Okay, we're going to go do a new, it's begin a new series called Amazing Grace, so give me Grace, okay, all right?

Amazing Grace, okay, so, so the title of this message is what's so amazing about Grace.

And I know that was the title of a book a while back which was a great book. I read the book, I love the book.

But about two months ago when the Lord put this series on my heart, it was actually on my study break time.

I said, Lord, why do you want me to teach on grace?

I want to know that.

I know the doctrine of grace. I know the theology of grace, I know how important it is for us to believe in grace, but why do you want me to teach on grace?

Here's what I felt like he said. I felt like he said, look around. Just look around. How many people don't know the grace of God and

don't understand the grace of God. And even how many believers, how many believers live

with a sense of shame and condemnation

and fear of failure? And how many believers are performance oriented and perfection driven

and how many have a father wound

how many lived discouraged and depressed because they can never measure up.

Yesterday when I was coming to the service I stopped by a store on the way when I walked out

the store there was a young lady there probably in her 20s on the phone and she's just crying

saying yeah but y'all said y' said it and I didn't hear it but

I just thought she just she just feels so rejected right now by her friends.

So I want us to understand how amazing Grace really is. I mean it is so amazing and there's

such misunderstanding about it. I have a good friend, a good friend who is a wonderful man of God and he's a teacher

and the body of Christ great guy but he doesn't understand grace and so we got together to talk about it.

And one of the things he said was

that grace is like the oars on a boat.

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