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A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” Put Your Faith in Jesus Christ
Luke 24:13-27

Main Point:
The Risen Jesus Christ calls us to put our faith in Him as Messiah

(Christ) of which Moses and the prophets had spoken.

1. The Account: Jesus was crucified, dead and buried but some of the

women and disciples found the grave empty, and angels appeared to

them. verses 20-24

Eyewitness account of the risen Jesus – John 20:10-18

2. The Prophecy: Jesus explains that Moses and all the prophets

foretold His passion and resurrection. verses 25-27

Deuteronomy 18:15
Isaiah 53:10-11

3. The Challenge: Jesus challenges us to put our faith in Him as the

risen Messiah – He died for our sins and rose from the dead for our

salvation. verse 25

*Jesus words to us recorded in John 5:24, “I tell you the truth,

whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life

and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.”

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.”

A message from the series “Romans.” God Works for Good for Those He Called
Romans 8:28-39

Main Point:
Even in our sufferings God works for the good of those He’s called that we may be more like Jesus!

‘Works’ = to give power to assist, to labor together.

‘Called’ = invited (as to a banquet) and appointed

John 6:44

Acts 2:39
1. Have you responded to the call of God??
(verse 28)

Matthew 22:14

II Peter 1:10

2. God foreknew us that He has called and has predestined us to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus.
(verses 29-30)

‘Foreknew’ = to know beforehand, to foresee & ordain

‘Predestined’ = foreordain, appoint beforehand

3. We are more than conquerors thru Jesus because nothing can separate us from His Love. (verses 31-39)

‘Conqueror’ = Vanquish beyond, surpassing victory (not just barely a victory)

Revelation 21:3-4

A message from the series “Romans.” Sharing in the sufferings of Jesus
Romans 8:18 – 27

Main Point:
We share in the sufferings of Jesus at present but the Spirit helps us in our weakness until we are fully redeemed.

John 16:33 Trouble/Tribulation = (Lit. pressure) affliction, anguish, burden, persecution, anguish, burden, persecution.

Sufferings = emotional/physical hardship, pain, affliction, misfortune, calamity, evil, persecution.

John 15:18-21

1. We are called to share in the sufferings of Jesus. (verse 17)

II Timothy 2:3
II Corinthians 1:3-6

I Peter 1:6-7

2. Part of our sufferings come from the fallen creation. (verses 19-22)

Bondage to Decay = ruin, corruption, destruction, perishing.
Genesis 3:17 ‘Cursed is the ground (the earth in the sense of where we dwell) because of you…’

3. We also groan inwardly to be fully redeemed (from the presence of sin). (verses 23-25)

*Full redemption is realized with a redeemed body. v. 23 > I Corinthians 15:50-52

4. Jesus’ Spirit in us helps us in our weakness, and intercedes for us in the will of God. (verses 26-28)

A message from the series “Romans.” Sharing in the sufferings of Jesus
Romans 8:18 – 27

Main Point:
We share in the sufferings of Jesus at present but the Spirit helps us in our weakness until we are fully redeemed.

John 16:33 Trouble/Tribulation = (Lit. pressure) affliction, anguish, burden, persecution, anguish, burden, persecution.

Sufferings = emotional/physical hardship, pain, affliction, misfortune, calamity, evil, persecution.

John 15:18-21

1. We are called to share in the sufferings of Jesus. (verse 17)

II Timothy 2:3
II Corinthians 1:3-6

I Peter 1:6-7

2. Part of our sufferings come from the fallen creation. (verses 19-22)

Bondage to Decay = ruin, corruption, destruction, perishing.
Genesis 3:17 ‘Cursed is the ground (the earth in the sense of where we dwell) because of you…’

3. We also groan inwardly to be fully redeemed (from the presence of sin).

(verses 23-25)

*Full redemption is realized with a redeemed body. v. 23 > I Corinthians 15:50-52

4. Jesus’ Spirit in us helps us in our weakness, and intercedes for us in the will of God. (verses 26-28)

A message from the series “Romans.” The Spirit we’ve received
Romans 8:12-17
Main Point:
We are to live by the leading of God’s Spirit in us so that we can die to the old life and live the new life as His daughters and sons!
1. We have received God’s Spirit by which we are adopted
as sons and daughters of God.
(verses 15-16)
By the Spirit we cry out ‘Abba, Father.’
verse 15
We have the inner witness of the Spirit.
verse 16

John 14:16-18

2. By the Spirit’s power we die to the old life and live the new
transformed life as His children.
(verses 13-14)

Romans 6:11-14

Romans 12:1-2

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A message from the series “Romans.” No Condemnation for Us!
Romans 8:1-11

Main Point:
There is now no condemnation for you because God fulfilled the requirements of the Law through His Son Jesus, so that we can live by the indwelling Spirit to be His witnesses!

Condemnation = a damning sentencing

Matthew 5:17-18 > v.48 ‘be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.’

Acts 1:8

1. God fulfilled the requirements of the Law by His Son Jesus Christ being a sin offering. (verses 1-4)

Leviticus chp 4,9 (started in the garden – animals were slain to provide a covering for their shame Gen 3:21)

2. We can now live in the control of the indwelling Spirit, rather than the ‘flesh’ and have life & peace. (verses 5-10)

3. The Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is living in us and gives life to us, even our mortal bodies! (verses 10-11)

Live by the Spirit! Set your mind on what the Spirit desires! verse 5

A message from the series “Romans.” The Real You & me!
Romans 7:1-18

Main Point:
We have died to sin and the Law, and have been raised with Christ to serve in the new way of the Spirit. So, why then do we still sin, doing the things we do not want to do?

II Corinthians 5:17

1. We have been raised with Christ and serve in the new way of the indwelling Spirit. (verses 1-6)

Romans 5:5

2. When we sin now, it is ‘sin living in me,’ that is my ‘flesh/sinful nature’ (verses 14-18)

‘Flesh/sinful nature’ (sarx) = the lower sensual nature of man apart from the Spirit of God.

‘Sin living in me’ = a compulsion toward sin that remains in my flesh (sinful nature).

Galatians 5:16-18

3. The old sinful me is not the real me – the real me is the new, ‘raised in Christ me,’ who lives by the power of the indwelling Spirit! (verses 24-25)

Romans 8:12-14

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.”