Romans 12:11-13 “Dead churches are churches in which the Gospel is not proclaimed. If the Gospel is being proclaimed, the church is living. It may be stodgy. It may be tacky. It may be awkward. If the gospel is not being preached, however, it matters not if everyone...
Romans
Living in Philadelphia
Romans 12:10 Main Point: Love genuinely by seeing the church as your family, and then outdoing one another in showing honor. I. Love genuinely by seeing the church as your family 12:10a II. Love genuinely by outdoing one another in showing honor 12:10b ...
True Love
Romans 12:9 Main Point: Love truly by hating all evil and holding fast to all good. I. Love truly by hating all that is evil. “True love is not a directionless emotion or something that can only be felt but not expressed. Love is not genuine when it leads a person to...
Saved to Serve
Romans 12:4-8 Main Point: Strive to be a humble servant that embraces both the unity and the diversity of the body of Christ. You were saved to serve. I. Embrace the Unity of the One Body of Christ - vv. 4-5. II. Embrace the Diversity of the One Body of Christ - vv....
Right Thinking
Romans 12:3 Main Point: Think rightly by putting off pride and putting on biblical humility. I. Beware of Pride - v. 3a “There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,...
Grace and Duty
Romans 12:1-2 Main Point: On the basis of God’s mercy to us in Christ, our duty is to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to God. I. Christ’s Call to Discipleship - v. 1. 2 Cor. 5:14-15 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that...
Amazed By Grace
Romans 11:33-36 Main Point: God’s amazing grace causes us to look back on our redemption with a humble awe that gives all of the glory to God. I. The Wow of Redemption - v. 33. Eph 2:1-3. Eph. 2:4-9. Eph. 2:10 Eph. 2:19-22 II. The Humility of Redemption - vv....
The Mercy for the Disobedient
Romans 11:28-32 God is faithful to His promises to be merciful to a disobedient people from both the Jews and the Gentiles.
The Mystery of Salvation
Romans 11:25-27 Embrace the mystery of election and know that God will save all of His people from both the Gentiles and Israel.