Grace Bible Church, of Seabrook, MD Sermons

Romans 9.30-10.21

1. Accept the Presupposition of Trust/Empathy (9.30-33)
2. Stop Justifying Yourself (10.1-4)
3. Reconcile with the Divine Call (10.5-13)
4. Accept Responsibility to Hear, Respond, and CHANGE (10.14-18)
5. Cultivate Child-like (‘Foolish’) Trust (10.19-21)

Romans 9.1-29

1. Marvel at Redemption History (1-5)
2. Think through Feelings of Separation (6-13)
3. Trust God’s Decision Making (14-18)
4. Absorb the Potter Metaphor (19-21)
5. Praise God’s Character & Wisdom (22-29)

Roman 8.28-39

1. Believe in God’s Goodness (8.28)
2. Choose to Be FOR People (8.29-30)
   1. Embrace People w/o Flinching    
   2. Emulate His Commitment        
   3. Take Initiative
   4. Validate the People You Relate to
   5. Prophesy Their Potential
3. Stop Believing that Life Is Against You (8.31-34)
4. Reject Impressions of Separation (8.35-39)

Isaiah 49.7-16

Redemption: Ransomed from the torment of fear, shame, & guilt

1. Embrace People without Flinching
2. Emulate God’s Commitment to You
3. Take Initiative
4. Validate the People You Relate to
5. Prophesy Their Potential

Romans 8:12-27

The Spiritual Person...

1. Feels an Obligation (12-14)
2. Senses the Holy Spirit (15-17)
3. Accepts Suffering (18-21)
4. Empathizes with Sorrow (22-23)
5. Chooses Hope (24-25)
6. Escapes the Need to Know (26-27)

Romans 8:1-11

1. Determine to Show Grace (8:1-4)
2. Deal with Your Attitude (8:5-8) 
3. Define Yourself Correctly (8:9-11)
    

Romans 7:7-25

Adopt a Biblical Strategy to Fight Well
Own the Emotional Results of the Fall in You
Develop an Integrated Conscience
Identify the Forces at Work in You
Accept the Struggle (7.23-25)

Romans 7.1-8

1.  Get the Metaphor (7.1-3)
2.  Die to Law (7.4-5)
3.  Serve in a New Way (7.6)
4.  Own Your Struggle (7.7-8)
 

Roman 6:1-23

Gain Humility’s Accurate Perspective (15-23)
 Ask the Right Questions
 Stop Defining Freedom Wrongly
 Start Recognizing the Forces You Are Up Against!
 

John 20.1-29
 

1. What Has the Cross Has Done for God?
2. What Can the Cross Can Do for You?
3. What Does the Resurrection Change Now?
4. How Can the Resurrection Change You?
   1. He can make a demonic woman his first witness (1-18)
   2. He can turn fearful men into apostolic world-changers (19-23)
   3. He can turn a disillusioned skeptic into a devout worshiper of God (24-28)
   4. He can remove our need to see and know for ourselves. Faith is enough (29)
   5. He empowers us. He can make us proactive rather than trapped in reactivity.