Sermon Type: Expository Title: Benefits of Justification Passage: Romans 5:1-11 Subject Compliment: Justification’s benefits are only obtainable through Jesus Christ. Proposition: We must live righteously because of the benefits of justification. Introduction Illustration: Most everyone has been through…

Text: James 2:14-26 Theme: Stop pretending, and start living. Doctrine: sanctification Image: pretending to be someone else Need: actions proving their faith Message: get off your duff, and get to work Stop Pretending, Start Living James 2:14-26 (ESV) / What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he…

Understanding the meaning and characteristics of sanctification

GREYFRIARS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THEMES FROM ROMANS 1. THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD Passage: Romans 1:17 - 32 Introduction: In this letter to the Romans, Paul sets out for Christian people he has never met his understanding of "the Gospel". It is also to prepare the way for a personal visit (see 15:28‑32) when…

Romans 5:6-9 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.…

1 John 3:1-10 Stephen Caswell © 2001 Detecting Fake Currency The United States Treasury Department has a special group of men whose job it is to track down counterfeiters. Naturally, these men need to know a counterfeit bill when they see it. How do they learn to identify fake bills? Oddly enough, they…

Let us pray. The Word is Near You ( Romans 10:5-17 ) Why do we celebrate Mother’s Day? Perhaps because, along with fatherhood, the massive and critically important service of motherhood rarely receives the thanks it deserves. We are so used to our mother’s being there, we forget to stop, consider and…

A Faith that Pleases God Darrell Hurley Hebrews 11:1-7 Box # 781 INTRODUCTION Image… Eric Liddell Need… When was the last time you thought “is my life pleasing to God? Subject… Today I’ll tell you how you can obtain a life of faith that pleases God Text… Our text today is Hebrews 11:1-7 Preview… In out…

The greatest question that a person could ever ask themselves is, “How is my standing with God?” This one question alone is the revealer of one’s eternity. Actually life and death hangs in the balance of the answer, for how a person stands before God decides their eternal destiny of heaven or hell. So…

The love of God demonstrated through the benefits and depth of justification.

The Victory of the Cross 1Corinthians 6 March 16, 2003 Scripture Reading: Romans 11:33-36 Does it sometimes seem to you that the longer you remain in the Christian faith, the more confused you become? Perhaps the reason for this is that we still hang on to human reasoning in trying to put things together…

Unpack the doctrine of Justification incorporate the doctrine of Adoption as an application.

Verse by verse study through Romans

Introduction: One of the greatest privileges, yet also one of the most neglected and misunderstood gifts we have, is the gift of prayer. Certainly prayer means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For some it is an empty ritual they repeat in a religious ceremony. For others it is…

Triumphant Living Preacher: Philip Bassett Series: Lean On Me - Sermons From Romans Meeting: 8am Holy Communion Date: 12 May 2002 Passage: Romans 8:18-39 Back in the 1980's I was trained in biblical counseling by Larry Crabb, an American Christian psychologist who is the author of many books on personal…

Justification—the act of God declaring men free from guilt and acceptable to him, notice Romans 4:25. Since Romans is a book of logic, it is a book of “therefores.” Preachers have always said when you find the word “therefore” in the Bible, you should always look and see what it is “there for.” We have…

Text : Romans 6:1–14 Title : Identified with Christ Big Idea : Because we are Identified with Christ Jesus, we should consider ourselves dead to sin, but alive to serve God. Sermon Purpose : We should consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to God, by becoming instruments of righteousness. Introduction…

The greatest and most persistent criticism against Christianity is the hypocrisy of its followers. In other words, people hear Christians talking about grace and love yet see them acting mean to each other and to those outside the church. They also see believers who seem to act like they are better (and…

Do you have the faith of Abraham.

THE DISTINCTIVE CHURCH (An exposition of Romans 5:1-11) I AM GOING TO PREACH A MESSAGE THAT SOME HAVE CONSIDERED TOO BOLD. IT HAS RUFFLED FEATHERS AND UPSET CHURCH GOERS. YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS BIBLICAL MESSAGE WILL DEFINE WHERE YOU ARE SPIRITUALLY; WHOSE YOU ARE; AND WHAT YOU ARE NOT! THIS MAY SEEM…

What do we do as believers when things happen in our life, things outside of our control, and we look at those things and we say, “God, this doesn’t make any sense”? How do we respond? Or maybe we say it this way, “God, I sure would have done things differently if it were up to me.” (Side note- aren’t…

9 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners,…

OUTLINE Introduction: This summer was by far the most difficult summer I have ever had to deal with. I came across many trials and temptations in my life, and I was constantly turning to God for comfort and guidance. My grandfather, Papo, whom I was very close to, passed away towards the end of the summer.…

Today's message: I Will Not Boast (Romans 3:27-31)... "I’m saved by faith, not what I do - so I’ll boast in Jesus Christ!" // To find out more about Involve Church, head to involvechurch.com or email info@involvechurch.com.

Introduction Have you ever pondered what it is that controls the way you think, the way you react to good news and bad news? Our internal makeup, our minds and our hearts contain what the scriptures call our spirit and soul. The things that create our response to life’s situations, good or bad are driven…