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Greeting - Prayer Song For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of David. Lord , our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with your majesty. From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, you have established a stronghold on account of your adversaries…

Introduction It is good to be back home both with our children and with all of you. If you would turn with me to the end of chapter three of the book of Romans. 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, attested by the Law and the Prophets. 22 The righteousness of God…

Intro This Psalm i s quoted in Romans by Paul as he explains faith apart from works. And while this is certainly a valid use of the text, I want to cover this text to give the background for Paul’s quotation so that we get to view the radical grace of God from a different angle. Blessed is the one whose…

Introduction The Gospel of God. The good news of Jesus. The hope of believers. The truth that God’s children trust in. That God saves sinners. The God who created the universe, who made men and women in his image. Who breathed life into his creation. The God who saved the rebellious and the wicked, the…

Introduction Turn with me to Romans 3:21 . We have been working through this passage that brings forth God’s righteousness and places it in the mind in a way that is missed by many. The scriptures are clear that there is a judgment to come for all people. An evaluation by the creator of the universe.…

Introduction Today we will continue in the third chapter of Paul’s letter to the church in Rome. We started a very rich passage on the righteousness of God. The righteousness that has been revealed and attested by the Law and the prophets. The righteousness of God has been made manifest and real, tangible…

Introduction Please turn to Romans 3:21 . The history of humanity has been plagued with different conflict. Conflict between nations: There has never been a time in recorded history when the world was without conflict. Even today some record more than 110 armed conflicts around the world. Conflicts between…

Introduction The words we read in the book of Romans are the words of a man who has been forgiven much. A man who has committed great sins against God in God’s own name. A man who has taken lives, persecuted Christians, and with great zeal lived as a leader of God’s chosen nation. A man that was rewarded…

Romans 3:1-8

Introduction Go ahead and turn to chapter 2 of Romans. Paul is moving through his argument that all are in need of a savior. There is no advantage for anyone. In his argument at the end of chapter 2 he starts to speak against the traditions of the Rabbis and Jewish leaders of the day. There were many…