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…
Jeremiah 20 – 22
Jeremiah is becoming more and more unpopular, people are ignoring the word of the Lord and the fate of Jerusalem is sealed. Judah has “forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them” and so soon they would be taken captive to Babylon.
Looking to Jesus – Discouraged
Introduction Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 Discouragement is something that we all face at some point in our lives. We try something, fail, and get discouraged. Others fail us; we get discouraged. Unexpected illnesses,…
Romans 11
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…
Jeremiah 17 – 19
Jeremiah is taken to the potter’s house to remind us that the Lord is the Potter and we are the clay. In Him we find deliverance, in Him we find rest.
Looking to Jesus – Forgiveness
Introduction Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13 The forgiveness of our sins is a foundational tenet of our Christian faith. We have all sinned. We deserve punishment, but in love, God sent Jesus to die on…
Romans 9:14 – 10:21
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…
Looking to Jesus – Wounded
Introduction But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds, we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 From the moment that Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, we humans have been sinning against God and each other. And…
Romans 8 – 9:13
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!
Looking to Jesus – Facing Death
Introduction “Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” Hebrews 2:14-15 NIV Physical death…