INTRO Human nature loves to make excuses for our failures and sins. 1) outright deny our wrongdoing 2) "it is not my fault" 3) "I did it, but . .…
INTRO Paul now begins to explain the steps that are necessary for someone to call on the Lord for salvation. He traces out in logical order what must take place.…
INTRO I. THE CONTENT OF GOSPEL FAITH (vv. 9-10). A. Jesus is Lord. B. Jesus is alive. 1 Cor. 15:3-8. 1) There a connection between the Lordship of Christ and…
Audio Note: We noticed a slight problem with the recording. Toward the middle there is about 5 minutes where the sound may go low. INTRO Kinds of faith that will…
Audio Note: We noticed a slight problem with the recording. Toward the end the sound quality may diminish, but 95% of it looked good. INTRO Much of what Paul has…
INTRO I. CHRIST AND THE LAW. A. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness. The word "end" in Greek is telos. It occurs 40 times in the NT,…
Sermon Audio Notice: Unfortunately we only recorded about the first 15 minutes of this sermon, and will be unable to produce this sermon either digitally or on audio tape. Sometimes…
INTRO So far in Romans 9 Paul has been dealing with the divine side of salvation. This salvation is granted according to God’s sovereign mercy, as Rom. 9:16 says "So…
INTRO In our passage this morning there are two things we need to work through. First is the second objection raised against the doctrine of unconditional election and, second, based…
Audio Notice: We are sorry, but there was a malfunction with the church computer during the digital recording of this sermon which caused the loss of this sound file. We…
INTRO Review – Paul is vindicating God’s word over against those who say that He has not fulfilled his promises to Israel because so many of them are lost and…
INTRO This section does two things: 1) gives a second example of the spiritual Israel within physical Israel, and 2) bases God’s choice of this spiritual Israel upon His own…
INTRO Principle: Not all physical Israel is spiritual Israel (v. 6). This is Paul’s answer to the objection that God’s word and promises to Israel has failed. Paul explains how…
INTRO I. 1ST RESPONSE: GOD’S WORD HAS NOT FAILED (v. 6a). "But it is not as though the word of God has failed." "word of God" = see vv. 4-5,…
INTRO Chapters 9-11 is Paul’s vindication of God’s dealings with Israel. He begins with his sorrow for the lost condition of Israel (9:1-3) and then this grief is painted on…
INTRO I. EARNEST DEFENSE OF HIS SORROW "I am telling the truth in Christ" – Positive. "I am not lying" – Negative. "My conscience testifies with me in the Holy…
Due to technical difficulties, there is no audio for this sermon. INTRO A. Introduction (1:1-15). B. Theme (1:16-17). C. Justification (1:18-8:39). 1) Human depravity and divine wrath on all (1:18-3:20).…