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Connect the dots ( Insert Connect-four picture here) Have you ever played the game connect four? Well our section is like that. It is connecting the dots between chapters 1:18 and 5:6-8:39. Connect the dots, connecting one thought to another. One passage to another. This section we are starting in this…

Consider the following scenario: I think there are still some banks with a physical presence here in the Nambucca valley. Just imagine that recently there have been a spate of bank robberies. Bank Robbery slide The police have made some arrests and two men have come up for trial at the Coffs Harbour…

Evening 11 June 2023

Romans 4:3 (ESV) — 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Romans 4:11–12 (ESV) — 11 He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of…

Two very familiar stories that we might not see as connected… matter of fact I never saw them as connected as clearly as I did this week. In fact I had planned to preach just from this first story and the other story next week. Don’t get me wrong, each story has a powerful lesson we need to learn, but…

Introduction “…when a person is not capable of earning a wage, can win no prize, and deserves no award--yet receives such a gift anyway-- that is a good picture of God's unmerited favor . This is what we mean when we talk about the grace of God.”[1] “The basis for salvation is God’s grace. Since it takes…

How is it that we who are saved ought to behave?

A. Rapport for the time B. Reading of the text 38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. 40 Beware, therefore, lest…

Justification we are looking at the subject of Justification also known as “To Make Righteous” 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 1 Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.…

Salvation Prepared Us For our adoption as the children of God An already/not yet reality That even the creation waits for its conclusion So live as the children of God in the hope of God’s final redemption Our Weak Areas Become Obvious when we are Trying to Live as Children of God We struggle with what…

Rip Tide Do you like to be in control? Be honest, do you? We like to have control or assume we have control, a handle on things don’t we? This morning we will be looking at helpless but not hopeless. (Insert Rip Tide picture here) (Illustration, rip tide) - A rip tide takes you where you don’t want to…

In Romans 8:30 Paul assures believers that the goal of God's plan and all of the essential parts is the glorification of believers.

Introduction Thankfulness seems to be a lost art today. Warren Wiersbe illustrated this problem in his commentary on Colossians. He told about a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, who was part of a life-saving squad. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, and…

“Peace and Being Uplifting” "THE PEACE OF CHRIST" INTRODUCTION 1. Peace: a word conveying wonderful concepts... a. "a state of harmony, tranquility" b. "the absence of hostility, the absence of mental stress or anxiety" 2. In the Bible, the word peace is used to translate... a. Shalom (Hebrew) - completeness,…

Continuing in Grace. United in the truth of the Gospel. Galatians 2:11-16

Introduction Main Point: These verses show us the purpose of the Law which is to lead us to freedom and heirship with and through Christ. 23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. 24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor…

For a person who has been justified by faith, a real death has occurred, and although you still see this same flesh breathe and move, the me that was, the me that was beholden and enslaved to sin, is no more!

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…

If I am in Christ, I have been removed from the reign of sin, I have been transferred into the reign of grace!

It is no accident that the culmination of Paul’s abhorrence at the idea of continuing to live in sin lies not with himself, nor his readers, but solely and squarely upon the Lord Jesus Christ!

We did not finish last week and I’m sure we will not finish this week, so this will be part I of what may be II or maybe III messages, we will see, so I need to go back to do a reminder of (vv.1-8) which is as far as we got last week. Jews had privilege without the right perception. We stopped along…

It is not sufficient to solely understand the *similarities* between sin and its condemnation; understanding the *differences* between them is equally vital!

Introduction The reality of life in the Jewish world connected righteousness with strict adherence to the Law of Moses. Man would be able to control his own access to the the plan of God simply by doing the right thing. The problem was that doing what was right in the sight of God was not as simple as…

Spirits evident fruit We are continuing on with looking at the evident fruit of the Spirit in the heart and the hands (actions) of the believer. We do not make the fruit, the Lord does, and we are to cultivate it so that it grows in us. Previously we have looked at: Fruit of holy living Fruit of good…

Intro me A 2018 survey showed just over half of UK adults pray - way more people than would call themselves religious or go to church. Half of those prayer-ers, that’s a quarter of UK adults, believe that God hears them. Perhaps the other half must be banking on the power of our thoughts, or just not…