Georges Creek Sermons

Romans 9:1-13

Main Question: Can I really trust God to fulfill His promises in my life?

• * Those who belong to God will always be kept by God.
• * Your salvation depends on God's purpose, not your performance.

3 Self-Examination Questions:

1) Have you repented of your sins?

2) Have you trusted in Christ alone for Salvation?

3) What are you trusting in today for your Salvation?

Scripture Reference: John 1:11, Hebrews 13:8, 1 John 2:19

Christ’s finished work on the cross should produce a confidence in our calling.

What assurances do we have in our calling?

The doubters have become the delivered.

The accused have become the acquitted.

The sufferers have become the inseparable.

Romans 8:26-30

Main Idea: You may not understand all the details, but you can trust that God knows what He's doing.

Main Question: How can we trust when we don't understand what He's doing?

• * Don't let your circumstances convince you that God doesn't care.
• * Don't Doubt God's promises just because you don't understand God's plan.
• * Don't let present uncertainties make you doubt future guarantees.

Main Idea: Things aren't as they should be, but they're also not what they always will be.

Main Question: How can we have hope when life isn't what it should be?

-This may be our present, but it's not our forever.

-The world may be growing, but it isn't dying.

-The pain is not purposeless.

God doesn't just make us his children; He gives us his spirit to be able to live like his children.

How does the spirit of God enable us to live as the children of God?

• Everything God calls us to do, He equips us to accomplish.
• The Spirit doesn't leave us where he found us.
• The spirit of God provides us with the privileges that only belong to children of God.

Romans 8:3-11

Main Idea; The gospel doesn't just give us a new standing before God; it gives us a new life to live for God.

Main Question: What does this new life look like?

• God did what we could never do so that we could begin to live in a wat we could never live on our own.

• What fills your mind fills your heart, and what fills your heart shapes how you live.
• You can't expect to live a supernatural life apart from supernatural power.

Romans 8:1-2

Main Idea: Condemnation fell upon Christ, so it wouldn't have to fall on you.

Main Question: What does it actually mean for us to have no condemnation?

*Jesus' sacrifice not only eliminated the presence of existing condemnation but also the possibility of future condemnation.

Once God frees you from the penalty of sin, He immediately begins freeing you from the power of sin.

Main Idea: The more we see our sin. The more we see our need for a Savior.

Main Question: How do we fight against indwelling sin?

• A right diagnosis is only helpful if it leads you to the right treatment.
• A lifelong battle with sin requires a lifelong dependence on the Savior.
• God reveals our sin, not to turn us away from him, but to lead us to the Deliverer.

• The Law reveals the depths of our sinfulness to show us our need for God.
• The Law shows us that we have committed countless death-deserving sins.
• The Law was good, we were sinful, and Jesus bridges the gap.

Romans 6:1-14

Main Idea: God's grace doesn't just forgive you from sin's penalty; it frees you from sin's reign.

Main Question: How do we live in the freedom we have in Christ?

• Don't let your old master convince you that he still owns you.
• Don't live like you're dead if Christ has made you alive.
• Don't hand your life back to the master Christ defeated.