Podcasts about justification by faith

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Romans Volume II: Living Under GraceBecause Jesus has already done the greater work of justifying and reconciling us through His death, we can trust Him to complete our salvation and rescue us from God's wrath. And because of all He has done and all that is still to come, we have every reason to rejoice not only in His gifts, but in God Himself.Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on September 20, 2026Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus.https://foothill.church

Are you living in full victory, or are you just getting by? In this powerful message, "Beyond Forgiveness: Power Over Darkness," Pastor Mark Stroud breaks down what it truly means to be justified in Christ. Forgiveness cleanses our past, but righteousness gives us our position—and together, they form the pillars of true justification. Through the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness, you aren't called to just survive the battles of life; you are equipped to reign over them. Discover how to step into your God-given authority, push back spiritual darkness, and live as more than a conqueror. Key Highlights in This Sermon: The difference between being pardoned and being fully justified How forgiveness and righteousness operate as the twin pillars of justification Receiving the abundance of grace to reign in life (Romans 5:17) Exercising Kingdom authority and power over spiritual darkness #kingdom #power #forgiveness #righteousness #grace #loveinaction #overcomer

Are you living in full victory, or are you just getting by? In this powerful message, "Beyond Forgiveness: Power Over Darkness," Pastor Mark Stroud breaks down what it truly means to be justified in Christ. Forgiveness cleanses our past, but righteousness gives us our position—and together, they form the pillars of true justification. Through the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness, you aren't called to just survive the battles of life; you are equipped to reign over them. Discover how to step into your God-given authority, push back spiritual darkness, and live as more than a conqueror. Key Highlights in This Sermon: The difference between being pardoned and being fully justified How forgiveness and righteousness operate as the twin pillars of justification Receiving the abundance of grace to reign in life (Romans 5:17) Exercising Kingdom authority and power over spiritual darkness #kingdom #power #forgiveness #righteousness #grace #loveinaction #overcomer

Are you living in full victory, or are you just getting by? In this powerful message, "Beyond Forgiveness: Power Over Darkness," Pastor Mark Stroud breaks down what it truly means to be justified in Christ. Forgiveness cleanses our past, but righteousness gives us our position—and together, they form the pillars of true justification. Through the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness, you aren't called to just survive the battles of life; you are equipped to reign over them. Discover how to step into your God-given authority, push back spiritual darkness, and live as more than a conqueror. Key Highlights in This Sermon: The difference between being pardoned and being fully justified How forgiveness and righteousness operate as the twin pillars of justification Receiving the abundance of grace to reign in life (Romans 5:17) Exercising Kingdom authority and power over spiritual darkness #kingdom #power #forgiveness #righteousness #grace #loveinaction #overcomer

Justification is one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith. In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains that justification is God's legal declaration that a sinner is righteous in His sight because of the righteousness of Christ, received through faith alone. Believers are not accepted by God through personal merit, religious effort, or moral improvement. Christ obeyed where sinners failed, bore the penalty for sin, and His righteousness is credited to all who trust in Him. This truth gives believers peace with God and lasting assurance. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

We read Acts 2 and think: I want that. Three thousand people saved in a day. A community so marked by love they sold what they had so no one would go without. But in this episode of Blueprint for Revival, Mike Plunket asks the question we usually skip past: how did it happen?Mike traces a pattern that shows up throughout church history — crisis, desperate seeking after God, and only then, visitation. Applied to a crisis like racial injustice, he argues the church can't program, manage, or apologize its way to the "no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free" unity Scripture describes. The only well the Spirit fills is one kept clean of "rubbish" — the quiet, unconscious belief that we produce our own salvation through effort, record, or respectability.Using the transformation of Saul into Paul, Mike shows how the gospel of "Jesus plus nothing" doesn't just change what someone believes — it dismantles both self-righteous contempt and fear at their shared root, because both are fed by the same lie: that we have to earn our worth.Blueprint for Revival is a weekly teaching series from Metro District, Christian and Missionary Alliance.Metro District Podcast is the voice of the Metro District, Christian and Missionary Alliance — resourcing and connecting churches across NY, NJ, and PA.This episode is part of Blueprint for Revival, a weekly teaching series with Mike Plunket.

