People who were nothing like Jesus loved Jesus. One word explains why: grace. On Sunday, December 6, at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., South Bay Bible Church will begin a new teaching series, centered around Christmas entitled, Grace: The Reason People Love Jesus So Much. Join us in person at 578 Montauk Highway, East Moriches, or online at southbaychurchli.org/livestream, Facebook Live, or YouTube.
Over and over, Jesus leaned toward guilty people and unrepentant sinners. It was a brand-new, unfair, unsettling system that he came to invite us into. So the big question for everyone this Christmas season is, “Whether you need grace or need to give grace, how should you respond?”
“Grace is the one thing we have most when our guilt is exposed, and grace is the one thing we’re hesitant to extend when confronted with the guilt of others,” says Martin Hawley, pastor.
In this three-part series, Pastor Hawley will explain the undeserved, unearned, unearnable favor that Jesus came to offer you.
Completely Foreign (John 1:14; Matthew 9:11–13; Luke 16) – December 6: If grace is the undeserved, unearned, unearnable favor that Jesus came to offer us, why wouldn’t everyone want Christianity to be true? And … where should you start if it’s a word that has never been part of your life?
Ridiculously Unfair (John 1:14; Luke 19:1–5, 7; Matthew 20) – December 13: The kingdom of God is characterized by outrageous generosity—the kind of generosity that gives undeserving people what they don’t deserve regardless of how wrong someone might be.
Outlandishly Generous (Matthew 7:3–5; Romans 5:8) – Christmas Sunday, December 20: God’s grace is an invitation for you to be amazing. It’s your chance to extend to others what God freely extended to you. So … what would it take for you to give someone what they don’t expect and what they certainly don’t deserve?
