Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by

verse study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck

continues his message, The Place of Grace, as we pick up in 1st Corinthians chapter 15, verse 12.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Now notice the place of grace in Paul's life, but also the place of works.

Now there are those who talk of the grace of God totally excluding works.

There are those that even look on works as almost something wrong. It is wrong to look upon works if you are looking to your works for

a righteous standing before God, because your works cannot bring you to a righteous standing before God, but having

received the grace of God, then my response to that grace is my desire to do for God whatever I

can, to work tirelessly for Him, not to earn my salvation, not to even earn righteousness,

but just to show my love and appreciation to God for that grace that I have received.

Works have their place in the believer's life, a vital, important place in the believer's life.

They can do nothing towards your salvation or righteousness,

but they do much to show your love and appreciation

for the grace that you have received from God.

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