You Can Stand Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: You Can Stand -------------------------- Date: 4/15/2001 Keywords: "grace" "stand" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Romans 5:1-2* 1. Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2. through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. Questions 1. What does verse 2 mean by "grace"?   2. What helps you stand against temptations of pornography?   Practical help Yesterday, looking at verse 1, we considered what is meant by the word "justified" and how it applies to the struggle of pornography. We all come to God as a mess, and He accepts us if we ask Him sincerely to save us. But it’s even better than that, because we are introduced into His grace. This is the attitude of God toward His children that says, "I will never let you go." Psalm 37:25-28 puts it this way: 25. I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread. 26. All day long he is gracious and lends, and his descendants are a blessing. 27. Depart from evil and do good, so you will abide forever. 28. For the LORD loves justice and does not forsake His godly ones; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off. God’s grace results in a change in heart to those trust Him, and then they become blessings to God and to others. A desire to change and love grows in our hearts. God’s grace enables us to stand for what is good and right even though we have blown it in the past and may even slip in the future. The gift of God's grace is huge. Jesus died so you could have it. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."