There Is Power in the Blood of the Lamb Colossians 1:12-14 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Sept. 30, 2012 *“There is power, power, wonder working power in the precious blood of the Lamb.” To the Christ-rejecters of our day those words sound strange, barbaric and even repulsive. But we…

Introduction Which is best…Coke or Pepsi? Bombers or Riders? Jonathan Toews or Sidney Crosby? Mac or PC? John Deere or New Holland? (Do these with images and invite people to “vote.”) Clearly on many issues the best is very subjective. We have our opinions and reasons for believing them, but other people…

Sinners must respond to God’s offer of forgiveness through faith in Jesus Christ.

How do we respond when we've lost the battle against Satan?

UNDERSTANDING FORGIVENESS (Study Guide) When a person forgives another, he is promising to do three things about the intended wrongdoing: not to use it against the wrongdoer in the future; not to talk about it to others; and not to dwell on it himself. – Jay Adams Psalms 32:1-2 Blessed is he whose transgression…

Sermon #421 “Lawless Deeds Forgiven” 2 Samuel 11 David’s Sin A good man gone bad. He had been king at this point for twenty years and was about fifty years old. He had defeated goliath, outlasted Saul, led the nation in worship, written many of the psalms, and generally shown himself to be a hero and…

Introduction: Over the next several weeks we are going to be looking at the subject “Grace is Greater.” This series is based off a book by the same title, written by Kyle Idleman. We will also have Sunday night Bible studies that will go along with the sermon series, each Sunday night at 6pm. I believe…

Last week we left off in our study of John’s gospel with v. 18 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him . And we asked ourselves this question, “what is John really claiming about Jesus?”. What does it mean that Jesus’ expressly…

To acknowledge our sinful nature and accept God's forgiving grace.

A Theology of Baseball by Nancy Becker Text: Romans 3:21-26 Topic: How baseball illustrates the gospel Big Idea: Baseball demands perfection, but offers the grace of a second chance. Keywords: Grace; Forgiveness; Perfection Introduction: * Illustration: Becker grew up in a baseball family, and the addiction…

God Imputes Righteousness to the guilty through Faith in Jesus Christ.

1 After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great. 2 But Abram said, “Lord God , what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram continued, “Look, you have…

ss=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>1) 7-21-09…AM…SBC 2)“A Ghastly Pandemic” Part 1 Mark 10:1-12 Introduction: 1- there is a battle going on today that reaches farther than the borders of Iraq, Afghanistan and North Korea 2- this battlefront reaches not only our borders but the borders…

Being Forgiven | A Pocket Paper from The Donelson Fellowship ______________Robert J. Morgan Robert J. Morgan ---- The frustrating thing about time is that is always moves forward. There is no "R" on the stickshift, no reverse in the gears. Time never moves backward, not an inch, not an step, never. The…

If I asked you to define the Gospel, could you do it? That’s what we will do this evening. After building a case against all of humanity, showing that we are all sinful and deserving of death, Paul shifts gears. Paul gives a very detailed description of the Gospel in this paragraph. 21 But now a righteousness…

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this,…

A survey of all of the pieces we have been studying in the first eight chapters of Romans. Very lengthy, but some of the most powerful theology there is.

Have we given this Pharisee a raw deal? After all, if you pay attention, he does pray, “God, I thank you.” Look, he gives credit to God that he is not like the rest of men. He knows about grace. It’s wrongheaded of us to see those whom Jesus attacked as always and all the time mired in a works righteousness…

Jesus was our propitiation to appease the wrath of God. But, He was also our expiation to make amends for our wrong doing and remove our guilt. He was the atoning sacrifice.

All of us live in glass houses! Many years ago a proverb was voiced, “People who live in glass houses should not throw stones!”. That proverb was first recorded in Western Europe. The context and reasons for the proverb is clear. People like to throw stones at others. Most of those who throw stones or…

TEXT: Micah 7:18-20 TOPIC: You are Forgiven! Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Church, Center Point, Alabama Sunday Morning, August 16, 2009 (Portions of this message are taken from A Pocket Paper from The Donelson Fellowship and Robert J. Morgan) Many of you know that I am nearly the completion of a…

The means of Justification - How God can justify us