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34. What Christ Became for Us
There are various things that many believers are trying to earn or gain by their efforts, that are really a gift that God has given us. In fact, Paul writes that Christ Himself became these things for...
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35. There No Longer Remains a Sacrifice for Sins
Many people stumble on a verse that is unfortunately taken out of context: Heb 10:26 "For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for...
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36. You Are the Part of God's Body That He Wants You to Be
God has placed you in the body of Christ exactly where He wants you to be. There are some members of the body of Christ whose work is highly visible and recognized by others. There are some members...
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37. To Attempt to Be Righteous Is to Be Ignorant of God's Righteousness
On this week's Growing in Grace podcast (#586) we talked about How to Be Righteous. Hint: It's not about what you do! Here's a snippet from the podcast in which I brought up how Paul talked about...
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38. What an Exchange! Jesus Became Sin - You Became Righteous
On this week's Growing in Grace podcast (#587) we talked about howJesus Became Sin and You Became Righteous. Jesus didn't become sin through His own sinful behavior. As completely righteous as He was,...
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Clash of the Covenants - new book from Mike Kapler
The brand new book, Clash of the Covenants - Escaping Religious Bondage Through the Grace Guarantee, from Growing in Grace co-host Mike Kapler is now available for Kindle on Amazon! Remember, you...
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39. We're Righteous Through Christ's Performance, Not Ours
On a recent Growing in Grace podcast (#603) we talked about how believers are identified as righteous apart from their behavior. Faith-based righteousness isn't a matter of pursuing righteousness...
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40. Our Promises Are No Guarantee, But God's Promise Is!
Salvation is not based upon our works, abilities or promises to God. What we have in Christ is a surety and a hope and a steadfastness that is not based upon ourselves, but rather is based upon God’s...
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41. How Jesus Supersedes and Does Away With the Old Covenant
In the book of Hebrews, we're reminded that Jesus is "High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek." Just who is this Melchizedek? Very little is said about him in the Bible, and yet He is very...
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42. The Power of an Endless Life: Jesus Perfects Us Forever
Under the Old Covenant, there was priest after priest after priest who continually offered sacrifice after sacrifice after sacrifice - all of which could never do a thing to make anyone perfect! The...
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43. Jesus Is the Guarantee That We're Saved to the Uttermost
A few podcasts ago I talked about how our promises are no guarantee, but God's promise is. The oath that God made to Himself, written about in Hebrews 6, is where our hope lies. It's a hope we can...
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44. Saved by Grace Through Faith Apart from Works
We are saved by grace, through faith, apart from works. If our works have anything to do with it, then it's no longer grace. When we were saved, we were saved despite having had bad works. Now, we...
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45. Be Who You Are in Christ's Body and Let Others Be Who They Are
"The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ." (1 Cor 12:12 NIV)The worldwide body of Christ is one unit - one...
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46. Sins Not Purged by Our Sorrow; Only by the Blood of Jesus
Our hope really is founded upon nothing less than the blood of Jesus and His righteousness! We can do absolutely nothing to take away or purge our own sins. Jesus Himself has already done it and has...
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47. Have You Believed in Vain? (No, You Haven't!)
A certain verse that often scares people, or at the very least makes them wonder about the condition of their own faith, happens to be a verse that should actually be a source of great hope.1 Cor...
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48. I'm Not Ashamed That I'm Righteous Apart from What I Do
Paul boldly declares in Romans 1:16, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ..." Why is he not ashamed? What is this gospel (good news) that he is not ashamed of? Many people don't know what he is...
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49. Faith in Christ Means You Have Rested from Your Works
There's nothing you can do to get yourself right with God or keep yourself right with God. There is no work that you can do to earn or maintain righteousness. The only way to be righteous is to receive...
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50. If You Think You Can Keep God's Law, You've Watered It Down
There are many people who say that as believers in Christ we are to keep God's law, including the Ten Commandments and many other Old Testament laws and commandments. In this podcast, I make a bold...
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51. Is Everything in the Bible Written to Us Directly?
For this episode of the Grace Roots podcast, I'm including a short clip from a recent Growing in Grace podcast that I do with my friend Mike Kapler. If you'd like to hear the entire message, it's found...
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52. The Gift of God's Righteousness
This time I'm doing a teaching that's a bit longer than normal for the Grace Roots podcast, although it's a very simple teaching. The Apostle Paul reveals to us that the righteousness of God is...
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53. God Designed You to Be You
It's very important for you to be who you are. God has designed you the way that you are, and He placed you exactly where and how He wanted you to be in the body of Christ. He has done this joyfully...
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54. Hebrews - A Contrast of Covenants
These days we may take many things for granted regarding our understanding of Jesus and the New Covenant, but 2000 years ago the Jews were faced with quite a challenging decision to make. They had to...
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55. What's Right With You?
Much of the teaching and preaching in the church today is focused on telling you what's wrong with you, and they will give you all kinds of rules, laws, steps, principles and plans so that you can fix...
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56. What Does It Mean to Believe in Vain?
Paul wrote to the Corinthians about the gospel that he preached, and he told them that they are saved by this gospel - "if you hold fast that word which I preached to you - unless you believed in...
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57. Reminders of What God Has Done for Us Through Christ
I'm part of a fairly new Facebook page called Religion Free Movement on which various grace teachers share nuggets of grace, and start conversations that help us to build one another up in the love and...
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