Episódios
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With the closing verses of Romans chapter four the Apostle Paul assures us that God’s declaration of Abraham’s righteousness by faith is for all, who like Abraham, trust in the God who raised Jesus from the dead. What precious words these are for all who believe in the one who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification!
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In Romans 4:13-22, Paul continues to unpack the wonderful reality of justification by faith alone. Nothing in us can ever earn salvation. It is entirely a work of God that we receive by faith.
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The Apostle Paul again uses Abraham as an example to demonstrate the truth of justification by faith alone. This time, Paul draws our attention to Abraham being justified before he was circumcised. That justification came before the covenant sign of circumcision has implications on the relationship between believing Jews and believing Gentiles and our understanding of the New Covenant sign of baptism.
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In this passage, the Apostle Paul uses Abraham as an example to demonstrate the truth in the previous passage that when it comes to justification, no one, not even Abraham, has something to boast about. By doing this Paul explains how sinners were justified in the Old Testament before the redeeming work of Jesus Christ.
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In the preceding passage the Apostle Paul laid out the great gospel doctrine of justification by faith in Jesus Christ. In this passage he will make an important application of this doctrine explaining that because justification is by faith and not by works those who are justified have no reason to boast. From this we are reminded that while self-righteous pride will flourish within a theology of justification by works, it is destroyed by the doctrine of justification by faith.
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It has been since Oct 20th of last year that we have been preaching on the “bad news” associated with man’s sin and disobedience to God’s law, and in today’s sermon, Paul leads us in rejoicing in the “good news” of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the salvation it brings! Paul encourages us to contemplate the glory of propitiation and limited atonement as laid out plainly in the text.
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Ever since Romans 1:18 the Apostle Paul has been laying out the bad news that all people, both Jews and Gentiles, have sinned, are unrighteous, and are deserving of the righteous judgement of God. Before Paul begins to lay out the good news of God’s grace for sinners in Jesus Christ, with this passage he summarizes the bad news that all are under sin so that all people would see their great need for Jesus Christ.
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If, as Paul states plainly in Romans 2, that the genuine quality of Jewishness and circumcision is inward and spiritual, why did God institute and attach promises to physical circumcision in the first place? Was He mistaken? Did He change His mind? And how can He be trusted if He’s (seemingly) the one going back on His Word?
In Romans 3:1-8, Paul begins to answer these objections and sets the stage for the clearest vindication of God’s faithfulness — the good news of true life in the Lord Jesus Christ.
*** We had some technical difficulties for our normal video/audio recording this week. By God's providence, we are happy that we had a backup room recorder that we were able to use.
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In the previous passage the Apostle Paul explained how it is that God will justly judge sinful Gentiles who do not have the law. In this passage Paul turns his attention to God’s judgement of sinful Jews who have the law but do not keep it. The reality of God’s righteous judgment of unrighteous Jews and Gentiles is to lead all of us to the reality of our great need for the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
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In this portion of Romans, the Apostle Paul has been laying out the bad news regarding the sinfulness of all people and the righteous judgment of God. Building upon the previous passage regarding God not showing partiality, with these verses Paul explains how it is that God will judge Gentiles even though they do not have the law. In considering these realities we are all shown our great need for Christ.
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For quite some time, the elders of our church have been studying and discussing the roles of men and women related to the diaconate, concluding that our church should no longer have deaconesses. This two-part sermon series will help our church family better understand why we are making this change and revisit God’s glorious design for men and women in Christ’s church.
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For quite some time, the elders of our church have been studying and discussing the roles of men and women related to the diaconate, concluding that our church should no longer have deaconesses. This two-part sermon series will help our church family better understand why we are making this change and revisit God’s glorious design for men and women in Christ’s church.
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In Psalm 119 the psalmist shows us the beauty and necessity of getting God’s word rooted deep down in our heart. This is essential to living a life on a godly path that is full of praise and purpose.
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This Christmas Eve to help prepare our hearts to celebrate the joyous occasion of our Savior's birth we will turn to Matthew 1:23 and consider what it means that Jesus Christ is Immanuel.
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God is love. One of the glorious ways that this truth is made known to us is by the birth of Jesus Christ. With this second Advent-focused sermon we will turn to 1 John to consider the connection between Jesus’ birth and the love of God.
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At the very heart of the Advent season is joy. When the angels appeared to the shepherds outside of Bethlehem and announced Jesus’ birth they told them that Jesus’ birth was “good news of great joy”. With this first Advent-focused sermon we will turn to the Gospel of Luke to consider why Jesus’ birth is good news of great joy.
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As people who have been born again, made alive in Christ, and given the ability by the Holy Spirit to see our sin for what it is, repent of it, and put our faith in Christ, it is sometimes easy to overlook the fact that Christians too will one day stand before the judgment seat. This week’s passage of scripture clearly teaches that ALL people - no exceptions - will one day stand before God the Son and be judged on the basis of their works. But how can this be if Scripture says elsewhere that people are saved by grace through faith, and not by their works? Come join us as we look into what is coming in the final judgment.
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Paul now turns his attention to people who judge those who suppress the truth and sin while committing the very same sins themselves. Hypocrites, like those they judge, are without excuse, under God’s righteous wrath and need to repent and believe the gospel.
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With these final verses of chapter one Paul explains more of the horrific results of idolatry and God’s righteous wrath in response. There is a clear progression downward; first idolatry impacts one’s worship, then their body, then their mind. Here we also find Paul’s longest list of specific sins in all of his letters which are the fruits of a debased mind. The only reason why this passage doesn’t describe who all of us are today is because of the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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