Suffering is the hardest thing to cope with in life – especially long-term or chronic suffering. The only thing that keeps us going is hope – hope that one day things will change. In this passage, Paul shows us how God gives us hope through Jesus Christ, and how that changes the way that we suffer.
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Last week we thought about how and why we struggle with sin. This week we are looking at the solution to those problems: the Holy Spirit. Christians now have an obligation – not to the flesh, to our sinful nature, but to the Spirit.
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Do you find yourself struggling with sin in your life? Why is it that we seem to struggle with sin so much? In this passage, Paul illustrates the teaching of the previous section of Romans with some autobiographical information. Paul also found sin to be a struggle – but there is a reason, and a solution.
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In this passage, Paul talks about how great the change is for those who are in Christ. We are no longer slaves to sin but slaves of righteousness; we died with Christ and are raised to serve him in a new way.
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In this sermon we think about how the worst thing that ever happened in human history led to the best thing that ever happened in human history. Christ is superior to Adam – but what does that mean for us?
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Paul turns from faith to hope. In this sermon we look at the importance of hope – how the gospel gives us hope. Plus, what it means for the Holy Spirit to have poured his love into our hearts.
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Over the last few weeks we’ve come across the two different ways – “faith” vs “works”, as Paul puts it. But what does it mean to live by faith? In this passage, Paul turns to the example of Abraham to see how he lived by faith, and how he is the example for us to follow. What does that mean?
** APOLOGIES FOR THE FOCUS ISSUE: As you will see, I am out of focus all the way through. I’m very sorry about this – totally my fault – I will try to get it right next week! **
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Boasting is one of the most unattractive characteristics someone can have. In this passage, Paul says that boasting is “excluded”. But how does that work? How does the gospel exclude boasting, and what does that mean for how we live?
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Last week we saw that what God really cares about is the heart, rather than outward things – as the Jews of Paul’s day were saying. In this sermon, Paul turns to answer an objection: what, then, is the value of being religious at all? What was the point of being Jewish? If all that matters is the heart, what’s the point of any of our religious observance?
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Unfortunately, Christians can be just as judgemental as anybody. In fact, Christians can even be worse than others! In this sermon we look at what we can learn from Paul’s critique of the Jews of his day. They thought they were enlightened and perfectly moral because they had the law – but what was really the case?
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