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Text: Romans 12:1-2 The Mercies of God is the Basis For the Challenge of Total Commitment GRACE, is when we get what we don't deserve. MERCY, is when we don't get what we DO deserve. Total Commitment Means Being Totally Transformed. The word we get transformed is where we get the word metamorphosis. It's continual and gradual. We should allow the Holy Spirit to help. (2 Corinthians 3:18) In order to know the will of God, we must surrender to that will.
On this Reformation Sunday, we take a look at the context of God's Word to find out some of the issues that led to the Reformation happening over 500 years ago. Much of that has to do with context, and how one reads the Word of God. As Martin Luther read through the book of Romans he found the truth of God's Word: 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 (Romans 3:23-24). We are justified not by our own works, rather we are justified by the words of Christ.
Text: Romans 12:1-8; variousTheme: While on earth, Jesus did some pretty amazing things. Now, as the “Body of Christ” the church is called on to move and work, love and extend grace on His behalf. God has a way of giving us different skills in order to work together to accomplish this mission. This week we want you to see how YOU can be a part of God's plan.Memory Verse: Romans 12:4-5 (NIV) “For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”Message Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49509894
I. The Infinite Depth II. The Divine Reason III. The Profound Praise Scripture Reading: Romans 11 Text: Romans 11:33-36 Psalter Numbers: 16, 170, 382, 81
Gospel installment: 10/5/2025 Text: Romans 15 vs 1-7 Sermon TItle: The Strong for the weak 1. We continue with Paul's gospel teaching/testimony through the imperatives. 2. And I am going to say, I do not teach imperatives just as pure imperatives. Most of the imperatives are actually gospel testimonies. Paul did not pull them from thin air. 3. You will hear more gospel in the imperatives than the imperatives themselves. 4. But that is not say the imperatives are not important. The God of the Indicatives (those things by which you were saved, things true of you because of Christ) is the same God of the exhortations -imperatives(what you ought to do in light of your being accepted). 5. But Paul used gospel testimony to continue to teach how we ought to accept those who are weak in Christ. 6. This is a wonderful message, because it is the testimony of Christ. AND IT IS FREE!
Series: Romans. Righteousness for the Unrighteous.Text: Romans 1:16-17Date: October 12, 2025Speaker: David BartosikBig Idea: Paul gives us a glimpse of how salvation works. Salvation is the process through which the righteousness of God is being unveiled through faith.God demands RighteousnessThe Gospel Unveils God's Rescue PlanLive by faithYoutube LinkSermon Notes
Series: Romans. Righteousness for the Unrighteous.Text: Romans 1:16-17Date: October 5Speaker: David BartosikBig Idea: Promoting the gospel is everything to Paul. This is the thesis of his letter. Paul is unashamed of the gospel because it is God's unstoppable power to save. The more we grasp it, the less room there is for shame. Paul recognizes there is a growing community of faith in the most influential city.Though tempted to be ashamed, a growing appreciation of the Gospel removes shame.God's power, not human effort, rescues us from sin and death.Salvation flows from God's covenant promise - first to the Jew, then the Gentiles, and continues to stretch across history to us today.Youtube LinkSermon Notes
Gospel instalment: 10-05-25 Text: Romans 14 vs 14-23 Sermon Title: Party in your Box Pt 2 1. Many shy away from the imperatives because they have heard them taught by preachers who do not know the gospel. 2. Those who do not know the gospel will turn every commandment into Law and Law and leave you feeling unsaved. 3. But the gospel is not a New Law, it is the gospel of God's free and sovereign grace. 4. But the imperatives ARE FOR THE SAVED, therefore DOING or NOT DOING WILL NOT SAVE OR CONDEMN ANYONE. 5. However, they are included in the package of the gospel to the church for the instruction of the body of Christ. 6. Because they come from the Lord, they are IMPORTANT and are not suggestions. And if you think with a gospel hermeneutic you are going to find the gospel tagged in the imperatives, because they NEVER COME NAKED or STANDING ON THEMSELVES-but on what Christ has done. 7. So, Paul is going to say-guard your freedom. Do not entangle the redeemed and distress them because of the things that you approve or disapprove of. They are NOT HOW A SINNER STANDS BEFORE GOD. 8. Exercise your freedom with diligence. Also, do not impose your bondage on others because a sinner stands ONLY IN CHRIST. Much to say and a lot of wonderful things AND IT IS FREE!
