LIVING UNDER GRACE Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 16 of 36 Romans 6:14 Rick Warren In our last study we looked at the first part of this verse and what it meant to live "under the Law". Now we look at the meaning of "living under grace". I. THE MEANING OF "GRACE" DEFINITIONS: Characteristics…

HOW GOD USES SUFFERING IN OUR LIVES Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 12 of 36 Romans 5:1-5 Rick Warren In our last session we did an overview of the "Six Benefits of Believing" that are discussed in Romans, chapter 5. Today we will take a closer look at one of those benefits. PAUL MENTIONS 3 THINGS…

GOD'S FINAL VERDICT Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 6 of 36 Romans 3:1-20 Rick Warren Intro 1:1-17 Sin 1:18 - 3:20 Salvation 3:21 - 5:21 Santification 6:1 - 8:39 Sovereignty 9:1 - 11:36 Service 12:1 - 15:13 Conclusion 15:13 - 16:27 Toni

ROMANS NOTESINTRODUCTION TO THE PAULINE CORPUS Paul spent his life traveling throughout the Roman Empire establishing churches in the cities where he visited and proclaimed the Gospel. It was his custom to revisit the cities where he had established churches, and occasionally while he was away from the…

I. The Greatness of the Roman Epistle A. Augustine- he was born 354 A.D. in N. Africa. Monica-mother who was Christian. Father was unsaved. Came from poverty but had good education. They moved to Carthage (N. African capital). He had illegitimate son. He then went to orgies and felt guilty. He went to…

INTRODUCTION: We have seen that the apostle Paul continues to answer the question created by the gospel of grace. Gentiles are under sin. Jews are under sin. They are both under sin. God promised to remake the world through Abraham, and God did this by sending a final Adam. This glorious message can…

INTRODUCTION: We left off with St. Paul’s observation that the Gentiles blasphemed God’s name because of the behavior of God’s people. In this passage, he goes on to show the root cause of the discrepancy between the holy name by which God’s people were called, and unholy lives which disgraced that calling.…

Introduction It may not be immediately obvious, but it appears as though the apostle Paul painted himself into a corner. He began to wax a little too eloquent at the end of chapter 8, showing how absolutely nothing can separate the elect of God from the love of Christ. Who can lay a charge against God’s…

INTRODUCTION: When we fall into the trap of thinking of the Bible as a book to aid us in our personal devotions, we often miss the larger context. We need to remember that this is a letter to a particular church in a particular city, and Paul gave the warning because he saw certain kinds of arrogance…