July 5,2026

With Chris away this week, Jo and Alex tackle Romans chapter 5 as a two-hander, opening with a read-through of verses 1–11. They start with the "where does this chapter sit?" question. After the argument of chapters 1–4, Paul pivots: Jesus returns to the centre of the text after being largely absent since the "mission statement" of 1:16–17, and the vocabulary shifts from justification language toward grace, the Spirit, and life. Jo and Alex read the chapter's opening "peace" as a pointed contrast with the Pax Romana, a peace won by conquest, versus the Old Testament's promised peace realised through the Davidic king. From there they trace Paul's move from "access" and "grace" (charis) into the well-known chain of suffering, endurance, character and hope, discussing whether this is a formula to be pursued or simply a description of how faith holds up under real hardship (with a detour into the early church's problem of Christians actively seeking out martyrdom, and why the "mature church leaders" pushed back on that). The middle of the episode works through verses 6–11: Christ dying for the weak, the ungodly and sinners while they were still God's enemies, the odd logic of verse 7 (why someone might die for a genuinely good person but not a merely righteous one), and how that sets up the scale of the argument: justification by blood, salvation from wrath, and reconciliation as entirely God's initiative rather than something humanity brings about through repentance. Jo and Alex sit with the tension of God's holiness being genuinely opposed to sin, and why that makes the reconciliation described here more than a simple apology-and-restoration. The second half of the episode covers the notoriously difficult verses 12–21, which Jo and Alex both flag upfront as one of the hardest passages in Paul to interpret. They work through Paul's Adam/Christ typology: Adam and Jesus each functioning as a representative "head" of a category of humanity, not unlike Abraham's role in chapter 4; and the grammatical detour Paul takes between verse 12 and verse 18 (a broken sentence structure, sometimes called an anacoluthon, where he starts a thought and doesn't complete it until several verses later) to deal with two side questions: how sin and death applied before the Mosaic law existed, and how Adam's sin connects to the rest of humanity. On that second question they lay out several ways scholars have read it: a shared inheritance, corporate representation, universal individual sinning, or some combination, without landing on one answer, and touch on the historic Augustinian reading of inherited guilt as one tradition among several. They also flag N.T. Wright's minority reading of Romans 5–8 as a "new Exodus" narrative as an interesting, if contested, lens. The episode closes on the chapter's asymmetry: the "free gift" is not a mere restoration to Eden but something that abounds beyond the original trespass, and the closing verses on the law increasing the trespass while grace abounds all the more raise the now-and-not-yet question of what "reigning in life" looks like for Christians today, including a brief aside on where that question sits behind live conversations about Christian nationalism. Jo and Alex flag that this sets up chapter 6's question of how believers are meant to live in light of it. Resources The Epistle to the Romans - Douglas Moo (NICNT) Romans - Thomas Schreiner (BECNT) Romans - Beverly Roberts Gaventa (NTL) The Epistle to the Romans - Richard Longenecker (NIGTC) The Epistle to the Romans - Leon Morris (PNTC) Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

Series: His Sovereign Grace (2026); Passage: Romans 3:21-26; Luke 15:11-24; Speaker: Stu Crosson

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Psalm 143:1–12 Mark 8:27–38 Galatians 2:15–21 Here are some general comments regarding the theme. Paul wants the churches in Galatia (and in Madison, Indiana) to know that justification by faith in Jesus Christ is not just a doctrine “out there” but is good news “in here” when personally applied.  When it comes to justification by faith in Jesus Christ, “you've got to take it personally.”

