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In your freedom, serve the Lord. It’s said that America is the land of the free, the home of the brave. What do you do with your freedom? The original 13 colonies were built up by the British monarchy, and when the colonies were taxed in order to pay foreign wars, what was the response? The seeds of…

Paul is telling us that how we ought to behave is a result of who and what we are. So a proper understanding of what it means to be a Christian in the biblical sense is essential to how we ought to live our lives.

The most immediate idea we come to in reading this passage, is that the master determines the service. Paul is not simply writing theoretically, but his desire is that our Christianity be real, that our belief in Christ Jesus be lived out in our lives!

Romans 8:1-4 We are now in the eighth chapter of Romans. As we have gone verse by verse throughout this book we have seen Paul remind us that in our natural state we are sinners that were under the wrath of God. He told us we cannot save ourselves through any goodness of our own. He told us the truth…

We have been emancipated from being set down into the realm and rule of sin, we are no longer appointed and constituted as sinners! Sin truly no longer controls us, it is no longer authorized and empowered to mandate how weI think, and what we do!

Far from being truly free and able to do as we liked without any care in the world, we were enslaved to Sin, and excluded from true righteousness. The only true thing that it produced within us was shame and death; both physical death and spiritual death.

Introduction I started something last week and I hope to continue this pattern as we move forward. The passage mentioned that we stand for the Word of God, so I ask you once again as we read God’s Word. Please stand I am reading Romans 6 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace…

Paul wanted his opponents in Rome to understand that it is impossible for those who are under grace to continue in habitual sin. Friend, if you are positionally under grace it will be impossible for you continue in habitual sin. You will still struggle with sin as long as your person is corrupted by…

Life is about choices Life is about choices and you must choose, for not choosing is a choice and you live with that choice. Paul addresses, challenges the people to choose. (Insert Price is Right PowerPoint Here) Price is right, you get as close to the price as you can and you win something. Let’s make…

The Dangers of Comfort Big Idea: Human nature is to think less of God in times of comfort. Winning the lottery or inheriting what you did not earn. The tendency is that the one who has received comfort, income, or other blessings that were not earned may either forget what the cost was or be unaware…

Annoucements: Men - Gather at 8 am on Friday After service - Jayden’s birthday No Wednesday service this week Sermon: Introduction: Last week we started into chapter 6 in the book of Romans - continuing our study through this book. And I pleaded with you that you wouldn’t just check out - because these…

Freedom for Kids: This is 4th of July weekend were most of us will set off fireworks, or watch firework displays in celebration of our country’s freedom. What does freedom mean to you? Does it mean you can do anything you want to do? That you have no rules anymore? . . . . -Can you post ALL your opinions…

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…

Our master determines our end, our master determines our benefit or fruit, our master determines our eternity.

This concept of slavery has permeated Paul’s answer to the question presented in verse 15, asking “Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace?” And yet, this concept of being a “slave to righteousness” is not popular in today’s Christian thinking. But is it right?

# Nehemiah 8:13-18 Good morning once again. As always, it's a joy to open the Word of God with you. Go ahead and open to Nehemiah chapter 8. It's been a couple of weeks since we were in Nehemiah so let me recap what has been going on. During the time of exile, the Jews were exiled to Babylon. Nehemiah,…

INTRODUCTION . MESSAGE . Lord ( Adonay ) in the Old Testament . “Lord” - Master . Note difference “Lord” = Master “LORD” = Yawheh. more than 300 times in Old Testament. Abraham called on God as Adonay . First reference to God as Adonay is in the book of genesis 15:2 . 2 And Abram said, “O Lord Yahweh,…

Paul wanted his opponents in Rome to understand that it is impossible for those who are under grace to continue in habitual sin. Friend, if you are positionally under grace it will be impossible for you continue in habitual sin. You will still struggle with sin as long as your person is corrupted by…

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.”…

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to stop doing something but couldn't? No matter how hard you tried, you just continually caved in. We have all seen people struggling with a habit or addiction that has control over them. Whether it be alcohol or chocolate, no- one likes to think they…

Kids: “I didn’t mean to.” Will never hold up in a court of law. Neither will good intentions hold up in God’s court room proceedings. 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. Those who have good intentions only of doing the…

Paul is providing us the principle which will help us understand why it is that the idea of us sinning because we are not under law but under grace is so very abhorrent.

Introduction Have you ever seen a movie with your spouse, had a meal, visit relatives, met someone and afterwards were polar opposite in your opinions of said movie, person visit, etc? Your overall perceptions were not even close In the Bible, one of the best examples of this is found in Rev. Chapter…

What is the first of the ten commandments, or the decalogue? I know, we’re not there yet in Exodus, but we’re on a hiatus from Exodus for thanksgiving and Advent. So, what is the first of the ten commandments? You shall have no other God’s before me. The Israelites had just come from 430 years of experience…

1 Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever; 4 to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures…