Main Point: The believer’s union with Christ calls for a fundamental reordering of our relationship to every thought, desire, and action that is contrary to God’s law. Outline: 1. How…
Main Point: The Christian is given a new identity in Jesus Christ – one that has been freed from sin and is now set against a life of sin and…
While all mankind are born “in Adam” and face the death that was promised to Adam in his sin, we are offered the opportunity to be “in Christ” instead.
All people share both the guilt and the corruption of Adam’s first sin, and this imputed guilt and inherited corruption reveal why we need Christ’s righteousness and grace—because only in the second Adam can our guilt be forgiven and our nature renewed.
Rom. 5:12 ¶ Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— Rom. 5:13…
Passage: Romans 5:6-8 Rom. 5:6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom. 5:7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous…
Main Point: Being united to Christ, we receive the very life of Christ, which sustains us in suffering, grants us peace with God, and gives us hope to carry on.…
Main Point: God is calling on all people to have a faith like Abraham, looking to Christ, and having no confidence in themselves. Outline: 1. Promised Hope (4:13-17) 2.…
Main Point: God justifies sinners by faith apart from and prior to any works or ceremonies. Outline: 1. The Timing of Abraham’s Circumcision 2. The Implications of Abraham’s Circumcision 3.…
Main Point: Abraham – the prototypical believer – was saved through forward-looking faith in the promises of Christ, apart from works. Outline: What Abraham Believed What Abraham Received