Grace Bible Church, of Seabrook, MD Sermons

Luke 19.28-48

1. Set the Stage
2. Consider the World’s Way
3. Embrace God’s Foolish Way
   1. Make a Conscious Choice (28-38)
   2. Feel God’s Agony (39-44) (see Matt 23.37-39)
   3. Celebrate the Temple (45-47) (see Matthew 21.12-16)
4. Learn from Jesus and Pilate (John 18.33-38)

Romans 5:12-21

1. Explore the Intellectual Dilemma
2. Confess Our Obsessive Need to Understand
3. Get Input from Other Apostles
4. Muse about God’s Crazy Love (Rom. 5.12-21)
5. Embrace Faith and a Faithful Process

Romans 5.1-11

Hope Helps Us . . .

1. Value What We Have (1-2a)
2. Change How We Process Things (2b-5)
3. Rest in God’s Absurd Love (6-11)

Romans 4.13-25

1. Distinguish Between Faith and Works (1-8)
2. Escape the Performance Trap (9-15)
3. Accept Redemption History’s Process (16-18)
4. Submit Reason to Faith (19-22)
5. Make the Application of Faith (23-25)

Romans 3:21-31

• Believe the Gospel (21-22)
• Accept Our Condition (23)
• Celebrate God’s Heart (24-26)
• Keep Ourselves Humble (27-28)
• Uphold God’s Love for All People (29-30)
• Preserve the Main Purpose of the Law (31)
   

Romans 2.17-3.20

1. Think Clearly (2.17-3.8)
   1. Define “the Law” in Paul’s writings (2.17-18)
   2. Evaluate Your Own Behavior (2.19-24)
   3. Engage Your Heart, not Just Behavior (2.25-29)
   4. Appreciate Abraham’s Descendants (3.1-4)
   5. Stop Playing the Sophist (3.5-8)
2. Get Paul’s Main Point (3.9-20)
    

Romans 2.1-16

1. Make Truth Foundational to Your Thinking (2.1-3)
2. Commit to a Process That Actually Works (2.4-5)
3. Keep It Simple as You Engage Your World (2.6-11)
4. Journey into Your Own Awareness (2.12-16)

Romans 1.15-2.1

A Noble Spirit (One That Feels “Eagerness” and “Obligation”):

1. Celebrates the Gospel (1.15-17)
2. Frames the Issue Correctly (1.19-23, 25, 28a)
3. Understands the “Wrath” of God (1.18-32)
4. Challenges His Inner Pharisee (2.1)

Romans 1.8-15

1. Celebrate Faith (8)
2. Check Your Spirit (9-10)
3. Explore Your Motive (11-12)
4. Serve Fruitfully (13)
5. Accept Obligation (14)
6. Test Your Fire (15)

Romans 1.1-7

1. Key Words in Romans:
2. Justice, Just, Justify – approximately 30 times
3. Righteous, Righteousness – approximately 30 times
4. Faith – approximately 40 times

1. Embrace... (1.1)
   1. Smallness (1.1) This is bigger than you. SLAVE.
   2. Election (1.1) (called, singled out) for Good News
2. Seek Revelation, not Just Reason (1.2-4)
   1. Prophets
   2. Scripture
   3. Jesus
   4. Holy Spirit
   5. Obligation/Indebtedness (see 1.14)
   6. (also Nature, Conscience)
3. Promote... (1.5-7)
   1. Grace
   2. Apostleship
   3. Obedience of Faith
   4. All Nations
   5. Grace
   6. Peace