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Introduction As Paul closes his letter to the Romans, he offers a beautiful doxology, praising God for revealing a mystery hidden for ages, now made known through the gospel of Jesus Christ. This mystery, once concealed, now empowers us as believers to live in God’s strength and bring glory to His name.…

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…

BI: We are united by the wonderful Gospel, so lets be a loving family striving for the Gospel together. Introduction Well I love reading about people who are sold out for Jesus. I find figures in church history just so interesting. There was a man name George Whitefield. He was born in 1714 in England.…

Romans 16 1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, 2 that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also. 3 Greet Priscilla…

Introduction Not only was Paul a teacher, a preacher, a leader, theologian, he was also a man of community. Paul shows us that we are not supposed to do this life alone. As he shepherded the Church he formed relationships with many. In the End of This passage he shows his loyalty to many of the relationships…

Review Tanakh The Brit Hadoshah Eber (ebur) I AM (grafted) Introduction 1 Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time…

The Pursuit of Holiness Introduction: At Bible College, freshmen were required to take a class called Christianity and Culture. In this fascinating class, one is forced to think about how the Christian should interact within their culture. Through study, discussion and debate, we had to wrestle with…

Closely related to God’s omnipresence is the attribute of omniscience. God knows everything we do because wherever we go, He is already there. He knows why we do what we do because He sees our true motives even more clearly than we ourselves do. This is the truth of divine omniscience. Psalm 147:5 says…

Importance Romans is the most complete explanation of the Gospel. In the Old Testament we have the foundations for the Gospel. In the Gospels we have the life of Christ, culminating in the death and resurrection which are the basis for good news. Acts tells of the spread of the gospel. Romans explains…

To sum it up Purpose of the book Rom1:16-17 -Righteousness of God revealed. 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 to faith; as it is…

Know that if God has rooted you, you can rest in the gospel!

9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Hallowed - greek word hagiazo - verb which means to make holy, sanctify, treat as holy The English here doesn’t exactly give us the clear meaning that is expressed in the Greek. We usually take it as a recognition…

Summary: Sandwich Structure Notice the sandwich structure of this text. It opens and closes by pointing to God. Reason to Praise Paul is encouraging praise to God by giving a primary reason to praise God. What does God do? (v. 25a) “Strengthen” / “establish” - “to cause to be inwardly firm or committed,…

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus…

Intro Our passage for this morning is one that calls us to make a commitment in our lives. It is one that asks us, as reader of God’s holy word to answer a question. The question we must ask ourselves through our text this morning is who’s side are you on? If we think of this along the lines of a sports…

Ephesians 3:1–13 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand…

Sudden Change 17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts…

Paul enters into his formal closure of the letter. Nowhere else do we find such a lengthy list of personal greetings by Paul indicating the extensive personal friendships he had, even among the churches he had not visited. Were these some friends he had met in other cities, among other churches that…

Introduction B’har [ bhar] = translated as on the mountain Fifth word in the Parashah (Torah Portion) and 32nd. weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of the readings The Parashah tells us the laws of the Sabbatical year: Shmita- and limits the debt service ration REST and FREEDOM Only the FREE can…

25 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began 26 but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting…

21 Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you. 22 I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord. 23 Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother. 24 The grace…

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…

Ah the fourth Sunday of Advent. Our waiting is almost complete. The light of the world is indeed coming, and we know that his coming is near. Are we prepared? Are we ready? Last minute preparations abound. How’s my heart? How’s my soul? How’s my thought life? Am I focused or am I scatter brained - for…

Stir-Up Mystery! Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. In 12 days, many people will be excited about doing an everyday, ordinary thing. We will tear a page off the calendar. Then it will be the year of our Lord 2021. Most scholars agree that our Lord was born…