Sermons About Justification
Faith In God For The Journey Ahead
Paul writes to the Romans about the faith of Abraham. Many believe that apart from Jesus, Abraham was the greatest man who ever lived. Abraham trusted God completely to do what God said he would do, in spite of Abraham’s own failures.
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Dead to Sin, Alive to God (Romans 6:5-11)
In this passage, Paul continues to answer the question raised in Romans 6:1 - "What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?" Paul continues to provide reasons for why this should never be. In this passage, we discover the benefit in being united to Christ - both in His death and resurrection. Because we have been united to Christ in His death (which was a substitute for the punishment our sin required), sin's dominion over us, its former slaves, has been broken. In Christ, the dominion of death is also crushed. For all who place saving faith in Christ, the sting of death has been removed. Instead, we look forward to a day when we will be given glorified bodies in our resurrection from the dead. In that day, it will no longer be possible for us to sin. Yet, for this life, we are called to live as best we can like we will on that day - to live for Christ, in obedience to the commands of God. There is a life yet to come for the Christian, but may we not lose sight of the grace that is ours today to live for God as those in Christ!
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Our Union With Christ (Romans 6:1-5)
Paul asks -- and answers -- the question of whether the gospel of salvation by grace through faith leads to lawlessness. But his answer isn't to threaten us with the law once again and require our obedience. Instead, he points to who we are -- we are now in Christ, united to Christ. Christ's death becomes our own death to sin, so that we have been freed by this death from slavery to sin. And Christ's resurrection becomes our own life, so that we now live under the rule of grace and mercy. The gospel does not lead to lawlessness because the gospel frees us from the very power of sin!
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The Righteousness We All Need (Romans 1 - 5)
We revisit the first five chapters of Romans in preparation for returning to our Romans series. These chapters are a powerful portrayal of the gospel. Paul introduces the gospel, which reveals the righteousness of God and concerns Jesus, the crucified and risen son of God and savior. God, in his holiness, requires righteousness and purity of all who would approach him, but this righteousness is nowhere to be found in humanity. Only in Jesus Christ, through faith in him and his death in our place, do we find the free gift of righteousness that brings us mercy and grace and life rather than death and wrath. Thanks be to God for this amazing and undeserved gift!
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Why is Justification So Important?
Why is justification so important? This is the central truth of the Christian faith; that we are justified by God's grace in Jesus Christ and this gift is received by faith. The cleansing blood of Jesus is our forgiveness and our freedom. Through God's gift of justification through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are acceptable and pleasing to God.
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Our Need for the Gospel: Luke 6:39-42
The Hypocrisy of Self-Justification is at the very heart of our need for the Gospel.
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