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Gospel-Powered Humility, Unity, and Righteousness
Romans 3:27-31 | I don't know who said it first, but I do remember clearly when I first heard it said:
A gospel that has not changed us has not saved us.
Boom! It sat on me with clarity and conviction. This message of a righteousness that has been won by Christ, through his atoning sacrifice on the cross, and extended to us as a gift of grace WILL produce change in our lives. It will! As we come to the end of Romans 3 we see three clear ways the gospel practically will impact our lives. Today we look at the first of these: Gospel-powered humility.
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How God Saves
Romans 3:21-26 | "But now..."
With those two beautiful transitional words we get a gospel soundtrack shift in the letter to the Romans. Paul has written to them of man's wickedness which deserves God's wrath. He has announced that there is no one righteous, no not one. But now...gospel hope! But now...we are told how we are made right with God! As we walk through Romans 3:21-26 we get the answer to life's biggest questions: How are we made right with God?, How has God accomplished this?, and What does this tell us about the goodness of our God? These verses are packed with joy-filled hope for every human heart.
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God: Faithful, Righteous, and True
Romans 3:1-20 | In Romans 2 Paul made some pretty startling claims for a Jewish listener. They weren't ultimately saved by their lineage or their rituals, they needed a circumcision of heart. As Romans 3 begins, Paul anticipates their pushback and speaks to it. Within this we hear beautiful teaching on God's faithfulness, man's total unrighteousness, and a crescendo of hope for how God's faithfulness makes a way for unrighteous man to get right with him.
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Self-Righteousness: A Silent Killer
Romans 2:1-16 | It is easy to read the end of Romans 1 and think, "Yeah, go those ungodly and wicked people, Paul!" And then you turn to Romans 2. In Romans 2 Paul goes after the self-righteous person who is equally defiant to the gospel. Self-righteousness is dangerous. Deadly. It is a silent killer because it leaves its suspect thinking they are righteous because of their externals all the while living with a dead heart inside. We must reject a facade of righteousness of our own making and receive the righteousness of Christ that comes by faith. This message serves as a "self-righteous detector" in our life to turn us to the righteousness found in the hope of the gospel.
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Wrath Revealed (Part 4)
Romans 1:28-32 | In Romans 1:18 Paul said, "The wrath of God is revealed..." He said is revealed, not will be revealed, but God's wrath is revealed. There is a present nature to God's wrath toward the ungodly and unrighteous. How so? How is God's wrath being presently poured out on the unrighteous. The answer is what we find in Romans 1:24-32, and it has to do with the repeated statement, "God gave them up..." God's wrath is being revealed against the unrighteous in that he is giving them over to what they want. What are the three things mentioned that God gives the unrighteous over to? Today we pick it up with the third of these statements, the unrighteous given up to a debased mind.
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Wrath Revealed (Part 3)
Romans 1:26-27 | In Romans 1:18 Paul said, "The wrath of God is revealed..." He said is revealed, not will be revealed, but God's wrath is revealed. There is a present nature to God's wrath toward the ungodly and unrighteous. How so? How is God's wrath being presently poured out on the unrighteous. The answer is what we find in Romans 1:24-32, and it has to do with the repeated statement, "God gave them up..." God's wrath is being revealed against the unrighteous in that he is giving them over to what they want. What are the three things mentioned that God gives the unrighteous over to? Today we pick it up with the second, the unrighteous given up to dishonorable passions.
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Wrath Revealed (Part 2)
Romans 1:24-25 | In Romans 1:18 Paul said, "The wrath of God is revealed..." He said is revealed, not will be revealed, but God's wrath is revealed. There is a present nature to God's wrath toward the ungodly and unrighteous. How so? How is God's wrath being presently poured out on the unrighteous. The answer is what we find in Romans 1:24-32, and it has to do with the repeated statement, "God gave them up..." God's wrath is being revealed against the unrighteous in that he is giving them over to what they want. What are the three things mentioned that God gives the unrighteous over to? Why is that such a tragic reality? What is the hope for those who have been given over to these things?
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Wrath Revealed
Romans 1:18-23 | Paul has given us his thesis, his big idea, in Romans 1:16-17. Now he begins his beautiful, air-tight, logical unpacking of that thesis. We now embark on the beautiful journey to see Paul unpack the glorious gospel of God. But where does he start? He starts where much of our contemporary culture tends to avoid when talking about God. Paul begins his gospel-unpacking with a look squarely at the wrath of God revealed against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of man. We will make our way through Romans 1:18-23 by unpacking four questions to help us understanding the God's wrath revealed.
