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    Common Grace: God's Act On All Humanity

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    Common Grace refers to the undeserved blessings God gives to all people, both believers and unbelievers, such as physical provisions, intellectual abilities, moral conscience, and order in society. These blessings are different from saving grace in their result of not providing salvation, their recipients of both believers and unbelievers, and their source being God's mercy rather than any merit in recipients. Common Grace demonstrates God's goodness, justice, and glory rather than saving people.

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    Common Grace refers to the undeserved blessings God gives to all people, both believers and unbelievers, such as physical provisions, intellectual abilities, moral conscience, and order in society. These blessings are different from saving grace in their result of not providing salvation, their recipients of both believers and unbelievers, and their source being God's mercy rather than any merit in recipients. Common Grace demonstrates God's goodness, justice, and glory rather than saving people.

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    Common Grace

    God’s Act on all Humanity


    What are the undeserved
    blessings that God gives
    to all people, both
    believers and unbelievers?
    DEFINITION

    Def.: Common Grace is the grace of God by which


    he gives people innumerable blessings that are not
    part of salvation.
    Common grace is different from saving grace in
    result, recipient, and source.
    I. Explanation and Scriptural
    Basis
    A. Introduction:
    When people sin, they become
    worthy of eternal punishment and
    separation from God(Gen. 2:17;
    Rom. 6:23)
    GENERAL REVELATION

    “The heavens declare the glory


    of God; the skies the work of
    his hands” (Psalm 19:1)
    God’s law is written on the
    heart of every human being

    Romans 2:14-15 English Standard Version (ESV)

    14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by


    nature do what the law requires, they are a law to
    themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15
    while their conscience also bears witness, aThey
    show that the work of the law is written on their
    hearts, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even
    excuse them
    COMMON GRACE
    B. Angels experienced separation from God and
    from all good immediately: 2 Pet. 2:4

    C. But Adam and Eve did not die and go to hell


    at once. Nor do people who sin today.

    • Why? How can God continue to give blessings to


    people who deserve only death and hell?

    Answer: COMMON GRACE


    James 1:17 English Standard Version (ESV)

    17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is


    from above, coming down from the Father of
    lights, with whom there is no variation or
    shadow due to change.

    “…every act of goodness, wisdom,


    justice, and beauty—no matter who does
    it—is being enabled by God.”
    II. Examples of Common Grace

    A. Physical Realm (Matt. 5:44-45; Acts 14:16-17; Gen.


    39:5; Ps. 145:9, 15-16).
    B. Intellectual Realm (John 1:9; Rom. 1:21; science and
    technology).
    C. Moral Realm (Ps. 81:12; Rom. 1:32; 2:14-15; Luke 6:33;
    2 Kings 12:2; warnings of final judgment).
    D. Creative Realm.
    E. Societal Realm (family – Gen. 5:4; government – Rom.
    13:1, 4; other institutions).
    JESUS CHRIST

    Matthew 5:44-45 English Standard Version


    (ESV)

    44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and


    pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that
    you may be sons of your Father who is in
    heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil
    and on the good, and sends rain on the just
    and on the unjust.
    Examples of Common Grace…
    F. Religious Realm (Matt. 5:44-45; 1 Tim. 2:1-2,
    4; 4:10; Luke 4:40; 6:35-36; Matt. 7:22).
    G. Common Grace and Special Grace Influence
    Each Other.
    H. Common Grace Does Not Save People (Rom.
    14:23; Matt. 22:37; cf. Rom. 2:4)
    III. Reasons for Common Grace
    A. To Redeem Those Who Will Be Saved (2 Pet.
    3:9-10).

    B. To Demonstrate God's Goodness and Mercy


    (Luke 6:35; Ps. 145:9; Mark 10:21; Ezek. 33:11).

    C. To Demonstrate God's Justice (Rom. 2:5; 3:19).

    D. To Demonstrate God's Glory.


    IV. Our Response to the Doctrine of
    Common Grace
    A. Common Grace Does Not Mean That Those Who
    Receive It Will Be Saved(Rom. 5:10; Eph. 2:3;
    Phil. 3:18-19).

    B. We Must Be Careful Not to Reject the Good


    Things That Unbelievers Do as Totally Evil.

    C. The Doctrine of Common Grace Should Stir Our


    Hearts to Much Greater Thankfulness to God.

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