Proclaim Christ Salvation Not by Works

1. Proclaim ChristSalvation Not by Works John 1:10-13, Eph 2:8-10, Rev 3:20

2. John 1:10-13 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

3. Becoming Children of God • Not born of natural descent - New life doesn’t come from not heredity • Not born of human decision – New life doesn’t come from self effort • A husband’s will – New life doesn’t come someone else’s effort • But Born of God • – salvation comes from Jesus

4. Ephesians 2:8-10 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

5. Teachings from Ephesians • Grace Saves Us (8)

6. Teachings from Ephesians • Grace Saves Us (8) • Works won’t work (9)

7. Teachings from Ephesians • Grace Saves Us (8) • Works won’t work (9) • Salvation comes by Faith (8)

8. Teachings from Ephesians • Grace Saves Us (8) • Works won’t work (9) • Salvation comes by Faith (8) • A Reason for Salvation. (10)

9. Teachings from Ephesians • Grace Saves Us (8) • Works won’t work (9) • Salvation comes by Faith (8) • A Reason for Salvation. (10) • Fair or not Fair 8, 9

10. The Parable of the Workers Matthew 20:1-15

12. 1"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. 3 "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4 He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' 5 So they went. "He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

13. 6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?' 7 "'Because no one has hired us,' they answered. "He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.' 8 "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.' 9 "The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

14. 10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12 'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'

15. 13 "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15 Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

17. Teachings from Ephesians • Grace Saves Us (8) • Works won’t work (9) • Salvation comes by Faith (8) • A Reason for Salvation. (10) • Fair or not Fair 8, 9 • Boasting not allowed (9).

18. Rev 3:20 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.