WDYKAG – Grace Is A Gift

1. What is Grace?

Grace is the , , and favour of God, freely given to us through Jesus Christ.
Not because of who we are or what we’ve done, but because of who God is and what He has done.

2. The Galatian Problem

They started with the true gospel:
We are saved by through in Jesus Christ.

But they began to believe God’s acceptance also depended on their ability to follow the .

Paul calls this “a —which is really no gospel at all.” (Gal. 1:6–7)

3. Grace + Anything = Nothing

When we add moral rules or spiritual practices as conditions for salvation, we turn grace into .

A gift with a is no longer a gift.

Grace plus anything is .
Grace plus nothing is .

4. The Peter Problem (Galatians 2)

Peter enjoyed fellowship with Gentile believers until certain Jewish Christians arrived.
Out of fear, he stopped eating with them—treating them as  unless they followed .

This undermined the truth of .

5. Paul’s Declaration

“I have been with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” (Gal. 2:20)

“If righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ for nothing.” (Gal. 2:21)

6. Our Challenge Today

Where might you be trying to to grace?

– “If I don’t do enough, God will stop loving me.”

– “God will love me more if I do this.”

– “I’m better than others because…”

7. Three Takeaways

1. Grace is a that can’t be .

2. What we believe about grace shapes how we .

3. Grace frees us to live for God from , not .