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2.15.15 Romans 4

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LOOK:

The gift of salvation by grace is available to all who believe upon Jesus Christ who died for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. The ones who will be most receptive to this gift are sinners who are “dead” and are unable to help themselves before He can release His saving power. As long as the lost sinner thinks he is strong enough to do anything to please God (there is no one righteous, no not one), he cannot be saved by grace! Only when a lost sinner confesses that he is spiritually dead and unable to help himself that God can save him.

Suggestion: Think about the people who are spiritually lost in your circle of influence, especially those who seem very independent and self-sufficient. Let’s ask the Lord to show us when we were like that before we were saved so that we have a genuine connecting point with them. We need to be able to tell our own story around this so people don’t feel we’re being judgmental of them. We don’t ever want to project that we’re above it all. We, too, needed to be saved by grace!

2.8.15 Romans 3

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LOOK:

God showed His amazing love to us by creating a plan of salvation for everyone who believes upon His Son, Jesus. We learned three elements of salvation:

  1. Justification is by grace (source of our salvation – 3:21-24)
  2. Justification is by the blood (basis of our salvation – 3:25-26)
  3. Justification is by faith (condition of our salvation – 3:27-31)

2.1.15 Romans 2:12-29

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LOOK:

There are some basic principles we need to follow in order to live a life of obedience that is pleasing to God. We need to build the right foundation, i.e on Christ, learn God’s teachings, and then serve God by practicing His teachings! But all of this starts with the heart.

The Gospel of Christ demands inward change: “You must be born again.” (John 3:7) Once we placed our full faith and trust in Christ, we were sealed by the Holy Spirit. By definition, our hearts are positioned to be transformed, but we have to make the free will choice to be yielded to how He leads us. We can choose not to listen to His voice. We can read His commands and teachings all day long, know them inside and out – just like the Jew, who knew the Law inside out, and still do nothing. None of us want to be reminded that on Judgment Day, our expressions of our faith through the good works He’s gifted us to do in His name, will be evaluated. Remember, “to whom much is given, much is required.”

1.25.15 Romans 2:1-11

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LOOK:

We have looked at how all of us can live a life of obedience more meaningfully by evaluating our motivations on a daily basis. Are we professing our faith in Jesus without works to support it? Is our devotion in motion? Salvation is a free gift, but if our relationship to God stops there, we won’t be much different from the Jewish people who had the Law, knew it, but didn’t obey it.

Rhetorical Q: What motivates you to obey God?

1.18.15 Romans 1:18-32

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LOOK:

We were introduced the doctrine of general revelation as well as the doctrine of sin. There are two main points that you need to leave with today:

  1. God has revealed Himself plainly such that we are without excuses to claim we didn’t know Him.
  2. Sin begins as soon as we start suppressing the truth of God by choosing godlessness. Keep in mind that these are people who were openly defiant of God. As Dan Crawford, a British missionary to Africa, said, “The heathen are sinning against a flood of light.”

Our part is to strengthen this area of the gospel message and remember that there is a desperate need to carry the Gospel to all men because this is the only way they will be saved.