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Rom 7: No Longer Under the Law But Not Lawless

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Preacher: Pastor Ray We are not under the law, but this does not mean that we can be “lawless” and abuse grace as a license to sin. Discussion Questions Discussion Questions – If Romans 7 is the best we can hope for and we are still very much enslaved to sin experientially, then some might argue, why bother continuing as a Christian?… Read more

Matthew 5:17-48: Having Love for Your Enemies is the Litmus Test (pt4 of 4)

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Examine your life. Have you taken the Law and changed it to suit your preferences? Take for example, this command to love your neighbors as yourself, which includes your enemies. There are some who have no enemies, which is hard to believe, but if you stay away from everyone and do your own thing, I guess it’s possible to not have any enemies.… Read more

Matthew 5:17-48: Having Love for Your Enemies is the Litmus Test (pt1 of 4)

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Please turn with me to Matthew 5:43-48. We began a few weeks ago with the first section of the Sermon on the Mount, known as the Beatitudes, which describe the traits of a true, born again Christian. Jesus begins his very first sermon by defining what a Christian is. Notice – he doesn’t say, a Christian is a somebody who attends the temple every week, or somebody who never drinks or smokes or curses, one who boycots Disney, or other things that we might equate with a “Christian” in our modern context.… Read more

Romans 10 – Everything Culminates in Jesus (pt1 of 4)

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Romans 10:1-4, 10-15 To begin the new year, I want to pick up where we left off in our study of Romans and bring a three-part series entitled “Everything Culminates in Jesus.” First, recognizing that Jesus is the culmination of the law. Essentially, this means that everything in history and in life points to Jesus.… Read more

Rules of the Heart

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No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise is not from men, but from God. (Romans 2:29) The Jewish people and the new Jewish converts to Christianity of his day insisted that God was interested in rule keeping.… Read more