{"id":11744,"date":"2024-01-21T15:03:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T20:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=11744"},"modified":"2024-01-21T15:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T20:05:41","slug":"graceisoffered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/01\/graceisoffered\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace is Offered"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2024 THEME: Run with the Horses<\/h1>\n<h1>SERIES: WELCOME HOME\u2026where\u2026<\/h1>\n<h1>TITLE: Grace is Offered<\/h1>\n<h1>Scripture: \u00a0Col. 1:20-2:5<\/h1>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0GRACE IS OFFERED VERTICALLY<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">5 key words to know:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Justification<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)- Sinner declared righteous (not guilty)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Redemption<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)- Sinner is granted freedom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Forgiveness<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)- Sinner has debt paid and forgotten<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Adoption<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)- Sinner is made a son<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Reconciliation<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)- Sinner is made a friend\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>II.\u00a0 GRACE IS OFFERED HORIZONTALLY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People are in need of a lot of grace today. Why? Because we are all (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>broken people<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul had 5 goals for the Colossians:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wanted them to be (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>encouraged<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). (v.2a)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wanted them to be (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>knit together<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). (v.2b)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wanted them anchored (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>in the truth<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). (v.2c-3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wanted them to know there will be (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>challenges<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). (v.4)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wanted them to (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>offer grace<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). (v.5)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>NEXT WEEK: THEME: Run with the Horses \u00a0 SERIES: WELCOME HOME\u2026where\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Title: Lives are Changed- Col.\u00a0 2:6-15<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 THEME: Run with the Horses SERIES: WELCOME HOME\u2026where\u2026 TITLE: Grace is Offered Scripture: \u00a0Col. 1:20-2:5 I.\u00a0\u00a0GRACE IS OFFERED VERTICALLY &nbsp; 5 key words to know: (Justification)- Sinner declared righteous (not guilty) (Redemption)- Sinner is granted freedom (Forgiveness)- Sinner has debt paid and forgotten (Adoption)- Sinner is made a son (Reconciliation)- Sinner is made a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/01\/graceisoffered\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11744"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11749,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11744\/revisions\/11749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}