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The Greatest Gospel Explanation Ever
Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 7, 2023 (message contributor)
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1. What This Salvation Is Going To Produce
Contributed on Nov 7, 2023
This sermon series is going to look at Romans 1-8 in seven sermons. This first sermon focuses on "what." This passage tells us what salvation is going to produce, then the following chapters tell us how it happens
- This is a sermon series that summarizes Romans 1-8 in seven sermons. So we are just hitting the big ideas. - By the very nature of that, there will be much interesting material that we will have to skip over. It’s not unusual for pastors to do a sermon series on Romans 1-8 and take 50+ sermons ...read more
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2. The Starting Point Of Salvation
Contributed on Nov 21, 2023
Paul starts his gospel presentation at a surprising point: the wrath of God. Is it justified? If so, why?
- Last week’s sermon was Paul’s introduction, which gave a summary. Now we are starting to work through what Paul shares as an explanation of the gospel. WHAT IS THE BIG QUESTION PAUL IS STARTING WITH? Is the wrath of God justified? - Romans 1:18a. - The first four words are “the wrath of ...read more
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3. How Faith Brings Salvation
Contributed on Nov 29, 2023
This part of Paul's argument gets into what exactly Jesus does for us.
- [Don’t read the whole passage to open the sermon.] - Review of the sermons up to this point: a. Overview. b. We are all sinners. - Having established the problem, we are now starting to get into the answer and how exactly God is working in that. WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR SALVATION? ...read more
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4. Where Does This Salvation Place Me?
Contributed on Dec 5, 2023
What is the position that this salvation puts me in?
WHERE DOES THIS SALVATION PLACE ME? I have peace with God. - Romans 5:1-2. - Pieces of this passage: a. We talked in the last sermon about being justified by faith. - v. 1a. b. Where that salvation places me is that I now have peace with God. - v. 1b. c. Jesus made that happen. - v. 1c. d. ...read more
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5. How Do We Live Out This Salvation?
Contributed on Dec 11, 2023
Paul now shifts to a major misunderstanding about grace and explains what living out this salvation should look like.
A LOOPHOLE? Can we just keep sinning and use grace as an excuse? - Romans 6:1-2. a. Grace is the means by which salvation comes to us, but grace is easily misunderstood. - v. 1. - We closed out with grace last week. It’s the reality that we cannot earn our salvation but we receive it as a free ...read more
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6. If I’ve Received Salvation, Why Do I Still Struggle?
Contributed on Dec 18, 2023
Romans 7 delves into the struggles we as Christians experience in this world: wanting to follow God yet often caught up in our sin nature. What does Paul teach us about how we are to look at that reality?
DEAD MAN WALKING: Dying with Christ is important because it means we’ve been freed. - Romans 7:1-4a. - Chapter 7 obviously flows from chapter 6. Last week in chapter 6 the big ideas we talked about were the (a) we are dead to sin and alive to Christ and (b) that we have to choose if we are going ...read more
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7. What Is The End Result Of This Salvation?
Contributed on Jan 8, 2024
Paul concludes Romans 1-8 by talking about walking in the Spirit and the certainty of our hope in Christ.
WALKING FORWARD: Living by the Holy Spirit is effective. - Romans 8:1-13. a. No condemnation but how do I live it out? - Romans 8:1. b. Life in the Holy Spirit sets me free. - Romans 8:2-4. c. This is a choice of what’s in our minds. - Romans 8:5-8. d. This is not optional. - Romans ...read more