Chris is back from his New Zealand trip and rejoins Jo and Alex for Romans chapter three, after a recap of the ground covered in chapters one and two. They open with Paul's question about what advantage there is in being Jewish, reading it alongside his insistence that Israel was entrusted with God's promises to steward on behalf of the world, not to keep for itself, and that human unfaithfulness cannot undo God's own faithfulness to what He has promised.  The middle of the episode covers Paul's catena of Old Testament quotations in verses nine to twenty, a chain of Psalms and prophetic texts hammering home that no one, Jew or Gentile, is righteous. Jo, Alex, and Chris talk through why Paul builds his case this way, drawing on scripture the Jewish audience already treasured, before turning to the hinge of the chapter: the righteousness of God revealed apart from the law, in Jesus Christ. This leads into a careful, wide-ranging discussion of justification, redemption, and propitiation, including the Old Testament mercy-seat imagery behind that last word and how it should and shouldn't shape our picture of God's wrath.  The episode closes on the final verses of the chapter, where Paul concludes that boasting is excluded and that God is the God of Jews and Gentiles alike, justified by faith rather than by works of the law. Chris, Jo, and Alex are careful to note this doesn't mean Jewish believers need to abandon their heritage, just that it was never what secured their standing with God. It's a dense, hopeful turning point in the letter, and one that sets up the worked example of Abraham still to come in chapter four. Resources The Epistle to the Romans - Douglas Moo (NICNT) Romans - Thomas Schreiner (BECNT) Romans - Beverly Roberts Gaventa (NTL) The Epistle to the Romans - Richard Longenecker (NIGTC) The Epistle to the Romans - Leon Morris (PNTC) Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

Reading Acts 13:26-43 where the Apostle Paul and Barnabas preach in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch, and from Paul's first recorded sermon, he preaches justification by faith. Visit wwutt.com for all our videos!

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Chris is away, so Jo and Alex soldier on alone for a deep dive into Romans chapter one. After a quick recap of last episode's discussion on authorship, occasion, and audience, they move into the text itself, working through it in three sections: verses one to seven, eight to fifteen, and sixteen through to the end of the chapter.  The first section covers Paul's dense opening sentence, in which he stacks up three self-designations: slave, apostle, and one set apart for the gospel - that foreshadow themes he unpacks across the rest of the letter. Jo and Alex trace the Hebrew and Greco-Roman background behind these titles, before turning to verses sixteen and seventeen, which they treat as the theme statement for the whole book. Much of the middle of the episode is given over to "the righteousness of God," running through the Augustinian, Reformed, and "New Perspective" readings, and landing on N.T. Wright's suggestion that the phrase carries covenantal, forensic, and eschatological layers all at once.  The back half of the chapter, Paul's account of humanity exchanging the Creator for creation, gets careful handling. Jo and Alex read verses eighteen to thirty-two alongside the Wisdom of Solomon and the early chapters of Genesis, arguing Paul is diagnosing a universal human condition rather than pointing to any one group or behaviour. It's a thoughtful reminder that Paul's argument is building toward the conclusion that everyone, Jew and Gentile alike, stands in need of the same solution. Resources The Epistle to the Romans - Douglas Moo (NICNT) Romans - Thomas Schreiner (BECNT) Romans - Beverly Roberts Gaventa (NTL) The Epistle to the Romans - Richard Longenecker (NIGTC) The Epistle to the Romans - Leon Morris (PNTC) Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

Justification by Faith With Donnie Denton

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Justification by faith alone humbles our pride, unifies our hearts and establishes the foundation for our obedience.

Justification by faith alone humbles our pride, unifies our hearts and establishes the foundation for our obedience.

1. Justification Not by Works 2. Justification The Basis for Our Reward 3. Justification Leading to Fruits of Thankfulness This sermon defends the Reformed doctrine of justification by faith alone against objections that good works contribute to righteousness before God. Using Psalm 18 and the Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 24, the preacher argues that human works are imperfect and defiled, making Christ's perfect righteousness the only basis for salvation. The text clarifies that while believers receive rewards for obedience, these are gifts of grace rather than earned merits. Furthermore, true faith inevitably produces fruits of thankfulness and a holy life, refuting claims that sola fide leads to moral carelessness. The central message emphasizes that salvation is entirely God's work, leaving no room for human boasting.

