Sermons on Romans 3:9-31:

Something You Can't Give Yourself

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jan 31, 2017

The overall theme of the message this evening is that Jesus offers you His gift of a right relationship with God.

Tonight’s session is pretty short. Does that upset anyone? What is the best gift you have ever unwrapped? In tonight’s session, we are going to talk about the gift you can’t give yourself. And the overall theme of the message this evening is that Jesus offers you His gift of a right ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-28

Denomination: Baptist

Is Seeing Believing Or Is Believing Seeing?

Contributed by Darian Catron on Aug 19, 2016

Christianity is the Good News that we can be saved, not by trying harder and depending on ourselves or our own promises, but in trusting God's power to save through the cross and the blood and the resurrection.

INTRODUCTION: We've been hearing about those fires in Southern California and floods in Louisiana. And I found this story that really spoke to me... One night a house caught fire and a young boy was forced to flee to the roof. The father stood on the ground below with outstretched arms, calling to ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1, Romans 1:16-17, Romans 3:10-12, Romans 3:22-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Did Not Call You To Be Superman

Contributed by John Doe on Oct 13, 2016

God does not call us to Superhuman status. Rather, he calls us to Overcome. (three-point outline with optional intro.)

Launching Text: 1 Kings 19 vv.1-21 Introduction: People who are perfectionists tend to see the world in black and white. We often feel like we're superhuman, able to take on anything-- until we discover a flaw. Then we come crashing down and consider ourselves completely worthless. This "all or ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-21, 1 Kings 19:4, Luke 22:54-55, Matthew 27:5, Matthew 26:75, Romans 3:23, Romans 3:22, 1 Peter 5:7, Revelation 2:26, Revelation 3:21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: *other

Threshing Series

Contributed by Paul Basehore on Oct 13, 2015

Sometimes things that hurt are those things that cause the most good in our lives.

Last week we started our new series on baking bread with the harvest. We learned that in order to make bread, we need to follow four steps: harvest , threshing, grinding into flour, and finally combining with other ingredients to bake into bread. We also learned, more importantly, that the time for ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:16-17, Matthew 7:16-20, Romans 5:6-8, Romans 3:23-24, Proverbs 27:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

I Can't Be Good! A Look At Depravity Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Dec 7, 2015

"In my flesh is no good thing," says Paul. Most of us have found this to be true from our experience. All will, eventually.

Let's deal with the subject of human Depravity, and in this discussion, its opposite, namely free will. So how can free will be the opposite of depravity? Remember we said above that the corruption of the human race extends to all areas of a person’s life, and one of those areas is the will. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Silenced By My Sinfulness Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 15, 2015

Salvation comes only to those who are silenced by their sinfulness.

I want you to consider for a moment two different doctors. Both are equally competent, but the way that they deal with their patients is quite different. Let’s imagine that you’re not feeling well so you go to both doctors who both do the same thorough examination and run the same tests ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:9-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Purpose Of The Gospel Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 15, 2015

The primary purpose of the gospel is to display God’s righteousness, not just to make me right with God

I want to begin this morning by looking at a few pictures and asking you to tell me what you see. [Show “optical illusion” faces and ask people what they see]. With every one of those pictures, what you saw depended on your perspective. And by changing your perspective, it was possible ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-26

Denomination: Baptist

The Law Of Faith Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 15, 2015

The difference between salvation by faith in the law and salvation by the law of faith is the difference between “do” and “done”

In his book, Fully Alive, Christian comedian Ken Davis recounted an incident from his college days. His class had been asked to deliver a persuasive speech in which they would be graded on creativity, persuasiveness and the ability to drive home their point in a memorable way. The title of his ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:27-31

Denomination: Baptist

Look In The Mirror Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 30, 2014

You and I struggle with guilt, because we’re guilty. The sooner you and I admit we are sinners by nature and by choice, and we are guilty, the sooner we can move on to receive the forgiveness of God. A reflection of our guilt in four areas.

INTRODUCTION I invite you to open your Bibles to Romans, chapter 3. I heard about a funny chain letter going around. It’s being sent to the Chairmen of Deacons of Baptist churches. It’s a typical chain letter: Dear Mr. Deacon: If you are tired of your preacher, send a copy of this ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:9-20

Denomination: Baptist

God Of Grace And God Of Glory Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 30, 2014

Have you ever been in a relationship with someone and it seemed like you could not please them? That’s somewhat true of God, because if you try on the basis of your own behavior to earn God’s approval or his glory, you’ll miss the target every time.

INTRODUCTION People often say about others, “To know him is to love him!” This is really true of Jesus. To know Jesus is to love him. If you know him, you love him. If you don’t know him, you can’t love him until you do know him. I hope today you will meet him if you ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-31

Denomination: Baptist

Decisions.

Contributed by Dr. Amen Howard on Aug 12, 2013

We make decisions every day of our lives wether good or bad. Whether they are major or minor, we make decisions all the time. We may decide on what to wear, where to eat, and what to buy. 10/2004

The choices we make sometimes determine the course of our day. But many of the decisions we make can affect us for the rest of our lives, such as “What career should I choose?” or “What am I going to do with my life?” Decisions are vitally important. The most important ...read more

Scripture: Joel 3:14, Romans 3:23

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Turning Point

Contributed by Scott Spencer on Sep 12, 2013

What is in view here is our salvation. God is revealing how He saves us. He is revealing how we are made right with Him. We call this justification. It is how we are made righteous before God.

Up to this point in the book of Romans, we have seen how every human being stands condemned before God. The picture has been painted of a humanity that is utterly and totally without any hope. All of us stand before God guilty as charged. And there is absolutely nothing that any of us can do about ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-31

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Clearest Proof Of The Reliability Of Christ's Love Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 12, 2013

The grace of God is His gift to all who have fallen short, and it comes through the passion of Christ.

Did the scribes and Pharisees, the purveyors of the Law of Moses, actually realize what they were doing? It seems like the early Church believed that these super-Jews had all the proof they needed that Jesus is the Christ, but rejected Him anyway. Teaching with authority, miracles of healing, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-30

Denomination: Catholic

Forward In Faith 5: You Can’t Earn Salvation A Communion Reflection

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 15, 2013

God has given us the freedom to accept or reject his Grace. God makes this offer because He loves us. He loves us unconditionally. He doesn’t love us because we’re perfect. He loves us in spite of the fact we’re not perfect.

Maybe you try to live a good life, maybe you even try to live a godly life. Maybe you try your hardest to remain faithful, to be an obedient disciple of Jesus. Maybe sometimes that is easier said than done. ---- Maybe its safe for me to assume that we all seek to at least keep the 10 ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-28

Denomination: Pentecostal

Man's Reflection In God's Mirror Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 28, 2013

Romans is about the good news but Paul begins with the bad news, the dark side, the universal problem of human depravity. How can anyone understand the value of the good news unless we first understand the bad news about each one of us?

Years ago when I became the new pastor at Holly Brook Baptist church in Texas my first sermon was entitled , ‘What Sin Looks Like’. They used the sign out in front of the church to [put my name and the sermon title. The sign read, ‘Dr. Guy McGraw, What Sin Looks Like’. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:9-20