Series: Romans. Righteousness for the Unrighteous.Text: Romans 1:5-7Date: Sep 21, 2025Speaker: Andrew GarciaBig Idea: Through the grace of his apostleship, Paul was sent to call people from every nation - including us - to belong to Jesus, to trust and abey Him, and to live as God's loved and holy people.Empowered into ApostleshipThe Message for All NationsThe message is for YOUYoutube LinkSermon Notes
Series: Romans. Righteousness for the Unrighteous.Text: Romans 1:1-7 (v1-4)Date: Sep 14, 2025Speaker: David BartosikBig Idea: In these verses of Romans, Paul introduces himself to a church he hasn't met and grounds his authority not in his own resume, but in the God who called him; this isn't “Paul's gospel” but the Gospel of God..Getting to know Paul.Getting to know the Gospel of God.Living like the Gospel of God is true.Youtube LinkSermon Notes
SERMON: "Acceptable Sacrifice" | TEXT: Romans 12:1-2 | DATE: 9/14/2025 | SPEAKER: Kris Salyer | www.Liberty-Christian.com
Series: Antithesis (2): I. A Spiritual Conundrum II. A Fearfully True Conflict III. A Wonderfully Assuring Experience Scripture Reading: Romans 7 Text: Romans 7:15-17 Psalter Numbers: 273, 191, 63, 32
Text: Romans 1:16-17; 3:19-26Big Idea: How the righteous God declares unrighteous people righteous without compromising His own righteounessGod's Righteousness RevealedGod's Righteousness ReceivedGod's Righteousness DemonstratedGod's Righteousness DeclaredYoutube LinkSermon Notes
Sermon by David Pruitt; September 7, 2025; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘The Church of Today'; Text: Romans 9 You are invited to join us for our Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church, please don't hesitate to email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org.(Music provided by spinningmerkaba, Sun Says Yes, under Creative Commons license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode)
Today's Gospel instalment: 08-31-25 Text: Romans 13 vs 1-7 Sermon Title: The Christian and government 1. Apostle Paul continued to teach on "Table Manners", that is, the gospel imperatives/commands/exhortations/instructions. 2. All the redeemed are to submit to civil authorities. 3. And that would sound strange given Rome and its issues 4. But there is a reason why we should submit and it is because of God. He is sovereign and works His rule through civil authority and that for your good. This and more and it easy. 4. And this love is from God, who is love and first loved us and works that love through the Holy Spirit. 5. All these exhortations have the goal of causing the redeemed to be sober for the sake of Christ. 6. The gospel of unconditional salvation (grace) is very revolutionary and if you hear it correctly you should conclude that there is no amount of sinning that can change it. And THAT IS TRUE. 7. However, God does not want us to go crazy. Hence, the imperatives. But imperatives do not cause salvation. They do not make you loved more or saved more. IF God saved you, He already loved you before the foundation of the world. This and more..
Today's Gospel instalment: 08-24-25 Text: Romans 12 vs 9-21 Sermon Title: Conduct in Love 1. Apostle Paul continued to teach on "Table Manners", that is, the gospel imperatives/commands/exhortations/instructions. 2. All the redeemed are called children by God and He has spoken to how He wants His children to behave. 3. And Apostle Paul is going to talk about the conduct of the believer, but first and foremost, it must be motivated by love. 4. And this love is from God, who is love and first loved us and works that love through the Holy Spirit. 5. All these exhortations have the goal of causing the redeemed to be sober for the sake of Christ. 6. The gospel of unconditional salvation (grace) is very revolutionary and if you hear it correctly you should conclude that there is no amount of sinning that can change it. And THAT IS TRUE. 7. However, God does not want us to go crazy. Hence, the imperatives. But imperatives do not cause salvation. They do not make you loved more or saved more. IF God saved you, He already loved you before the foundation of the world. This and more..
Series: The Book of RomansTitle: Week 30: ...What About the Rest?Text: Romans 11:1-10 (NIV)
TEXT: ROMANS 1:19-25 | ARE YOU WORSHIPPING THE CREATOR ILLUSTRATION : We are not gardeners. But in an attempt to play pretend, this year I build raised bed garden boxes and put a fence around it to keep the animals out in an attempt to possibly grow and produce some fruit and vegetables. As we were filling…
This talk was the last in the PM Service series entitled Gospel Assurance. Text: Romans 8:31-39 Date: 17 August 2025 Speaker: Charles Roennfeldt
This talk was part of the PM Service series entitled Gospel Assurance. Text: Romans 8:17-30 Date: 3 August 2025 Speaker: Shawn Tan
Series: The Book of RomansTitle: Is My Method Missing the Mark?Text: Romans 9:30-33 (NIV)
Text: Romans 2:4Keywords: Calamity, Punishment, Judgement, Tragedy
Today's Gospel instalment: 07-20-2025 Text: Romans 12 vs 4-8 and 1Cor 12 vs 13-27 Sermon Title (s): . The body & its members 1. We continue with Pauline's teaching of the church and its organization. 2. And when we step into these areas we must do so with the gospel light. 3. Definitions must be made of things. Fundamentally, what is the gospel and by extension-what is not the gospel? 4. The gospel is what saved the sinner from God's wrath and that by what Christ did alone. 5. But in this, Jesus purchased a church, a community of people-who are justified and righteous, but sinners in practice. 6. If you think you are not a sinner in practice then you are still deceived with respect to righteousness. 7 However, Paul taught on the commands, instructions to help guide the church to work effectively and correctly for the sake of Christ. 8. And we will continue to mix and blend the indicatives (what is got you saved and is true about you in Christ) and the imperatives (the table manners of all the redeemed." So many wonderful things to glean, but you must listen to the end..