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Unashamed
Romans 1:16-17 | That great locker room pep talk kind of passage that gets us fired up for the gospel. That calls us to an unashamed life built on the gospel. But do we understand why we are not ashamed of the gospel? Have we looked deeply at what Paul says here as to the reasoning for his unashamedness of the gospel of God? Only when we see these things in this passage will our locker room passion for the gospel transcend into boldness on the fields of lostness in our actual day to day lives.
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Introducing Romans (Part 2)
Romans 1:1-7 | Who are you? Why do you exist? Whoa, those are some pretty big questions. When you introduce yourself, what are the important things you say that describe who you are? When you think about your "life's work", what comes to mind? In the greeting to this letter we learn how Paul describes who he is and we see this major purpose of his life that captures why he is writing this letter to the Romans. As we look at these truths and get introduced to this letter, it will help us define who we are as well and this great purpose we have here to the glory of God.
Romans 1:1-7 | Who are you? Why do you exist? Whoa, those are some pretty big questions. When you introduce yourself, what are the important things you say that describe who you are? When you think about your "life's work", what comes to mind? In the greeting to this letter we learn how Paul describes who he is and we see this major purpose of his life that captures why he is writing this letter to the Romans. As we look at these truths and get introduced to this letter, it will help us define who we are as well and this great purpose we have here to the glory of God.
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Introducing Romans
Romans 1:1 | All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for our study. This is why we give ourselves to preaching the whole counsel of God's word, and it is what makes us extremely excited to begin our study in the Book of Romans. Romans has been called the "crown jewel" of the New Testament. Down through church history we have watched the powerful work of the Book of Romans to see sinners saved, to help the saved rest in their salvation, and to sanctify God's people for greater Christ-likeness. We begin our series by getting acquainted and introduced to the riches of this book. Lets pray and ask the Lord to use our study of Romans to accomplish in our hearts all he desires to accomplish.
Romans 1:1 | All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for our study. This is why we give ourselves to preaching the whole counsel of God's word, and it is what makes us extremely excited to begin our study in the Book of Romans. Romans has been called the "crown jewel" of the New Testament. Down through church history we have watched the powerful work of the Book of Romans to see sinners saved, to help the saved rest in their salvation, and to sanctify God's people for greater Christ-likeness. We begin our series by getting acquainted and introduced to the riches of this book. Lets pray and ask the Lord to use our study of Romans to accomplish in our hearts all he desires to accomplish.
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Despising God's Grace
Jonah 4:1-11 | God is so gracious. He has lavished his grace on us, and we like that. Sometimes, though, he lavishes his grace on people who have hurt us, we are struggling to forgive, or frankly we just don't think deserve to be treated very graciously by God. As God poured his grace on Nineveh, Jonah got angry. Jonah's heart struggled with the grace poured out on such wicked people. As we look at Jonah 4 this week, we will see that God's grace extended to those we find hard to love can either harden or soften our hearts. Jonah's heart is hardened, we want our hearts to be softened...God's word can show us how
Jonah 4:1-11 | God is so gracious. He has lavished his grace on us, and we like that. Sometimes, though, he lavishes his grace on people who have hurt us, we are struggling to forgive, or frankly we just don't think deserve to be treated very graciously by God. As God poured his grace on Nineveh, Jonah got angry. Jonah's heart struggled with the grace poured out on such wicked people. As we look at Jonah 4 this week, we will see that God's grace extended to those we find hard to love can either harden or soften our hearts. Jonah's heart is hardened, we want our hearts to be softened...God's word can show us how.
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Revival
Jonah 3:1-10 | The book of Jonah is a powerful account of the pursuing, restoring grace of God. From beginning to end, we see God's grace at work to pursue the hearts of those far from him or those running from him. In Jonah 3, we will watch revival sweep over the city of Nineveh, and from this will see four realities of revival. These four realities will prepare us for a revival in our own heart, posture us to be ready for revival, and will lead us to pray for revival.
Jonah 3:1-10 | The book of Jonah is a powerful account of the pursuing, restoring grace of God. From beginning to end, we see God's grace at work to pursue the hearts of those far from him or those running from him. In Jonah 3, we will watch revival sweep over the city of Nineveh, and from this will see four realities of revival. These four realities will prepare us for a revival in our own heart, posture us to be ready for revival, and will lead us to pray for revival.
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The Road to Recommissioning
Jonah 2 | The book of Jonah has four clear parts:
1) A Runaway
2) A Recommissioning
3) A Revival
4) A Response & A Reproof.
