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Creation vs. evolution isn’t science vs. the Bible. It’s one worldview competing with another worldview. Both creation and evolution are interpretations of the exact same evidence. For example, evolutionists view fossils as a record of millions of years of slow and gradual processes. They interpret fossils and rocks through that lens.

Creationists look at the exact same rock layers and fossils but start with God’s Word. We know there was a global flood that radically shaped our geology. Fossils and rock layers are a result of the flood!

Two different starting points mean two totally different interpretations.

Sometimes God’s call comes when life feels impossible. Dr. Tony Evans explains how God equips ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and how faith in the small things prepares us for life’s biggest battles.

Today, Pastor Jack teaches that when God comes upon us, He does so by the Holy Spirit. Our enemy, Satan, tries to fight this, and wants to leave us weak and without influence. But, when the Holy Spirit is at work in our lives, we become effective, powerful, and victorious in our calling.

Sermon Overview

Scripture Passage: Romans 6:6-7

Nothing liberates us from lives of sin like the wonderful grace of God. God’s plan for us today, tomorrow, and the rest of our lives is abounding victory through His amazing grace.

Romans 6:6-7 says, “...knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin.”

We must know our identification with Jesus, who gave Himself for us.

Jesus acted on our behalf. When He died for us, we died with Him. When He was buried, we were buried with Him. And now, we have in us the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

Adrian Rogers says, “We have become one with Jesus Christ because He became one with us. He took of our nature that we might take of His nature.”

We must reckon our appropriation of Jesus.

Romans 6:11 says, “Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Reckoning is acting on what we know to be true, which is that we are dead to our sins and alive in Christ. This is a continual practice: every day, we must reckon with our faith and believe that we are free from the penalty of sin.

We must yield our emancipation to Christ.

Our submission to Christ is what completes our faith. The victorious life is God’s work in us; we cannot do it without Him, and He will not do it without us. Yielding begins when we dethrone sin. No longer will our eyes be tools for sin, nor our ears be sin’s instruments, nor will our hands do its bidding. We must make Jesus Lord of our lives, enslaving ourselves to Him.

Then we must enthrone the Savior.

Romans 6:13 says, “...but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.”

When temptation comes, we must yield to Jesus. Once we do, His amazing grace will come into our lives, and in that grace, we will see abounding victory.

Apply it to your life

Do you identify with Jesus in His death, burial, and resurrection? Have you reckoned your life to what you believe? Have you yielded to Him and enthroned Him as Savior?

Listen as Mark Gregston, Wayne Shepherd and Courtney Lafleur discuss the benefits of Heartlight and the program's relational approach to residential counseling. Heartlight is designed to help teens change from the inside out. Mark and Courtney describe how true transformation happens through trust, restored relationships, consistent presence and addressing the heart issues beneath behavior — not just behavior modification. They emphasize that Heartlight surrounds teens with staff who engage, observe, walk with them in real time and help them heal. The goal is that lasting change continues even when they go back home.

Join Mark in Texas at one of his Families in Crisis Conferences! Visit parentingtodaysteens.org/families-in-crisis-conference to see our schedule and register.

Parenting Today's Teens is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be, visit parentingtodayteens.org. 

Jason and Tori Benham provide a series of practical, Bible-based principles to help couples experience stronger, healthier, and more godly marriages. They describe better ways to handle conflict, deal with expectations, and develop a “team” mindset with your spouse.

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When it comes to Christmas, most people think about Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus born in a manger. But they often forget about the other child that was born around the same time! Dr. Robert Jeffress looks at the story of Zacharias and Elizabeth—and the miraculous birth of their baby, John.

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If worry were an Olympic sport, some of us would qualify for the Gold Medal. But, in reality, life gives us so much to worry about, doesn’t it? The world is a mess, on so many levels. And we all have issues on a personal level, as well. But so many times, we’re so much more attached to our burdens than our burdens are attached to us. And today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie begins a message designed to set us free from the worry trap. Good encouragement worth taking some notes.

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