understand the grace of God.

Bearing fruit as proof of understanding graceLooking at Colossians, the proof of truly hearing and understanding the gospel is that it constantly bears fruit and increases in a believer's life.

The parable of the soils and increasing yieldsIn the parable of the sower, good soil yields a crop that increases season after season, producing thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.

He must increase, but I must decreaseTo grow in Christlikeness and spiritual fruitfulness, Jeremy must decrease so that Christ can increase within him.

The grain of wheat must die to bear fruitJesus explains that unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone, but death brings forth much fruit.

Asking the Lord where we need to dieWhen a lack of fruitfulness is evident, believers can honestly ask God to show them where they need to step up and die to themselves.

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