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
Main Point: Legalism is more than simply believing that we can earn God’s favor, and Antinomianism is more than simply believing that we can live however we want. Both are…
Main Point: Because justification comes by faith in Christ apart from works, the gospel excludes all boasting, unites Jew and Gentile together, and rightly restores the law as a guide…
Main Point: God upholds his own righteousness even while saving sinners, not by simply winking at sin, but through Christ’s work of propitiation, which takes away all of mankind’s grounds…
Main Point: When God lets guilty people go free, he exposes himself to the charge that he is an unrighteous judge. Outline: 1. Pristine Perfection 2. Purity Provokes a Price…
Main Point: God‘s people have received everything we need, body and soul. Therefore giving all of ourselves and all that we have to God is a natural and joyful reflex.…