by ray | Sep 7, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
1) The unrighteous will live by self-interest. 2) The self-righteous will live by judgment and defensiveness. 3) The righteous will live by faith. 2) The self-righteous will live by judgment and defensiveness. I think there are 2 kinds of self-righteous people....
by ray | Sep 7, 2010 | Romans, Sermons
16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as...
by ray | Jul 29, 2010 | NT, Sermons
Jesus goes on to compare and contrast what the sinful woman did and what Simon didn’t do. 44Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet...
by ray | Jul 24, 2010 | NT, Sermons
The point of discipline is not to be disciplined for discipline’s sake. That’s religion and will lead to self-righteousness. The point of discipline is creating space for God to work and to make what is unnatural natural. Godliness is totally unnatural for sinners...
by ray | Jul 23, 2010 | NT, Sermons
Lastly, we are given a spirit of self-discipline. This one is fairly obvious. SELF-discipline so this last component is entirely our responsibility. God can die for us, he can give us every reason to be compelled by his love, but in the end, he cannot force us to be...