3 G Theology

You’ve heard of 3 G technology. Let’s talk about 3 G Theology. I heard a teacher sharing that the message of the book of Romans could be broken down into 3 phases, and 3 G’s. They are GUILT, GRACE, and GRATITUDE.

Man was not supposed to live with guilt. But Romans lets us know that we are all guilty. “There’s none righteous, not even one.” “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Who hasn’t broken one of the 10 commandments: Never told a lie? Never taken something that hasn’t belonged to you? Not wanted something that rightfully belonged to someone else?

But Romans then tells us that we are saved, not by works, earning our way, but by GRACE. God’s unmerited favor. “being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.” Jesus did what we couldn’t: Live a sinless life. He paid a price we couldn’t, sacrificing a perfect life to take our punishment; then applying his work to our account, our sentence.

Once we accept that gift of grace, our adoption into God’s family, how do we then live: On our own power, in our own strength? No, we let Him live his life through us. We put off our nature, and put on His will and life. “Present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.” And, we then live a life of GRATITUDE. “You yourselves are (now) full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able also to encourage one another.”

Live bravely in your 3 G Theology!