QuadCity Podcast

No one gets excited about being let off the hook, if they never felt like they were on the hook to

begin with. Romans 8 is the the pinnacle of the book of Romans. And it begins with the

declaration that we have been let off the hook for all our sins in Christ Jesus. It is a reality worth

celebrating

This Sunday, we look back and celebrate all the things that God used QuadCity Christian Church to do this last year. We also look ahead and prepare for what's to come in the new year. Join us next Sunday as we jump back into Romans starting in chapter 8.

Christmas Eve Service

If the Law was good, why does it make people bad? The answer is it doesn’t! The Law doesn’t

make people bad; it simply reveals that people are bad. The Law shows us what we should be

and helps us realize we aren’t. And the issue isn’t that we don’t want to be good, but that we

can’t! We can’t live up to the standard of the Law…we need a savior.

At one time, we were all married to the law. Meaning we were obligated to serve it. And

marriage is a sacrament that binds two people together as long as they both are alive. But

thanks be to God, through Christ’s death, we died. And are now free to marry another and

serve him.

You are a slave to whatever you obey.  Everyone is a slave to something.  In this text, Paul gives us the option, to become a slave to sin or a slave to righteousness.  There isn’t an option to not be a slave…you will be a slave to something. You can be a slave to that which pays off in death or that which brings the gift of eternal life.

Baptism is not a symbol, it is a sacrament.  Meaning, it has spiritual ramifications in the heavenly realm. When we were Baptized, Paul says we were baptized into his death, burial and resurrection.  And because we died with Christ, we also rose victorious with him.  And just as sin has no mastery over Jesus, it no longer has mastery over us.  Just as Jesus is free to live fully to God, we too are now free to live fully to God.

In this text, Paul unpacks how we got to where we are.  All were once in Adam, and thus all sinned when he sinned.  Sin isn’t just something we do, it is part of who we are.  But just as we were once in Adam and his sin infected us all, we have been invited to be born again in Christ and thus be infected with his righteousness.  In Adam we all experienced death, in Christ we experience eternal life.

Because of the love of God Jesus died for the unworthy not the worthy.  God did not wait for us to get it together, he died for us while we were still his enemies. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, we are transformed from enemies of God into children of God.  And through his death, Jesus reconciled our relationship with God.

Through faith in Jesus, we get to experience peace with God instead of the wrath of God. Through the hope of Jesus, we glory in our sufferings not just in our victories. And because of God’s love for us, he has gifted us his spirit.