Can You Please Take you Out of the Equation.

Objective:

My objective this morning is very simple, and the objective is to remind you that you were once depraved, no good, and wicked before God imputed his righteousness upon you without your help.

Diagnosis:

No matter how far society has come it will always be a work and result system. If I do this , then I deserve that. Sadly this same mindset is also in our churches, even the most theologically sound churches still have many people clinging to a meritorious type mindset.

Sermon: Romans 3:21-26 “But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”

One of the greatest questions ever asked was by Socrates. He asked “ It may be that God can forgive sins, but I do not see how.”

Now, I appreciate the question because my man Socrates has laid out the foundational question that all Christians or human beings should ask. Which is how can a holy God forgive. When we actually take time to think about our all-sufficient God, his power, his foreknowledge, his wrath, and his sovereignty; the question becomes three folded; who can justify us, who is being Justified, how is he able to justify.