This Lord’s Day morning, Pastor Jim will continue the sermon series in the New Testament book of Romans. In this one verse, the Apostle Paul emphasizes how bad sin is before God and man. Unless we see this, the glory of the Gospel will not grip us with transforming power.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Romans
What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all…
Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. 3 Accordingly, she will be called…
This Lord’s Day morning, Pastor Jim will continue the sermon series in the letter to the Romans. As we conclude chapter six, we are introduced to the application or practical living of justification by faith in the work of sanctification and growth in our understanding of what the Christian life truly is – the receiving and growing in eternal life.
ROMANS 6:15–18 – What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to…
This Lord’s Day morning, Pastor Jim continues our journey through the book of Romans. In this one verse, the Apostle Paul describes the characteristics in a slave of Christ. He actually defines what it means to be a Christian and how the Christian life is lived.