Romans Vol. 1 - Coming Under Grace Romans 4:23–25 reminds us that the faith God counts as righteousness is available to all who trust in Him. Saving faith believes that Jesus died for our sins and rose again, proving that His work fully secured our justification. Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on June 21, 2026 Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. https://foothill.church  Learn about our For the Sake of His Name 2-Year Discipleship Journey: https://foothill.church/FTSOHN

Even the greatest apostles weren't immune to hypocrisy. In this episode, Dr. John examines the dramatic public confrontation between Paul and Peter in Galatians 2:11–16. Why did Peter's behaviour at a dinner table become a theological crisis? This message reminds us that justification rests not on what we bring to God — but entirely on what Christ has done for us.No Compromise: The book of Galatians was written because the gospel was under attack — and it still is today. From false teachers in ancient Galatia to the distortions we encounter in our own time, the battle over the heart of the Christian faith has never stopped. Join Dr. John for this four-part series as he works through one of Scripture's most urgent letters, asking what the true gospel is, where it comes from, and why getting it right changes everything.

Paul recognized Peter's withdrawal from table fellowship with Gentile believers as a lie against the truth of the gospel, for the gospel proclaims God's inauguration of a new human family defined by faith in the Messiah and union with Him through His Spirit. Thus Paul concluded his treatment of "justification by faith" with a profound confession acknowledging that he - and all who belong to Jesus the Messiah - had been crucified to the former order of human existence and now lived within Jesus' life and faithfulness as God's true Image-Son. And living in that way, Paul exalted God's grace and triumph on behalf of His beloved creation.

Paul's treatment of justification by faith was situated within his rebuke of Peter's hypocrisy among the believers at Antioch. Having demonstrated through his table fellowship that uncircumcised and non-observant Gentiles share full and equal status in God's renewed covenant household, Peter then denied that affirmation by withdrawing himself from his Gentile brethren when other Jewish disciples arrived from Jerusalem. Paul confronted him and condemned his hypocrisy, making his case through the truth of justification by faith.

Romans Vol. 1 - Coming Under Grace What kind of faith can stare down impossible circumstances and still trust God? Abraham's example in Romans 4 shows us a faith that hopes, believes, perseveres, and acts on God's promises. Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on May 31, 2026 Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. https://foothill.church  Learn about our For the Sake of His Name 2-Year Discipleship Journey: https://foothill.church/FTSOHN

Romans Vol. 1 - Coming Under Grace People naturally assume salvation works like Santa's list: if we're good enough, God will reward us, but Paul shows in Romans 4 that righteousness has never come through morality, law, or human effort. Instead, salvation is a gift of grace received through faith alone in Christ alone, giving believers the assurance that God's promise depends on His faithfulness, not their performance. Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on May 24, 2026 Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. https://foothill.church  Learn about our For the Sake of His Name 2-Year Discipleship Journey: https://foothill.church/FTSOHN

Text: Romans 5:1-5Date: May 10, 2026Speaker: Bruce DavisBig Idea: Paul's letter now turns to the great benefits that come with being declared righteous by God through faith in Christ and encourages us to walk a life filled with an ever-growing Joy in Jesus.YouTube LinkSermon Notes Justification by Faith Bruce Davis

Pastor Drew Zylstra preaches from Galatians 2:15-21, “Justification by Faith.” —————————— More from Oostburg CRC Sermons: https://www.firstcrcoostburg.org/sermons Bible Study Resources: https://www.firstcrcoostburg.org/resources Original Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/4P7JbJlHzabPNW8GpdxKcB YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSouYxM1rwWZ4cYAvTIqVA

Romans Vol. 1 - Coming Under Grace Abraham's life shows us that the Bible is ultimately about God's grace, not simply moral lessons about better behavior. Yet Abraham still serves as an example of obedient faith, trusting God's promises even when they seemed impossible. Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on May 10, 2026 Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. https://foothill.church Learn about our For the Sake of His Name 2-Year Discipleship Journey: https://foothill.church/FTSOHN

The Galatian epistle provides one of Paul's explicit treatments of the issue of justification by faith, but all too often his treatment there is effectively divorced from the historical circumstance within which it is situated. And where this occurs, this doctrine is understood from a perspective and set of concerns that are different from Paul's. This message examines justification by faith as it was Paul's answer to the issue of Jew-Gentile distinction in the messianic community - the issue that Peter's separation from the Gentile brethren at Antioch helped put in the spotlight.

