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Some good questions (insert Death brings uniting picture here? One more time we come to a bridge section, this time between Rom6:15 and Rom7:1-6 . Maybe give you the other passage as a reminder so you can see the bridge. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it…

Cities of Refuge As we dive back in to the book of Deuteronomy, we come to a short passage this morning that I had to decide what to do with. The text this morning is a brief description of Moses setting apart three cities of refuge. The topic will come up again in Deuteronomy 19 , should we make it…

Do we need it? Have you ever looked at items and ask yourself, do we need it? Or what value is something to us? (Insert A good deal picture here) Everyone wants a good deal What is an example of how you find a good deal? Would you go out of your way to get a good deal, if so, like what? Here is a good…

27 And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.” 1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient…

We did not finish last week and I’m sure we will not finish this week, so this will be part I of what may be II or maybe III messages, we will see, so I need to go back to do a reminder of (vv.1-8) which is as far as we got last week. Jews had privilege without the right perception. We stopped along…

42 Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away. 4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this:…

6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you…

Gospel of legalism vs. Gospel of Grace Legalism a system of laws, works vs. the gospel of grace through faith. We started to compare the two recently and this morning we will review and press on. In matter of review of what we have seen, covered before I need to go back in case anyone missed anything…

Staying with sound doctrine We need to be careful to protect the sound doctrine that saved us in the first place. It’s a tragedy when someone trades sound doctrine 10 and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, or Doctrine that…

We began Moses’ story as he was set adrift in the Nile and soon adopted by a daughter of Pharaoh, then suddenly we had Moses as a man who killed an Egyptian for mistreating a Hebrew slave. Of course, there are eyes everywhere, and Moses got out of Egypt quickly, ending up in Midian, some distant cousins.…

Last week we talked about the persecution Paul faced at the hands of the unbelieving Jews in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. Since we left off, Paul and Barnabas finished their journey. They travelled back the way they had come, revisiting each city they had visited prior, until they got back to Antioch,…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 5, Session 3 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2022. Summary and Goal God had delivered His people out of bondage in Egypt. In this session, we will…

The point of the law is to reveal, and ensure that we realize, we cannot please God on our own!

Fake, false, forgery What is the best way to tell is something is fake, false or a forgery? Yep you got it, you need to know the real thing, study the real thing so that if anyone presents anything else you would know it. Our passage Paul overcomes the peddlers of fake, false gospel (2Cor2:17) in a beautiful…

God is the Gauge of Grace God is the Gauge of Grace I chose this title partly because I wanted to be alliterative; and couldn’t quite find the word I wanted to fit into the title, in order to say, We Cannot Force the Hand of God for Our Justification and Salvation. Even when we do our very best to use…

Some of you may remember the story. It happened in January of 2018. A state worker chose the wrong menu item for the state alert system and sent an alert to the entire island of Hawaii that said, “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.” For about a half…

Summary: Paul teaches us in Romans 2:12-16 that all people are fundamentally law-breakers before God. What do the rules say? If you have a disagreement about the rules of a game, what do you do? You check the rule book (i.e. “Where are the rules?”) Here in this text, Paul is pointing out the ultimate…

Live Like Love is What You Owe The core of the Gospel we celebrate and live because of is love. 16 For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the…

Cliffhanger (Cliffahanger) (story) - a person is holding on by their fingers off a cliff. they are dangling there and cry out “can anyone help me?” Much to amazement they hear a voice from above say “Yes I can, but you must let go first!” The person says “but if I let go I will fall.” and the heavenly…

Attention passengers! Have you ever had someone sell you something, giving you the advantages of something only to find out they did not tell you some important details? In our passage tonight we are taking a journey from the Law to the law of grace through faith. (Attention passengers) You have settled…

Following his ascension, on the day of Pentecost, the Jewish festival of First Fruits, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in his disciples, permanently. The indwelling of the Spirit profounding transformed the disciples, ushering them out of the room they had gathered in, onto the streets, where Peter's powerful first sermon was the catalyst for the Spirit transforming 3000 new hearts that day. And so the church was born! Let's relive that event together, and explore how it transforms our lives 2000 years later.

Summary: Paul shows in Romans 2:17-24 that having the Law of God did not keep the Jews from breaking the Law of God. "Tell me something I don’t know.” From the doctor, mechanic, preacher, etc. We don’t practice what we know we should practice. So when bad things happen, we have no defense. Paul is calling…

Promises, Promises There are pivotal promises in the Bible that are played throughout the bible and you see the fulfillment of them in the New Testament and in our passage tonight we will look, reflect and rejoice in some of the promises found. Did you know that Abraham is a key figure to more than just…

. . . and the home of the brave! __________________________________________ There are times in your life when you have to defend something that you believe in. Your family, Your God, yes, even the gospel itself. Paul is ready to fight, to defend here in chapter two, here defending the gospel. We will…

History Lesson Learning from history helps us to learn so not to repeat itself or to replicate it so we can have the results they who came before had. Tonight may we learn from some history, because that is what Paul uses in allegorical form to make his next defense. Think back to when you children were…