by ray | Oct 18, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
Are you still having trouble seeing yourself as an enemy of God? Can I suggest why that might be for some of us? As P. Don talked about at the retreat we just had, we put on our coat of religion and we deceive ourselves into thinking that we are not that bad. Let’s...
by ray | Oct 18, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
Do you consider yourself an enemy of God? We know we are all sinners, but an enemy? That’s kind of harsh, isn’t it? We never hurt anyone. We don’t even have any human enemies, how can we be an enemy of God? We’re all relatively nice. We grew up in nice homes. We have...
by ray | Oct 18, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were...
by ray | Oct 4, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
As an application, there are 3 things I’d like us to keep in mind. 1) We need to remember that Jesus is our standard. He is our measuring stick. We fix our eyes on Him and none other. 2) We need to stop practicing religion and obeying only the things that we are good...
by ray | Oct 4, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
When is the last time God spoke to you and he turned your life upside down? Jesus is not a neutral figure. If he is who he claims to be, if he is the Son of God, then a life of radical surrender and obedience is the only proper, sensible response. He demands change....
by ray | Oct 4, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
The Jewish believers selectively obeyed the law and certain traditions and this gave them grounds to elevate themselves over others. But I don’t think this kind of selective obedience only applies to them. I bet among the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, for...
