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God’s Faithfulness and Wisdom Over the past few weeks, we have been looking at how we can know that nothing can separate us from the love of God. He is faithful, and has always had a wonderful plan to bring salvation to us. In considering whether nothing can truly separate us, Paul addresses the issue…

1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the…

Irrevocable Calling Irrevocable, cannot be rescinded, recalled or undone We are in Romans 11 this morning. Romans 9-11 is a wonderful section of Romans which covers some important concepts for believers. It builds upon all that the Spirit teaches us through all that he inspired Paul to right concerning…

7 This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will…

Importance Romans is the most complete explanation of the Gospel. In the Old Testament we have the foundations for the Gospel. In the Gospels we have the life of Christ, culminating in the death and resurrection which are the basis for good news. Acts tells of the spread of the gospel. Romans explains…

Intro In the last chapter we see God has the right to choose and God has the right to do what he wants to with His creation. You are the clay and he wants to mold you. Chapter ended with Isaiah saying Israel is a disobedient and obstinate people. God was going to use the Gentile world to humble them.…

Genesis 37:1-40:23 Zechariah 2:10-4:7 Road Map Review Haftarah Introduction 6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord , And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He…

1 Now it happened, when David and his men came to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, 3 So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had…

Paul’s Problem Reveals God’s Grace Paul has been broken-hearted because of the general Jewish rejection of Jesus as Messiah. The more he prays through and considers the issue, the more clarity he receives from God. And what he learns is that the answer is not in the legal requirements of the law; the…

Romans 11:1-10 We have been going through the book of Romans verse by verse, and today we begin chapter 11, which is the last of this section where Paul makes parenthetical statements about Israel. In Chapter 11 Paul talks about Israel’s Calloused Heart. But not all of Israel is calloused - there is…

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. Paul’s Desire My good-pleasure who was he speaking about? the Jews who had dogged him from city to city, beating him, stoning him, opposing him in every way, finally leading to his arrest. Plotting…

I’m not sure if you would agree with me, but I find sometimes things that are shocking seem even more difficult to hear when it comes from certain individuals. It could just be a media storm in a teacup, but I heard yesterday that the Church of England had issued a statement encouraging worshippers to…

Introduction Have you ever tried very had to please someone, but ended up missing the mark. Maybe it was a boss, you know the kind, driven, high expectations, yet seemingly unaware of your efforts to please. Maybe it was a parent that you so desperately wanted to please and everything you did seemed…

Irrevocable Calling Irrevocable, cannot be rescinded, recalled or undone We are in Romans 11 this morning Pie Last Sunday we were reviewing concepts that are important to what the Spirit was communicating through Paul which are important to understand. Election/Faith Romans 9-11 is a wonderful section…

Listening to Your Conscience Romans 14:5-9 , 22-23 Introduction Ask for prayers Review of the book 4 reasons you should listen to YOUR conscience 1) Your conscience is a gift from God, so appreciate it ( Rom 1-13 ) Explanation The conscience speaks to us It is part of the image of God, which reflects…

Introduction Tag at the end of letters. Theology and Doctrinal Foundation Living Hope Holy Living Living Stone- Holy People Practical Application of the Theological and Doctrinal Foundation Gospel Centered Works Submission: Rights Career Spouse Gospel Central Living Suffering Lean into Christ End is…

Necessity of the gospel Are there things in this life that we need? How about, are there things in this life that we want? When it comes to salvation, there are things we need. There are things we want too. This is a little basic, but: What do we need for salvation? What do we want from salvation? I…

INTRODUCTION . 1 I say then, has God rejected His people? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 GOD HAS NOT REJECTED HIS PEOPLE whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he appeals to God against…

INTRODUCTION . 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of law: “ THE MAN WHO DOES THESE THINGS SHALL LIVE BY THEM .” 6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way: “ DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART , ‘ WHO WILL GO UP INTO HEAVEN ?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), 7 or ‘ WHO WILL GO DOWN INTO…

Announcements: Revival in Kentucky. Bible Study Friday Youth on Wednesday Last week - I stood with the Lord to deploy you into the church and into the world for the ministry of the Gospel. To share the gospel with the world as evangelists, and to minister to the needs of the church as we are instructed…

Rejected? Since the majority of Israel has rejected the righteousness of God by disbelief in the Son of God... Has God rejected Israel all together, as a whole? Paul’s answer is no, because of the remnant. If God rejected Israel as a whole, then no Israelites would be saved. No Israelite would believe.…

The How Paul has given us the WHY in people’s salvation. Here he reminds us of the HOW... How do people get to the point of calling on the Lord? (vv. 14-15) With a series of rhetorical questions, Paul lists the essential ingredients of salvation (v. 14) Calling - request for help (vv. 13-14). For it…

What example does Paul use to show that God has not totally rejected the people of Israel ( Romans 11:1 )? What is the point Paul wants to make from Elijah ( Romans 11:2-6 , 1 Kings 19:1-18 )? On what basis was the remnant chosen? Why was this important ( Romans 11:5-6 )? What is the point Paul wants…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 25:10-30:1 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he…

Anyone can win a soul to Christ. If you have a testimony of salvation and God has changed you and remade you anew, you have something already that you can share with others. But anyone can do it. But we want to grow beyond only our testimony. We want to study and know the verses that talk about salvation…