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by Mike Taylor 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 2:9  Not of works, lest any man should boast.  (Ephesians 2:8-9) When one speaks of God’s grace, it     has been defined as the love and mercy given to us by God because God desires us to have it, not because of anything we have done to earn it, but is the condescension or benevolence shown by God toward the human race. It is understood by Christians to be a spontaneous gift from God to man being a generous, free and totally unexpected and undeserved -that takes the form of divine favor, love, clemency, and a share in the divine life of God. It is an attribute of God that is most manifest in the salvation of sinners. Christianity holds that the initiative in the relationship of grace between God and an individual is always on the side of God, not man. God pursues us, as we do not pursue Him. CAPTURED BY GRACE ...

by Mike Taylor 3:5  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 3:6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:5-6) There is no other doctrine that is more central to the Christian faith as when Jesus spoke with Nicodemus and proclaimed that a man must be born of water and the Spirit to enter the kingdom of God. Nicodemus was obviously very confused, as written of the account of the meeting the Pharisee  had with Jesus after coming to Him after sundown and it was dark. Nicodemus was thinking in physical terms and could not understand the concept thinking that he must he enter the womb of his mother and be born again? He wasn’t thinking in spiritual terms and it seemed totally illogical to him at that moment. Many Christians use the term to describe their being a believer of Jesus Christ,...

  Andy Falleur, Pastor   http://www.calvaryottawa.ca/ Media: http://calvaryottawa.sermon.tv/main/main/20001729 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Moses is attributed as the author of these words, but many scholars believe that in sections such as the one we just read, Moses has simply written down, or included established history. Stephen says in Acts 7:22 ­ that Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. Still, what we have just read is unique among all accounts of creation, or origins, even those of recent days. The first word in Hebrew is “beginning.” In Latin, it’s the word Genesis, and we still call this first book of Moses by that first word in ...