This talk was part of the PM Service series entitled Gospel Assurance. Text: Romans 8:1-17 Date: 20 July 2025 Speaker: Scott Howard
Series: The Book of RomansTitle: Can I Trust God?Text: Romans 9:6-29
This talk was part of the PM Service series entitled Gospel Assurance. Text: Romans 7:1-25 Date: 13 July 2025 Speaker: Josh van der Kooij
Text: Romans 8:1-11 Freedom From Slavery (v.2) Former law, Mosaic law, was never meant to save us. Former law was meant to point to our need for a savior. Freedom From Condemnation (v.3) God knew the former law was unable to save us. In response, He sent His Son to us to do what the law could not do. Freedom From Being Controlled (v.4) Because Christ is in us and we are in Christ, all of God's requirements are fulfilled in us. We must live out who we are in Christ, not by doing good works in itself, but, by focusing on what God has done. Freedom From Defeat (v.5-8) Paul is comparing the saved and the unsaved. One lives for the flesh and the other The Spirit. Living a life for the flesh IS death. If you are unsaved, you are not battling sin. If you are fleshly, then you are trying to please yourself, not God.
Text: Romans 8:28
Text: Romans 12:9-10; 14:19 This sermon is part of our current series: Church Body CovenantThis summer we are working through what it means to covenant together as a church.Recorded live at Bethany Bible Church on: Bethany Radio is a production of Bethany Bible Church in LeRoy, MN.More content and info is available on our website: bethanybibleleroy.com 2025 — Bethany Radio
Text: Romans 5:1-5
Does science disprove the Bible or does it actually complement it? Does being a Christian require that we stop thinking? What do we do when the Bible and scientific theory don't seem to match up? Text: Romans 1:19-23 Speaker: Aaron Patton
If people really knew me, I doubt they would want anything to do with me. Actually, if God knows, I doubt He'll really accept me. What do I do if I feel like I'm not enough? Text: Romans 3:9-26; Luke 7:36-50 Speaker: Aaron Patton
Date: April 18, 2025 Title: Why Did Jesus Have To Die? Text: Romans 3:21-25 Series: Romans: The Gospel Of Jesus Christ Preacher: Rod Montgomery
Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; April 6, 2025; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Be an Overcomer'; Text: Romans 12: 9-21; You are invited to join us for our Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church, please don't hesitate to email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org.(Music provided by spinningmerkaba, Sun Says Yes, under Creative Commons license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode)
Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; February 23, 2025; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Romans Act 3: Deep and Wide'; Text: Romans 8: 18-30; You are always warmly invited to join us for our Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church, please don't hesitate to email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org.(Music provided by spinningmerkaba, Sun Says Yes, under Creative Commons license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode)
Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; February 16, 2025; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Romans Act 3: Life and Peace'; Text: Romans 8: 1-17; You are always warmly invited to join us for our Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church, please don't hesitate to email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org.(Music provided by spinningmerkaba, Sun Says Yes, under Creative Commons license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode)
Text: Romans 12-13:7
Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; February 9, 2025; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Romans Act 3: Delivered'; Text: Romans 7; You are always warmly invited to join us for our Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church, please don't hesitate to email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org.(Music provided by spinningmerkaba, Sun Says Yes, under Creative Commons license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode)
Text: Romans 11
Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; February 2, 2025; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Romans Act 3: Dominion'; Text: Romans 6: 1-14; You are always warmly invited to join us for our Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church, please don't hesitate to email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org.(Music provided by spinningmerkaba, Sun Says Yes, under Creative Commons license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode)
Text: Romans 10
Text: Romans 1:14-17The gospel proclaims that Christ Jesus died for sinners to reconcile us to God, that He is the only mediator between God and man, and that Jesus Christ is Lord. Let us not grow weary nor ashamed to be His ambassadors, boldly speaking the truth with zeal and reverence.
Text: Romans 9
Date: January 5, 2025Title: Salvation - Why Did Jesus Have to Die?Text: Romans 3:21-26Big Idea: Jesus died to save us.SERMON NOTES: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=HyQKSvjSJlRESPOND: http://thecreeksidechurch.org/discovercard
Date: January 5, 2025Title: Salvation - Why Did Jesus Have to Die?Text: Romans 3:21-26Big Idea: Jesus died to save us.SERMON NOTES: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=HyQKSvjSJlRESPOND: http://thecreeksidechurch.org/discovercard
Main Point: God is faithful to the unfaithful.Text: Romans 3:1–4Outline:A. Entrusted with the oracles of GodB. Faithfulness of God
Pastor Isiah and Pastor Sam Watch as Pastor Isiah and Pastor Sam face off in Echo's first-ever preach-off! Using a vintage scale and Pastor Andy's old dreadlocks as inspiration, they deliver powerful messages with surprising spiritual insights. TEXT: Romans 5:3-5; Matthew 11:28-30
Main Point: Demonstrate your faith in the profit of God's praise.Text: Romans 2:25–29Outline:A. Counterfeit confidence (vv. 25–27)B. Authentic Assurance (vv. 28, 29)
Text: Romans 5:15 A message from a series entitled, "I am a Church Member"