Putting it All Together
Truth must be spoken and lived, understood and practiced. Knowing the science of balance is one thing, riding a bicycle is another. Paul outlines the facts of the gospel in Romans 1-4, but he then speaks of the power of the gospel in us, chapters 5-8. Today, Dr. John reviews the effect of this good news in the lives and actions of believers.
READ MOREYou’ve Got to Serve Somebody
Our society talks a lot about freedom but is in servitude to things or situations. Entertainment, possessions, popularity, power, greed – any of these hold sway over many. Today Dr. John echoes Paul’s words from Rom.6, we are all slaves to either God or sin. Servitude isn’t the question; but the quality of our Master is.
READ MORERaised with Christ
When significant changes happen in life, we can’t live as if they didn’t. A bachelor shouldn’t live as a single after marriage. A house you sold isn’t yours to enter at will. Dr. John teaches of the changes made in us through Jesus Christ. We are no longer under sin’s power or authority. We’d be foolish to live as if we were.
READ MOREDying to Live
We struggle with the grace of God. It is so beyond our defaults that we struggle to understand it. “Doesn’t too much grace invite us to sin recklessly?” That is the question Dr. John addresses as he continues teaching from Romans 6. We will find that grace not only leads to life, but to holiness.
READ MOREDead to Sin
Sin no longer has authority over you. I know that some of us have problems with that because that doesn’t seem to square with our experience. But you need a new way of thinking.
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