Connor Crumpton teaches on the value of grace, arguing that grace is not a cheap, everyday vitamin but the costly intersection of God’s perfect justice and overflowing mercy. He traces how Old Testament sacrificial practice pointed to a temporary, limited access to God and contrasts that with Jesus’ once-for-all substitutionary death and resurrection which satisfies justice and unleashes mercy. Because of Christ’s work we are made the righteousness of God and God now makes his home with believers through the Spirit. Crumpton closes by urging listeners to stop taking grace for granted, receive it afresh, and live with the confidence of being welcomed and enjoyed by God.
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” · Connor Crumpton
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Do not take grace for granted - remember it cost everything: justice was satisfied and mercy now flows. Live in the assurance that you are made righteous in Christ and that God has come to dwell with you; let that shape your confidence and obedience. If you haven't received this grace, the sermon invites a clear response of faith in Jesus.
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