Preparing for Victory 30 June 2013 AM – Romans 6:8-23 – Scott Childs Introduction: Soldiers must prepare for victory. New recruits must get in shape. They must learn to use their equipment. They must learn how to survive difficult situations. They must learn all they can about the enemy’s tactics and locations. They must learn […]
Dead with a New Life 23 June 2013 AM – Romans 6:1-7 – Scott Childs Introduction: (Romans 5:12, 18-21) Adam, the first man, disobeyed and led the human race into sin and death. Christ the God Man provided a way to credit all repentant believing sinners with righteousness. Where sin abounded, God’s grace much more […]
Blessings of Justification 16 June 2013 AM – Romans 5:1-11 – Scott Childs Introduction: When you are having a bad day, and the devil is getting you down, and you feel like no one loves you and you are tempted to doubt God, count your blessings of justification. Hymn writer, Johnson Oatman Jr. penned the […]
Credited Righteousness 2 June 2013 AM – Romans 4:1-25 – Scott Childs Introduction: At the end of Romans 3, Paul tells us that righteousness is of God by faith in the blood of Christ. Many religious people in Paul’s day (and in our day) struggle to grasp this truth. They wondered, “How can a person […]
Righteousness 26 May 2013 AM – Romans 3:21-31 – Scott Childs Introduction: If you were going in for an operation, you would want the surgeon’s tools to be completely sterile. One germ could endanger your life. Likewise, righteousness must be completely sinless. One tiny sin would pollute it. Transition: This morning we are going to […]
Hebrews are Unrighteous 5 May 2013 AM – Romans 2:17-3:8 – Scott Childs Introduction: The Israelite Jewish people are often known as the Hebrews. They are God’s chosen people. It was through their people that God chose to send Christ to this earth to atone for man’s sins. Being God’s chosen people, the Jews often […]
Hypocrites are Unrighteous 28 April 2013 AM – Romans 2:1-16 – Scott Childs Introduction: Last week we learned that the heathen (all who reject God) lack God’s righteousness. Though all creation announces God’s eternal power and divinity, the heathen resist this truth and slide away from God into the cesspool of wickedness. God turns rejecters […]
Heathen are Unrighteous 21 April 2013 AM – Romans 1:18-32 – Scott Childs Introduction: After telling us that God’s righteousness is revealed when a person places their faith in God, Paul now tells us that God’s wrath is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness. Ungodliness is all rebellion against God himself. Unrighteousness is all rebellion […]
Romans Purpose of the Letter 14 April 2013 AM – Romans 1:8-17 – Scott Childs Introduction: Last week in the preface to Romans, we learned that Paul wrote the book to the church in Rome from the city of Corinth in about A.D. 57. We do not know who started the church. It may have […]
Romans The Preface 7 April 2013 AM – Romans 1:1-7 – Scott Childs Introduction: This morning we are going to begin an adventure in the book of Romans. The apostle Paul wrote the book while on his third missionary journey, probably from Corinth, about A.D. 57. God inspired Paul to write this book to guide […]