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Sermon Title: Nothing In My Hands I Bring 

Sermon Passage: Romans 4:9-12

Sermon Big Idea:

God has always saved by grace through faith, proven by the fact that Abraham was declared righteous fourteen years before he received any religious credential. Faith is simply an open hand: it brings nothing, earns nothing, and receives everything. And because the gift comes entirely from God, all the glory goes entirely to Him.

Sermon Points:

  1. Righteousness By Faith Is Available To All

  2. Righteousness By Faith Is Received By An Open Hand

  3. Righteousness By Faith Glorifies God's Grace

Questions: (Use, modify, be selective according to the needs of your LifeGroup)

  1. What stood out to you from the sermon or the passage in Romans 4:9-12?

  2. Think about something you received that you didn't earn or deserve. How did it feel to accept it? How does that compare to how you typically approach God? (Romans 4:4-5)

  3. Abraham was declared righteous before he had any religious credentials at all. What is one thing you tend to rely on for your standing before God: church attendance, moral effort, good intentions? (Romans 4:9-11)

  4. Faith was described as an open hand; you bring nothing, you simply receive. On a scale of 1-10, how open are your hands right now in your relationship with God? What are you still clutching? (Ephesians 2:8-9)

  5. Where in your life do you feel the exhaustion of trying to be enough, with God, with others, or with yourself? What would it look like this week to stop striving in that one area? (Psalm 46:10, Psalm 62:1)

  6. God gets glory by giving, not withholding, and what He gives is Himself. Does knowing that salvation is primarily about God's glory feel like good news or a letdown to you? Why? (Romans 4:16, Romans 11:36)