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Meet my Wednesday night classmates studying "Grace"

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Carousel Realty of Dyer County Tn 248435000

Meet my Wednesday night "Grace" class members from Mike Frazier on Vimeo.

A couple of months ago, I told Nicholas Goglucci  that I was teaching a class on God's grace.He asked me to blog about what we are learning so here is just a short blog about the class as we are finishing up our study on Grace!

Last night we reviewed just briefly our lesson from last week which was Romans 1:21-32.

21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were they thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools.

In the context these scriptures were aimed at the gentiles who had "departed" from God and God gave them up!

 Nick, that is what I am afraid of, God will give up our nation for departing from him!

You know  we think there are "big" sins and "little" sins with verses 29-31 covering what we consider little sins but look at verse 32  who, knowing the righteous judgement of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

We all need God's grace!

We then discussed how we as Christians should act and show God's grace to others!

 Col 4:6 Let your speech always be with Grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

 

 

» Bill Burress Nationwide Mortgage Originator
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Mike:

I would imagine a Grace class could go on for years and you still would not cover it all.

May 15, 2008 07:50 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor
Bill, Thanks for commenting. it has been going on for quite a while. I believe the next teacher will soon start with "hope".
May 15, 2008 09:53 AM
Alexander Harb
Knights Investing - Mesquite, TX
Dallas, Texas Real Estate Investing

Keep them coming, "TEACH!!"

I liked it......

=-)

May 15, 2008 09:57 AM
Broker Nick
South Florida Real Estate & Development, Inc. - Coconut Creek, FL
Broker Nick Relocation Broker Service

"they did not glorify Him as God, nor were they thankful..."

What words to a people.

Mike ~ Be not afraid, there are more of us, then are with the world!

God Grace will be here as long as we are!

May 15, 2008 12:59 PM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

Thanks Nick and Alexander for commenting. Nick, that is almost the same comment I just sent you by the Activerain server.

May 15, 2008 01:06 PM
Patty Ledford
RE/MAX Town and Country - Blue Ridge, GA
Your N. Ga. Mountain Agent -The Ledford Team-Blue

Mike-Thanks for that. I'm so eager to learn everything I can about God's word. I'm doing precept upon precept by Kay Arthur and we are doing the book of Titus. So much wonderful information in such a small book! I look forward to your posts!  God Bless

May 15, 2008 01:24 PM
Joey Markham
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Mike, That is a good group of people. They all love the Lord and show it by their actions. I know you were blessed to have them in class. Thanks for all the help and encouragement. Joey
May 15, 2008 01:44 PM
Broker Nick
South Florida Real Estate & Development, Inc. - Coconut Creek, FL
Broker Nick Relocation Broker Service

Mike ~ I love the video and I love the group. You didn't let the camera show you! Next time, get in the picture.

May 15, 2008 02:49 PM
Earl Sorrells-Palmdale
Coldwell Banker Hartwig - Palmdale, CA
"The Pearl", Rosamond, Lancaster

Mike, thank you for the email about this post.  I have been starting to get busy with my job and with Real estate.  I have some people wanting me to list their land.  Glory be to our Father.  I appreciated the video, and I looked at a couple of other ones you did.  I have to agree with Nick's last comment about being in the video.  If it wasn't for God's grace, none of us would be here.  We do not deserve to be here.  We have all sinned, and some of us have willingly done things for years.  Even through all of this, and the constant difiance towards our Father and Creator, He still welcomes us home and wants to reconcile us to Him.  He loved us so much that He gave Christ to suffer greatly for us and our sins, and than to die for us.  Christ came to save us all.  And through His resurrection, we have an eternal heavenly hope.  Sing praises to our Lord.  God bless.

May 15, 2008 03:44 PM
Hugh Krone
Weichert Referral Associates - Hamburg, NJ
Realtor, Sussex County NJ
Mike, In my heart I am sure that you are a wonderful teacher. May the Lord grace you abundantly, so that you may pass it on to others.
May 15, 2008 11:55 PM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor
Brothers and sisters, Thanks for commenting. Actually, I never thought about shooting myself in the video.
May 16, 2008 01:23 AM
Kim Martinez
Advantage Homes - Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Real Estate Specialist

Hello Mike,  I, like you, see God's hand correcting the US and the world. I also hope we learn our lessons before more tragic things happen than have already happened.  I believe we have a long way to go though and I see more catistrophic events that will be designed to get our attention.  Please Lord, loosen the knees of the people of America so they will drop more readily to their knees before You!  Mike, you are also right in that there is no higherarchy of sins.  The word sin is from an archery term that means to "miss the mark."  So, if we miss the mark...it does not matter what the target was...we missed.  I believe the real disparity happens in the mind.  We are so focused on our performance that we don't rely on His Spirit and guidance.  We don't constantly pray and discuss the little parts of our day with Him so when we have a .  We don't live in gratitude and we have not let go of our "rights" and still seek to have immediate justice for ourselves...Those things just do not matter.  Thanks for the post Mike!  Grace is a subject we should be going on and on about!

May 16, 2008 04:32 PM
Broker Nick
South Florida Real Estate & Development, Inc. - Coconut Creek, FL
Broker Nick Relocation Broker Service

Mike ~ You actually thought about shooting yourself in the video?

Are things that bad in Tennessee?  lol

May 16, 2008 05:09 PM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor
Nick, I did not think of that until you told me after the fact that I should have!
May 17, 2008 09:38 AM