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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…

Romans 7:7-13 I want to review a little about what we have seen Paul teach int his book so far. We have learned the truth that All are sinners and without excuse.- chapters 1-3 . We have learned that we are justified by faith, and Paul illustrated this in four ways in chapters 4-5 . We have learned that…

Today, amongst other things, we will be hitting on wisdom. Specifically man’s wisdom and God’s wisdom. In that vain I looked up some words of wisdom “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their…

Paul began his discussion concerning the law back in 6:15- Question : If we are no longer under law but under grace does that mean we can sin? 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Answer : You are slaves to whatever you obey. Christians have been set…

Ten I am Statements 7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced…

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…

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…

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.”…

Our Scripture reading this morning is selected verses from Deuteronomy 6 . We will be looking at what is called the Shema by Jews. “ Shema ” is the first word in our text, it means “ to hear ”. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and…

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…

I want to try an experiment this morning. I am going to give you a rule that you all must obey for 10 seconds. Here is the rule: starting right now do not look behind you. Do not look at the person sitting behind you. Do not look at the nursery window. Do not look at the book table or the welcome board.…

In case you've been asleep for the last few months, we have a State election coming up. And the fun and games have started already, and you know, then it all boils down to it, this election, just like the last one, will be all about one thing. How to make VIC a better place. Law and Order. Education.…

In Romans 7:7-13 Paul defends the Law of God by explaining it’s true value in revealing sin.

Romans 7 (ESV) 1 Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. 3 Accordingly,…

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

There are two great celebratory seasons in the church calendar. The primary celebratory season is Easter, during which time the church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the launch of the new creation. The other celebratory season is Christmas, during which time the Church celebrates the…

Introduction Christ is our new law Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the…

St. Paul was once called Saul of Tarsus, the young man at whose feet were laid the clothes of those who stoned Stephen. Saul gave approval to his being stoned to death for the crime of preaching Christ ( Acts 7:58 ). Once the Pharisee of Pharisees, the blasphemer and the persecutor of the Church ( Phil…

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…

I don’t know about you, but I have been glued to the news this week. No matter what we have been up to or how sick I have been with my little cold. I have had an eye on the news to find out more about the spread of Covid 19. I can’t help it. This is my first pandemic, and it is the first one that we…

INTRODUCTION: Can rules change us? Over the years many public policy scholars have suggested >>>>>the difference between a criminal and a law-abiding citizen is mere knowledge. One prominent scholar suggested exactly that. That the reason the inner-city families have higher crime rates is because they…

Opening Illustration: Last week we began chapter 7 of Romans and concluded that: The result of God’s powerful work in you has now enabled a new motivation for righteousness – one of out love and not guilt. You are there in Romans 7 , notice with me what Paul said in v. 6 6 But now we have been delivered…

13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, 15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there…

Intro: 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known…