The Advantage

THE ADVANTAGE

AND

THE RESPONSIBILITY

ROMANS 3:1-3

I.                  THE ADVANTAGE OF THE JEWS

A.   CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD

1.    UNDER HIS CARE (HIS LOVE, HIS DISCIPLINE)

2.    UNDER HIS DIVINE PROTECTION PLAN

B.   GIVEN THE WORD FIRST

1.    FOR THEIR INSTRUCTION

2.    FOR THEIR SAFE KEEPING

C.   THEY WERE TO BE A BLESSING TO THE NATIONS

1.    BY THEIR EXAMPLE

2.    BY POINTING PEOPLE TO THE JEHOVAH

3.    THRU THEM WOULD THE MESSIAH COME

II.               THE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHRISTIAN HOME

A.   CHILDREN ARE RAISED UP IN CHRIST

1.    NOT “IN THE WAY”

2.    NOT “IN THE CHURCH”

3.    IN CHRIST

B.   BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD UNDER THE COVERING OF THE BLOOD

C.   GIVEN THE WORD EARLY

1.    FOR THEIR INSTRUCTION

2.    FOR THEIR SAFE KEEPING

D.   THE CHRISTIAN HOME IS TO BE A BLESSING TO THE NATIONS

1.    BY THEIR EXAMPLE

a.     HOW THEY TREAT EACH OTHER

b.    HOW THEY TREAT OTHERS

c.     INSIDE THEIR WALLS AND OUT

2.    BY POINTING PEOPLE TO A RISEN MESSIAH

3.    THROUGH THEM SALVATION WOULD COME TO OTHER HOMES

III.           UNBELIEF DOES NOT CHANGE GOD

A.   UNBELIEVING JEWS

1.    DID NOT STOP GOD’S PLANS

2.    DID NOT DISSUADE ALL OF THE JEWS

3.    DID NOT PREVENT THE MESSIAH’S COMING

4.    DID NOT STOP THE RESURRECTION

B.   UNBELIEVING CHILDREN

1.    DO NOT STOP GOD’S PLANS

2.    DO NOT DISSUADE ALL

3.    DO NOT CHANGE THE PLAN OF SALVATION

4.    WILL NOT PREVENT THE RAPTURE