10/01/2026
🩸✝️ WHEN WE TRUST OUR WORKS, WE INSULT THE POWER OF THE CROSS
📖 Titus 3:5 (KJV)
🔰 INTRODUCTION — WHY THIS MESSAGE MATTERS TODAY
In this Dispensation of Grace, one of Satan’s greatest deceptions is mixing works with grace. Many honor the cross with words, yet deny its sufficiency by trusting their performance.
Paul warns us that salvation is not improved by effort, but received by faith alone.
👉 To add works is not humility — it is an insult to Calvary.
📖 Galatians 2:21 — “If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
🟡 1️⃣ PRINCIPLE OF THE CROSS
📖 1 Corinthians 1:18
A. Proclaimed Power – The cross is God’s chosen means of salvation
B. Perfect Payment – Christ finished what sinners never could
C. Pure Provision – Nothing can be added to Christ’s work
➡️ Dispensational Truth:
The cross is complete, not conditional.
🟡 2️⃣ PROBLEM WITH PERFORMANCE
📖 Romans 10:3
A. Self-Righteousness – Trusting human effort
B. Scriptural Rejection – Ignoring God’s righteousness
C. Subtle Rebellion – Refusing grace alone
➡️ Works deny the need for a Savior.
🟡 3️⃣ PRIDE OF THE FLESH
📖 Ephesians 2:9
A. Boasting Spirit – “I did my part”
B. Borrowed Glory – Taking credit God deserves
C. Blind Confidence – Trusting flesh over faith
➡️ Grace removes all grounds for pride.
🟡 4️⃣ POWER OF HIS BLOOD
📖 Romans 5:9
A. Shed Blood – Payment for sin
B. Sufficient Blood – No repetition required
C. Securing Blood – Eternal justification
➡️ Blood saves — not behavior.
🟡 5️⃣ PAULINE GOSPEL
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
A. Death for Sins – Substitutionary sacrifice
B. Burial Confirmed – Death fully accomplished
C. Resurrection Declared – Justification completed
➡️ This gospel alone saves today.
🟡 6️⃣ POSITION IN CHRIST
📖 2 Corinthians 5:21
A. Imputed Righteousness – Christ’s righteousness credited
B. Instant Standing – Complete at salvation
C. Irreversible Status – Secure forever
➡️ God sees the believer in Christ, not in works.
🟡 7️⃣ PROMISE OF SECURITY
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14
A. Sealed Believer – God’s ownership
B. Spirit’s Earnest – Down payment of eternity
C. Sure Redemption – Guaranteed inheritance
➡️ Salvation is sealed, not sustained by effort.
🟡 8️⃣ PERIL OF MIXING
📖 Galatians 5:4
A. Fallen from Grace – Living outside grace truth
B. Frustrated Faith – Loss of assurance
C. False Assurance – Trusting works instead of Christ
➡️ Mixing law and grace always produces confusion.
🟡 9️⃣ PROPER RESPONSE
📖 Romans 4:5
A. Believe Only – Faith without works
B. Rest Fully – Trust Christ alone
C. Rejoice Freely – Assurance in grace
➡️ Salvation is received, not achieved.
🔚 CONCLUSION — THE CROSS NEEDS NO HELP
Every nail, every drop of blood, every cry of “It is finished” declares one truth:
👉 Christ did enough.
📖 Hebrews 10:14 — “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.”
📣 CALL TO ACTION — CHOOSE GRACE TODAY
🔹 Stop trusting effort
🔹 Stop adding religion
🔹 Start resting in Christ
📖 Acts 16:31 — “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”
✨ Believe the Gospel.
✨ Stand in Grace.
✨ Glory in the Cross.
⭐ FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ The cross needs no assistance
2️⃣ Grace allows no additions
3️⃣ Faith accepts no substitutes
4️⃣ Works produce no salvation
5️⃣ Christ deserves all the glory
✝️ When we trust our works, we insult the power of the cross —
but when we trust Christ alone, we honor Calvary.