What is a spiritual gift and how can we categorize the gifts? Simply put, a spiritual gift is a God-given ability for service. Many people look at themselves and say, that person is definitely gifted, but me, what do I have to offer? I don’t have any spiritual gifts. Did you know that every single […]
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Romans 11: Jesus is the Root of Salvation (pt4 of 4)
How do you know if Christ is at the root of your life? At the Passion conference this past month, Pastor John Piper asked 22,000 college students this question: Do you feel more loved by God because He makes much of you or because He enables you to make much of Him? ~John Piper, Passion […]
Romans 11: Jesus is the Root of Salvation (pt3 of 4)
Now comes a verse that is difficult to understand — Rom 11:25. Rom 11:25 – 25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in… Israel […]
Romans 10 – Everything Culminates in Jesus (pt4 of 4)
But they rejected Christ. Jesus came to the lost sheep of Israel and they rejected him and this rejection triggered a shift in the gospel from the Jews to the Gentiles. This is the progressive revelation of God. And as I was studying this passage, I was reminded of an essay I had to write […]
Romans 10 – Everything Culminates in Jesus (pt3 of 4)
That’s what we read in Romans 10:2-3 – 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Starting with Abraham […]
Romans 10 – Everything Culminates in Jesus (pt2 of 4)
Paul is a Jew, yet he was called to be a missionary to the Gentiles. But clearly, he always had a heart for his own people. More than a personal testimony, this chapter and the following chapter serve to show how God’s redemption plan was revealed gradually throughout human history, starting with the Jews and […]