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We return once more to this vital chapter. Here we have the doctrine of God's judicial hardening of Israel. Their table becomes a snare. God's blessings become a curse when people refuse to give Him thanks and instead boast in themselves and disobey God's commands.

We ought to hope in God's lovingkindness. I. GOD'S VIEWING OF MANKIND II. GOD'S LOVING DELIVERANCE OF THE SAINTS III. FRUITFUL WAITING UPON THE LORD

This message draws from Romans 11:33-36, with a specific focus on verse 36, to reveal the truth of the fifth sola, which is Soli Deo Gloria. This sola emphasizes that glory belongs to God alone in all things. God alone has created all things for His glory, and in His plans for creation and history, He has accomplished redemption for sinners for His glory. This redemption is accomplished in Christ alone through His sinless life and substitutionary sacrifice on the cross, followed by His resurrection from the dead. The message emphasizes that the sinner has nothing to glory in or boast about, since God accomplished all redemption, and even applying this redemption to the sinner's heart is God's gracious work, not the individual's. Since everything a Chrsitian has in Christ is wholly of God's grace and for His glory, the Christian is urged to live for God's glory in all things.

Embrace your weaknesses with thankfulness for them. Those very weaknesses are a wonderful blessing in disguise.

Christian ID "A Prayer to Know Christ" Ephesians 3:14-21 For Power (vv. 14-18a) 1 Cor. 8:6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. Col. 1:16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 2 Cor. 12:9-10 9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Jo. 15:9-10 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. For Presence (vv. 18b-19) - Ro. 8:32,35, 37-39 For Praise (vv. 20-21)

1. Knowledge; 2. Finance; 3. Qualifications.

Romans 3:20-28 answers how a sinner can stand righteous before a holy God. This Reformation Day sermon explains that justification in this passage is a legal verdict. God, the judge in the courtroom of heaven, declares a person righteous, and that verdict stands outside the believer, distinct from the inner renewal of sanctification. It rejects three unbiblical views: legalism, which trusts in our own law-keeping; universalism, which expects God to save everyone; and the Roman Catholic teaching that God infuses grace into the soul so that the believer can merit justifying righteousness. Paul teaches instead that God gives his righteousness in Christ as a gift, which the sinner receives by faith apart from works of the law. Christ's blood satisfied God's wrath, so God remains just when he justifies believers, and all boasting falls away.