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Introduction Have you ever heard of a laughing heir? I’m not talking about laughing gas, I’m talking about when someone gets a call from a lawyer saying, “your rich uncle passed away and left you all his money!” It’s when you didn’t realize you would inherit something, but suddenly someone tells you…

There is a certain challenge when working as carefully and as intimately through Scripture as we do here in Christian Life Hour, in that such an examination can at times be in danger of missing the general theme or context of the larger passage. For indeed, many have failed to see the line of Scripture,…

Text Dr. Chute - “Brian, whenever God has called for me to go somewhere and I have listened and gone in faith, I have never regretted it.” From Georgia to Alabama to Michigan to California. He told me this when I was a senior in college and considering the merits of moving from California to Kentucky…

Introduction Me We Romans 3:21-31 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, attested by the Law and the Prophets. 22 The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, since there is no distinction. 23 For all have sinned and fall short of…

Listening to Your Conscience Romans 14:5-9 , 22-23 Introduction Ask for prayers Review of the book 4 reasons you should listen to YOUR conscience 1) Your conscience is a gift from God, so appreciate it ( Rom 1-13 ) Explanation The conscience speaks to us It is part of the image of God, which reflects…

Introduction: It’s all about the Gospel | Romans 1:1-17 Doctrine of the Gospel | Romans 1:18-8:39 Divine Plan of the Gospel | Romans 9-11 Duty of the Gospel | Romans 12-14 Dedication of the Gospel | Romans 15-16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation…

9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.…

INTRO Last week we talked about inward faith . Paul talked about Jews and Gentiles, now he puts them all together. He will use the phrase, “no distinction” The world today separates everyone into categories. Jesus cut through the distinctives and laid out a Gospel that is Universal. The gospel of Christ…

Romans 3 In times past many of us here today would have been viewed with suspicion in many of our churches. Only the upright, respectable christian who hadn’t publically done anything remotely scandalous was welcome. Wild clothing, financial difficulties, divorce, children who had gone off the rails,…

Who we were and Who we are. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”…

What is Faith? That’s a difficult question for our contemporary culture. Merriam-Webster Dictionary offers several definitions of faith. This is the one that most Christians would identify with: belief and trust in and loyalty to God.[1] However, our contemporary culture would probably identify more…

3 Reasons to Pray for the salvation of all men. I. One God 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, A. The Only God This might not seem like a reason, but if there are multiple gods then why pray? If all gods are equally valid, the muslim god will save…

God’s grace is not hazy God’s grace is needed and provided, tonight we turn from guilty, to grace filled, justified. (Insert dead man walking picture here) You may know the phrase “dead man walking.” Maybe saw the Sean Penn movie. And all that was was a movie, but in reality, we were dead in our trespasses…

Anyone can win a soul to Christ. If you have a testimony of salvation and God has changed you and remade you anew, you have something already that you can share with others. But anyone can do it. But we want to grow beyond only our testimony. We want to study and know the verses that talk about salvation…

This morning we observed the Lord’s Supper. We remember the what Jesus did for us in securing our salvation. This ordinance was instituted by Jesus Himself, and it is something that we do on a regular basis. Why? Why did Jesus command us to remember the Lord’s Supper? Why do we do it so often? Why does…

In Romans 3:25-31 Paul teaches how the death of Christ glorifies the righteous character of God and eliminates any reason for personal boasting. Words with dual meanings... Bat, Fair, Lie, Second, Fine, Clip, Row, Entrance, etc. There are two ways of thinking of the righteousness of God. The righteous…

Profession Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Profession) noun1 a paid occupation, especially one involving training and a formal qualification.▶ [treated as singular or plural] a body of people engaged in a profession.2 an open but typically false claim: a profession of allegiance.3 a declaration of…

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

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…

Today's message: I Will Not Boast (Romans 3:27-31)... "I’m saved by faith, not what I do - so I’ll boast in Jesus Christ!" // To find out more about Involve Church, head to involvechurch.com or email info@involvechurch.com.

Read So I have told you all that the book of Romans is all about Good News! See it says so right here in the title of the sermon series- The Gospel ( good news) great and glorious. But what we have heard so far in Romans has not been great news. In chapter 1 paul told us that all of humanity is guilty…

Rom 9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised. 11 And he received…

27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since there…

1 After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great. 2 But Abram said, “Lord God , what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram continued, “Look, you have…