Results

Man is totally depraved and unable to save himself. His salvation was bought by Christ through His death, burial, and resurrection, and is solely a work of God’s Grace. In His death Christ made full and vicarious atonement for man and was the propitiation of God’s just wrath against sinful man. This…

14 I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to…

1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” 4 For whatever…

Because you’ve been chosen, trust the Truth Giver and the power of His Spirit to fill you with a personal purpose worth hoping in and boasting about!

Paul’s Testimony Paul is sharing his personal motivation for ministering to the Romans. Why would he do that? Remember that he did not start this church and he has not yet visited this church. But, he still want to give to them, he most definitely has something to offer them, and they should most definitely…

The importance of discussing sin first when sharing the gospel, and the results of turning away from God.

Introduction What Paul teaches in Romans ++All humanity is trapped in sin ++Rescue will not come from the Law ++Rescue comes by faith in Christ ++The blessing of Abraham is available to all by faith In Romans the Gospel... ++Chapters 1-5 Reveals God’s Righteousness ++Chapters 6-8 Make mankind new creations…

Paul begins the end of Romans with self-reflection and thinking about his next assignment after Jerusalem

Introduction Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God, that…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

When I was a child, my dad, who is a Vietnam veteran, taught me a valuable lesson. I think we were watching TV and an add came up for something that was free. So I asked him if we could call in (before the internet, and when the phones were all still connected to the walls) to get this free item. And…

¿Cómo Servimos la Iglesia? Nuestro servicio demostrará la pasión que tenemos por el evangelio… El evangelio lo cambia todo, incluso cómo vemos la iglesia, qué hacemos en la iglesia. 14 En cuanto a vosotros, hermanos míos, yo mismo estoy también convencido de que vosotros estáis llenos de bondad, llenos…

What are we to do now after Easter according to Paul?

Your Best Life Now Ha-Foke Bah Hebrew Ha-Foke Bah English What brings true meaning to your life? The kind of meaning that satisfies you emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually. Meaning that leaves you shaking your head and feeling like no matter how hard you just worked on this thing, you feel…

If I asked you what the most important letter you ever read, what would you say? proposal? Love letter? birth of a baby? draft letter? Sweepstakes letter? IRS? Letters can be good or bad. Maybe you get a job offer… We are going to study one of my favorite books in the Bible. Paul’s letter to the Romans.…

Tombstone story For some of us we got a chuckle, others that hits too close to home as we recently have lost someone we love. There is an amazing phenomena that happens though when someone dies, we magically remember all the good and forget the bad. We know it is not socially acceptable to speak the…

A Man of Holy Ambition Summarize Person/Life of Paul (Eulogy): Man of Holy Ambition Credited w/ starting or involved in 14 church plants throughout the area of Greece and Asia Minor. His letters make up about half of the NT 9 letters (epistles) instructing early NT churches 4 pastoral letters (1 and…

It seems like, when kids are around 3-5, they become very interested in the why’s of life. Why is the sky blue, why is my hair this color, why do the deer eat our garbage? The question why, can quickly become infuriating becasue after about the 5th why, your running out of answers. As we get older, many…

1 What is your deepest desire as a follower of Jesus Christ? Maybe you would say 'my desire is to be with the Lord,' I long to be in His presence and to glorify Him. 'Great, let's say you have the opportunity to stand before Jesus right now, what would you hear Him say? Well done good and faithful servant…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Galatians 1:6-10 As we look at the topic of Eternal Security we are going to spend the majority of our time looking at the truth according to the Word of God. However, there is something to be said about answering the concerned questions of those who oppose Eternal Security. Along the way we will look…

Introduction Have you ever tried very had to please someone, but ended up missing the mark. Maybe it was a boss, you know the kind, driven, high expectations, yet seemingly unaware of your efforts to please. Maybe it was a parent that you so desperately wanted to please and everything you did seemed…

Love as defined by God.

Romans 15:16 (KJV 1900) That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians 1:2 (KJV 1900) Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are…