Pastor Matt's Podcasts

There are three ways Christians deal with sin in their life.  One is not to acknowledge it at all, in that they don't believe the law applies any longer.  Without the law, there is no sin, no need for sanctification.  the other extreme is to believe that God justified and sactified the believer.  Therefore, they are incapable of sin.  Against both of these views, Paul explains that the battle over the sin of the old man is still within every believer.  However, the believer is not to be dominated by sin.  This is reality. Every Christian's battle.

Paul continues to address the beleiver and unbelievers relationship to the law of God.  To the unbeliever, the law remains an indictment.  To the believer, it becomes a guide for living.  In order for America to become a nation set apart for God's purposes, Chrisitians must embrace God's law from a proper perspective.  And pastors must preach the gospel in terms of God's law-word.

In Chapter Seven, Paul makes an analogy that he didn't use before.  In marriage, when one spouse dies the other is released to re-marry.  Paul relates this to the believer's relatiohsip to sin and death.  When the believer dies he is released from all obligation to the law of sin and death.  He is then free to remarry, in this case, to Christ.

In this sermon, we examine the implications of living under the reign of grace.  Paul said that people who live under the reign of sin are free from righteousness (justice).  This means that a sinful people, a sinful society is free from righteousness.  They live under and demand injustice.  But a people that live under grace, under righteousness have a truly just society.

At the point of salvation, we are no longer living under the reign of (government and authority) of sin and death, we are no living under the reign (government and authority) of grace.  One brings freedom and liberty under Christ, the other leads to death.

The law had a purpose from Adam to Abraham to Moses, to Jesus.  What was that purpose and what is the purpose today?  As we go through the book of Romans, we cannot understand God's grace without understanding His law.  This sermon gives some insight into that purpose.

It was by one man, Adam that sin entered the world.   It is by the life, death and resurrection of one Man, Jesus, that sinful man may be justified, saved, and redeemed.  We have a choice to live by one or the other.  
This sermon explains this as well as its practical ramifications in everyday life.

In this sermon, Paul discusses another benefit to justification by faith: Joy.  This joy surpasses our understanding, over all cirucumstances, from the little things to the big.  If you are needing some encouragement, this is the sermon for you.

In this study, we look at the results of being justified by faith alone.  We have peace with God, access to the Father, hope and tribulation.  From tribulation, which we are to embrace, it produces, character and hope.  knowing our justification by faith establishes us firmly in God.  Nothing will move or shake us.

In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination, there were numerous commentaries, stories, outbursts, etc. about him and what he represented.  In this sermon, I take a look at a few biblical examples to see what constitutes a Christian Martyr's death and if Kirk was in fact a martyr.