• Isaiah 53
• Romans 3:21-­31
  

• Psalm 14:1-­7

• Romans 3:1­-20

Often our internal lives can be largely devoted to point-scoring. We mentally assess the behaviour of others, and worry that they might be assessing us! Perhaps unsurprisingly, we tend to give ourselves more generous points than others. Our love of point-scoring reveals the hypocrisy of our hearts — and when confronted by the justice of God, that’s a real problem. How can we live un-hypocritically? The solution lies in the good news that God’s justice is not a matter of point-scoring, but of the heart; and that he offers a new heart to those who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Often our internal lives can be largely devoted to point-scoring. We mentally assess the behaviour of others, and worry that they might be assessing us! Perhaps unsurprisingly, we tend to give ourselves more generous points than others. Our love of point-scoring reveals the hypocrisy of our hearts — and when confronted by the justice of God, that’s a real problem. How can we live un-hypocritically? The solution lies in the good news that God’s justice is not a matter of point-scoring, but of the heart; and that he offers a new heart to those who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

There are two ways to be lost, far from God, under his judgment. One is obvious, the other is more subtle, but the Apostle Paul is a sure guide. Listen to how he unfolds it in this sermon.