All humanity lives under the curse of sin because no one can perfectly obey God's law. But on the cross, Jesus became a curse for us so that through faith in Him we might be redeemed and brought into God's blessing. Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on April 3, 2026 Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. https://foothill.church Learn about our For the Sake of His Name 2-Year Discipleship Journey: https://foothill.church/FTSOHN

Romans Vol. 1 - Coming Under Grace Paul confronts the deeply ingrained belief that we must contribute to our salvation by showing through Abraham and David that no one is justified by works but only by God's grace through faith. Both the righteous and the broken are saved by trusting in Christ, whose righteousness is credited to us and whose grace removes our sin. Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on March 29, 2026 Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. https://foothill.church Learn about our For the Sake of His Name 2-Year Discipleship Journey: https://foothill.church/FTSOHN

Death haunts everything — every joy, every marriage, every birth. But Pastor Jim Osman opens this exposition of 2 Timothy 1:8–11 with a declaration that cuts through every shadow: death has died.Writing from prison and facing his own execution, Paul calls Timothy to suffer for the gospel rather than retreat from it. His case rests on the gospel itself — a gospel dense with grace from eternity past to eternity future. God granted believers a saving, calling, and predestining grace before the foundation of the world. And He provided a Savior who, through His own death, abolished death and brought life and immortality to light.Christ didn't remove death from existence — He rendered it powerless. The fear that once held humanity in lifelong bondage — the uncertainty, the guilt, the dread of standing before a holy God — has been stripped away. In its place stands the certain hope of resurrection and the unshakeable promise of no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.The gospel is worthy of suffering for. And one day, death itself will be swallowed up in victory. ★ Support this podcast ★

Romans Vol. 1 - Coming Under Grace Romans 3:29–31 declares that there is one God and one way to be made right with Him through faith in Jesus, opening the door of salvation to anyone while leaving no room for boasting. Rather than setting aside God's law, the gospel fulfills it completely as Jesus satisfies its demands, bears its penalty, and gives His righteousness to all who believe. Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on March 22, 2026 Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. https://foothill.church Learn about our For the Sake of His Name 2-Year Discipleship Journey: https://foothill.church/FTSOHN

If Abraham and David both have no standing before God because of their rock star religious status, maybe justification by faith really is good news.

Romans Vol. 1 - Coming Under Grace Romans 3:27–28 teaches that because salvation is entirely by God's grace through faith in Christ, all human boasting is excluded. We contribute nothing that earns our salvation since it is a gift of God, and the faith that receives this gift produces a changed life that bears fruit. Sermon Preached by Chris Lewis on March 15, 2026 Foothill Church exists to glorify God by living as disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. https://foothill.church Learn about our For the Sake of His Name 2-Year Discipleship Journey: https://foothill.church/FTSOHN

Because justification comes by grace through faith and not works, we can give up our attempt to earn favor and compare ourselves to others.

Has “grace” lost its wonder?In this episode of the MY Devotional Podcast, Dr. Michael Youssef challenges the modern misconceptions that have watered grace down into mere politeness—or made it unnecessary in an age of self-sufficiency and “rights.” The Truth is far more stunning: we are sinners who could never earn our way back to God. Only Jesus' sacrifice on the cross and His righteousness credited to us can justify us before the Father (see John 3:16).Dr. Youssef then brings this Gospel reality into your everyday battles. When trials hit, anxiety rises, or temptation threatens your fellowship with God, grace becomes more than a doctrine—it becomes your lifeline. Through prayer, God steadies you with peace and security, goes before you into life's battles, and provides victory that doesn't come from your strength, but from His.If you're facing pressure, fear, or exhaustion, this devotional will lift your eyes to the promise you can cling to today: God's grace is sufficient—and His power is revealed in your weakness.Scripture Focus: Psalm 20:7 The voice you hear on the MY Devotional podcast is digitally generated with Dr. Youssef's permission. If today's devotional stirred a question, burden, or need for prayer, you don't have to walk through it alone.