A Study of 1 John Part Five:  Take Heart

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A Study of 1 John Part Five: Take Heart

If we are born of God, we are told we have overcome the world. Not that we will overcome it, but that through faith in Christ, we have overcome it. This is not a future promise. This is a present fact of our reality as followers of Jesus!

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A Study of Romans Part Six: Grafted In

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A Study of Romans Part Six: Grafted In

When Jesus Christ died on the cross, the Hebrew law was fulfilled, the covenant God made with Moses was ended, and the many long years of striving to fulfill its slew of requirements ceased. A new covenant was ushered in with the sacrifice of Christ.

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A Study of Romans Part Five: The Highest Authority Without Control

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A Study of Romans Part Five: The Highest Authority Without Control

God, in his sovereign mercy, chose to pluck a group of people from the mire and destruction to keep as his own. Incredulity is a response bred from a tragic misunderstanding of the holiness and goodness of the sovereign Creator of the universe. The only proper response to this beautiful mystery is gut wrenching, joy-filled, unrestrained gratitude!

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A Study of Romans Part Three: Enmity to Amity

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A Study of Romans Part Three: Enmity to Amity

Without a clear understanding of how dire our condition is outside of Christ, we cannot fully appreciate his redeeming work on the cross. C.S. Lewis said that Christ’s sacrifice on the cross makes no sense unless “you have realized that there is a real Moral Law, and a Power behind the law, and that you have broken that law and put yourself wrong with that power.”

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A Study of Romans Part Two: A Beautiful Mystery

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A Study of Romans Part Two: A Beautiful Mystery

The central message of Romans is grace through faith alone. In order to understand this grace, procured through the atoning work of Jesus Christ, we must gain an understanding of the history of mankind, the holiness of God, and his sovereign plan to reconcile both.

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