CELEBRATION NOTES

Sunday, October 18th, 2026

GRACE WINS EVERY TIME!

“But where sin increased, grace increased all the more.”

Romans 5:20 (NIV)

  1. THE LAW REVEALS OUR SIN, BUT GRACE

     PROVIDES OUR SALVATION!

Where sin abounds, GRACE ABOUNDS EVEN MORE!

2. GRACE IS NOT A LICENSE TO KEEP SINNING!

 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer  Romans 6:1–2

Grace gives us freedom FROM sin, not freedom TO sin!

“Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” — Matthew 4:7

3. WE DIED WITH CHRIST SO WE CAN LIVE WITH       

     CHRIST!

3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:3-11

  1. SIN IS NO LONGER OUR MASTER — GRACE IS!

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” — Romans 6:23 (NIV)