In "The Work of Sanctification, Part 2" (Romans 8:12-17, focused on verses 12-13), Pastor Robert McNutt of New Covenant Church continues his critique of two popular but faulty models of sanctification: perfectionism and the "let go and let God" passivity of the higher-life view. Over against both, he argues from Paul that the believer is never "absolutely hopeless": united to Christ, indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit, freed from sin's dominion, moved from Adam to Christ, and granted a new nature and new desires. Because God works in us to will and to work (Philippians 2:12-13), the many New Testament exhortations make sense precisely because we are not helpless. McNutt dismantles the "steel in the fire" and "life jacket" illustrations as static and mechanical, replacing them with the biblical images of a branch engrafted into a living tree and a growing body, and pictures sanctification as climbing a mountain where a fall returns us to a plateau, not to the start. The decisive comfort is that our security rests not on our holding onto Christ but on His holding onto us, confirmed by the Father's loving discipline of His sons (Hebrews 12:5-11). Practically, we abide in Christ and "put to death the deeds of the body" by stepping out in obedient faith, illustrated by the man with the withered hand (Mark 3:1-5): the power is given with the command when we obey.

A new MP3 sermon from Ruidoso Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Romans, Exposition # 16 of 16

Subtitle: Romans, Verse-by-Verse

Speaker: Wayne Joyce

Broadcaster: Ruidoso Baptist Church

Event: Bible Study

Date: 1/15/2008

Bible: Romans 15:4-33; Romans 16; 1 Corinthians 10:6

Length: 38 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Ruidoso Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Romans, Exposition # 15 of 16

Subtitle: Romans, Verse-by-Verse

Speaker: Wayne Joyce

Broadcaster: Ruidoso Baptist Church

Event: Bible Study

Date: 1/15/2008

Bible: Romans 14; Romans 15:1-3; 1 Timothy 4:3

Length: 36 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Ruidoso Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Romans, Exposition # 14 of 16

Subtitle: Romans, Verse-by-Verse

Speaker: Wayne Joyce

Broadcaster: Ruidoso Baptist Church

Event: Bible Study

Date: 1/15/2008

Bible: Romans 12:16-21; Romans 13:1-14

Length: 35 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Ruidoso Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Romans, Exposition # 13 of 16

Subtitle: Romans, Verse-by-Verse

Speaker: Wayne Joyce

Broadcaster: Ruidoso Baptist Church

Event: Bible Study

Date: 1/15/2008

Bible: Romans 11:21-36; Romans 12:1-15; Joel 2:32

Length: 42 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Ruidoso Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Romans, Exposition # 12 of 16

Subtitle: Romans, Verse-by-Verse

Speaker: Wayne Joyce

Broadcaster: Ruidoso Baptist Church

Event: Bible Study

Date: 1/15/2008

Bible: Romans 10:4-21; Romans 11:1-21; Isaiah 52:7

Length: 40 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Ruidoso Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Romans, Exposition # 11 of 16

Subtitle: Romans, Verse-by-Verse

Speaker: Wayne Joyce

Broadcaster: Ruidoso Baptist Church

Event: Bible Study

Date: 1/14/2008

Bible: Romans 9; Romans 10:1-3

Length: 39 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Ruidoso Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Romans, Exposition # 10 of 16

Subtitle: Romans, Verse-by-Verse

Speaker: Wayne Joyce

Broadcaster: Ruidoso Baptist Church

Event: Bible Study

Date: 1/14/2008

Bible: Romans 8:18-39; Ephesians 1:13-14

Length: 35 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Ruidoso Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Romans, Exposition # 09 of 16

Subtitle: Romans, Verse-by-Verse

Speaker: Wayne Joyce

Broadcaster: Ruidoso Baptist Church

Event: Bible Study

Date: 1/6/2008

Bible: Romans 8:1-18; Romans 2:1; Romans 12:1

Length: 38 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Ruidoso Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Romans, Exposition # 08 of 16

Subtitle: Romans, Verse-by-Verse

Speaker: Wayne Joyce

Broadcaster: Ruidoso Baptist Church

Event: Bible Study

Date: 1/5/2008

Bible: Romans 6:20-23; Romans 7:1-25; Galatians 5

Length: 40 min.