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Chapter 8: Common Grace, the World, and You

1 Peter 2:11-12 "Beloved, I urge you as sojourers and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation

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Define, common grace, as you understand the phrase.

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God loves everyone

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Chapter 8: Common Grace

​Objective

Explain that much good can still exist in human culture because God's common grace restrains sin.

Original Sin- we cannot just live a moral life/good life

the issue goes deeper

The root is corrupt

Reformed behavior

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Which is better?

Option 1: An unbeliever who displays moral goodness because he's embraced good values

Option 2: unbeliever who displays his wickedness without restraint

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Pirates send the captain overboard; scrub up the ship, new uniforms; then how dare you question their morality

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We are all a bunch of rebels.

Matthew 5:44-45: Sun rises on the just and unjust, love your enemies

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Why does God say, "Love your enemies"?

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Common Grace: Divine favor spread all around the world, given commonly even to unbelievers

Acts 14:16-17

Genesis 20:6- God restrained King Abimelech from committing adultery with Abraham's wife

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Depravity- moral corruption

Total means every part of man is corrupted (thought, word, deed)

​Total Depravity

Everything produced by 'non-Christians' is not evil, God can use this to promote good

"Even the rocks will cry out?" (hard hearts)

​Promoting Good

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If you shouldn't reject everything but can't accept everything, then what are you supposed to do?

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But how do you discern what to accept and what to reject?