Pastor Steve offers an enjoyable, real-life application of the Scriptures that apply to everyday life for all.
Aside from four verses about dealing with troublemakers (17-20), this entire chapter is given to greetings. 1-16 is who the greetings are to, 21-24 is who the greetings are from. This is a powerful statement about the importance of Christian fellowship.
Our question should be that of the Ethiopian Eunuch: “What prevents me from being baptized?” If you have not been, the question is not whether you should, but why you haven't. Prepare to be blessed as baptism photographs from the last 40 years run on the screen through the sermon.
Our question should be that of the Ethiopian Eunuch: “What prevents me from being baptized?” If you have not been, the question is not whether you should, but why you haven't. Prepare to be blessed as baptism photographs from the last 40 years run on the screen through the sermon.
Paul knows very well the dangers he faces, and he depends on praying saints for the ability to do the work God has given him.
Brad and Shilo are missionaries with Ethnos 360, Serving in Chihuahua, Mexico at Colegio Binimea Mission School, providing education to missionary kids.
Beginning to wrap up the letter to the Romans, Paul refers to what he has done, and what his plans are for the future. His main goal is to be faithful to God's call on his life.
Jesus accepted you! This should be a lesson on how willing you should be to accept others.
As each of us individually lives to exalt God in our lives, we accomplish something even more meaningful - we exalt His Name Together
We have rights, but if using our rights hurts our brothers, it is better to forego them.
If we're not careful, we can elevate our opinions about God's Word above God's Word itself. We need to recognize our opinions for what they are, and not make them rules for others to live by.
First this passage tells us to wake up, then it tells us to get dressed! (put on the armor of light, put on the Lord Jesus.) Many want to be saved now, but to live saved later. This passage says the time is close, and we should be living for Christ now.
There are the commandments, and then there is the purpose behind the commandments. Their purpose and their intended result are love demonstrated in real life.
Good news that creates an unquenchable joy – our Redeemer lives!
The crowds were cheering, the priests were raging, and only Jesus knew what was going on. Even as He did, He grieved for the ones who rejected Him.
If Covid mask mandates taught us anything, it is that we are rebels at heart. We will follow the government, but only so far. We may have a hard time reconciling ourselves to this passage.
If you resort to evil to overcome evil, then evil has already overcome you. You can only overcome evil with good.
Our gifts are not given to have, our gifts are given to give. If we see them as God does, using our gifts is making an investment.
This message will introduce spiritual gifts as a whole, and take a specific look at the gift of prophecy.
The piece that is missing becomes the most important. Without it, the puzzle is incomplete. Without you, the Church is.
As we experience God's transformation of our lives, we prove that His will is good. We prove it to ourselves, and, if people are paying attention, we prove it to them as well.
If we are not transformed to be more godlike, we will be conformed to the pattern of this world.
In light of all God has done for us, our proper response is to live for Him.
Sometimes we need to stop and see God's glory, which is on display before us.
God has made salvation available to all through faith in Christ. And there is a day coming when all Israel will be saved.
God compares His people to an olive tree. The Jews are the natural branches of the tree, Gentiles were grafted in. Gentiles should not feel superior; we are saved by grace, and Jews belong in the tree even more than we do.
It is a mistake to think of the Church as either Jew or Gentile. It will be best when it is comprised of both.
Verse 1 asks whether God has rejected His people. Verse 6 says no, because they were chosen by grace, not works. God's grace is limitless.
There is frustration in having a message people need to hear but refuse to accept. What can you do? Keep proclaiming the message.
Something as high as a host of angels appeared to something as low as a few scattered shepherds. Jesus came to all and for all.
Something as high as a host of angels appeared to something as low as a few scattered shepherds. Jesus came to all and for all.
They were called wise men before this story began. Then they proved their wisdom by seeking Him out and worshiping Him.
Those who receive the good news praise God for those who proclaim it.
It is not too high, it is not too low, and it is not complicated. Salvation is available to all who believe
The religious Jews of that day knew the Law, and were zealous for it. But they did not know God's righteousness or seek it.
Just like Israel, we sometimes think it is our righteousness that saves us. Only the righteousness of Christ, attained through faith, can do that work.
The question is, how can God blame us, when it He is the One who made us and no one can resist His will? The answer feels like a hard slap – Who do you think you are to question God. He's the Potter and you're just a pot! The reality is we do resist His will, and we do it to our own harm.
We enter into the difficult area of God's sovereign election, and how wrong it sometimes looks from the human perspective. But God's Word has not failed, and His gift is gracious.
We see Paul's deep desire to see his people come to Christ. We should desire that drive for ourselves.
The next 3 chapters stand apart and deal with the question of how the Jews fit into God's plan with the Church. We will go through these chapters the same way we've gone through the rest of Romans, but this message will be an introductory overview.
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God loves us deeply. Deep faith recognizes this is true.
It's not that we don't have an enemy. It's that the enemy doesn't measure up to the heroes watching out for us.
This passage is a paragraph about the confidence we have in God's blessings. We know that all things work together for good to us, because He has already glorified us.
Some of our most important, most urgent prayers are beyond our ability to express. The Holy Spirit does for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
We live in the time of suffering, but we persevere in the confident hope of a better life to come.
This passage reveals the wonderful relationship that lets us call God ‘Abba, Father,' and the ominous teaching that this may call for suffering.
Today's passage makes having the Spirit crucial to living the Christian life. How do I know I have the Holy Spirit? This Sunday's message will wrestle with this sometimes difficult question.
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