Category: Romans

Paul wraps up his letter to the Romans with some greetings, some warnings and a blessing.

Does eating pork affect your relationship with Jesus? How about with others? Pastor Carl walks us through the appeal the Apostle Paul is making to look to Jesus and look out for the interest of others.

Here is where the rubber meets the road, with all Paul has laid out in the first 11 chapters he urges the church in Rome to lay down their lives as a living sacrifice to the Lord. Serve, submit, love your neighbor all while putting on Jesus Christ. It is the life we were meant…

The fall of Israel made the salvation of the gentile nations possible. And the mercy shown to the gentile nations makes the ultimate salvation of Israel possible. It is the grand work of a gracious God that makes it possible for you and I to be reconciled to Him through the death, burial and resurrection…

The Apostle Paul begins to share his heart for the Jewish nation that has not yet come to faith in the Messiah. He shows us that though they were chosen by God, through their rejection of God they received judgment. Yet because of their rejection salvation has come to the gentiles… and Jews. Anyone if…

No condemnation in Christ Jesus! With all our attempts and failings to please God the Apostle Paul brings us to the place of dependence on the finished work of Christ on the cross on our behalf. Let’s walk in His grace!

The Apostle Paul continue the Romans and us for that matter about living according the the flesh (that should be rendered dead). We are dead to sin, alive to God. No longer slaves to sin but now slaves to God. We’ve been freed from the law but not to sin. Pastor Carl navigates through the…

Abraham was justified by his faith in the Lord before he was called to be circumcised. His faith led to works but only as fruit of his faith, not seeking to please God through works. David experienced the grace of God after falling into sin with Bathsheba… his works did not save him in fact…

The Apostle Paul challenges our condemnation of others and runs through a number of arguments to reveal to us our utter wickedness in our own flesh living outside of the Gospel.

Paul begins his letter to the Romans with a reminder of the Gospel… according to Pastor Carl it’s not just a ticket to heaven but it empowers us to live a life pleasing to God in the here and now. And as Paul, that involves being messengers of the Gospel.