All of these parts announce to us the deep grace of a good God. This week we look at God's grace to recommission Jonah a second time to what he got wrong the first time. Our God gives a do-over here. He gives a second chance. We will see what the road to a recommissioning looks like and the grace of our God who extends a second chance to get right what we at one time got wrong.
Jonah 2 | The book of Jonah has four clear parts:
1) A Runaway
2) A Recommissioning
3) A Revival
4) A Response & A Reproof.
All of these parts announce to us the deep grace of a good God. This week we look at God's grace to recommission Jonah a second time to what he got wrong the first time. Our God gives a do-over here. He gives a second chance. We will see what the road to a recommissioning looks like and the grace of our God who extends a second chance to get right what we at one time got wrong.
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Running
Jonah 1 | Did you ever run away from home as a kid? Why? What was going on that prompted that? As we begin the book of Jonah we begin with a runaway story, God says go East and do this, and Jonah instead heads West to avoid that. Jonah chapter 1 will show us three words that describe the hard path of someone running from God, and yet we will also see a beautiful display of the grace of God that runs hard after those running from him.
Jonah 1 | Did you ever run away from home as a kid? Why? What was going on that prompted that? As we begin the book of Jonah we begin with a runaway story, God says go East and do this, and Jonah instead heads West to avoid that. Jonah chapter 1 will show us three words that describe the hard path of someone running from God, and yet we will also see a beautiful display of the grace of God that runs hard after those running from him.
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The God-ness of God: The Majesty of God
Psalm 93:1-5 | We know that God is king, but what does that mean? If we could see God in his majesty, how would that change our lives? This Sunday we look to Psalm 93 to understand more deeply the majesty of God and the impact understanding his greatness has on our lives.
Psalm 93:1-5 | We know that God is king, but what does that mean? If we could see God in his majesty, how would that change our lives? This Sunday we look to Psalm 93 to understand more deeply the majesty of God and the impact understanding his greatness has on our lives.
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The God-ness of God: The Love of God
1 John 4:7-12 | In the classic book Knowing God, J.I. Packer writes, "No subject of contemplation will tend more to humble the mind than thoughts of God...But while the subject humbles the mind, it also expands it." We begin our God-ness of God Series with our eyes pointed squarely on the attributes of our God. We start with a look at his love. As we sit under the love of God, may our hearts be both humbled by his great love for us and expanded to sit in wonder of what a loving God we have.
1 John 4:7-12 | In the classic book Knowing God, J.I. Packer writes, "No subject of contemplation will tend more to humble the mind than thoughts of God...But while the subject humbles the mind, it also expands it." We begin our God-ness of God Series with our eyes pointed squarely on the attributes of our God. We start with a look at his love. As we sit under the love of God, may our hearts be both humbled by his great love for us and expanded to sit in wonder of what a loving God we have.
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Joy In The Spirit
Romans 14:17 | There seems to be a connection in scripture between the work of the Holy Spirit and the joy of the believer. Followers of Jesus are to be a people marked by a prevailing joy. The Holy Spirit is working for our joy in the Lord. We need to understand the connection between the Holy Spirit and our joy in Christ. Let's look at this together.
Romans 14:17 | There seems to be a connection in scripture between the work of the Holy Spirit and the joy of the believer. Followers of Jesus are to be a people marked by a prevailing joy. The Holy Spirit is working for our joy in the Lord. We need to understand the connection between the Holy Spirit and our joy in Christ. Let's look at this together.
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Gifts of the Spirit
1 Corinthians 12:1–13:13 | The Spirit is always working for the greater good of the body of Christ. He gifts every person who is in Christ with gifts that we are to use to build up the body of Christ. What are the gifts the Spirit has given you? How do you know? How does God want those gifts exercised? What is at stake whether we do or don't exercise the gifts from the Spirit?
1 Corinthians 12:1–13:13 | The Spirit is always working for the greater good of the body of Christ. He gifts every person who is in Christ with gifts that we are to use to build up the body of Christ. What are the gifts the Spirit has given you? How do you know? How does God want those gifts exercised? What is at stake whether we do or don't exercise the gifts from the Spirit?
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Filled With the Spirit
Ephesians 5:15-21 | In the Bible we see people described as being filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5 lays out a command for us to be filled with the Spirit. What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? What does a life full of the Spirit look like? How might we hinder the fullness of the Spirit in our lives?
Ephesians 5:15-21 | In the Bible we see people described as being filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5 lays out a command for us to be filled with the Spirit. What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? What does a life full of the Spirit look like? How might we hinder the fullness of the Spirit in our lives?
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