Stonybank Community Church with Pastor James Carroll

On matters of personal preference, sometimes we just need keep our mouth shut. Balance your liberty with love...

How gloriously adapted is Christianity for human society in all conditions! In relation to our gov’t, obey for wrath’s sake you don’t want to spend the night in jail, obey for consciencesake because your relationship to God will make you a better citizen, a better person, obey for love’s sake because that helps keep America’s standing in the world and finally, obey for Jesus’s sake who loves you, gave Himself for you, died and was buried, and is coming again John 14:3 to receive you unto Himself; that where He is, there ye may be also.

When your vertical relationship is right with the Lord then your horizontal relationships will find order (Mt.6:33). When you're out of sorts with others, its a symptom of your relationship with God.

WARNING: this message is long and leaves no room for discarding Israel. I promise to shorten it next time but still leave no room for deserting Israel.

Paul prayed for the salvation of Israel who were religiously zealous but far from God. The law can only ever work the righteousness of man and never the righteousness of God.

Be careful about trying to over-explain the sovereignty of God. Leave some room for the mystery of God. God never makes anyone stubborn beyond their own rebellious heart. We all start from a position of lost.

What more can be said? If God has done so much to save us, will He not now care for us? Verse 34 gives the 4-fold work of Christ: Crucifixion, Resurrection, Exaltation, and Intercession.

Some call this the ascending order of salvation. These verses are the purpose to which God has called us in v.28. We know God can provide our need because He knows our need.

This verse has been a favorite of many. R.A.Torry called it a soft pillow for a tired heart. Dr. Barnhouse added, nothing can tough me unless it passes through the will of God.

Our future is not a return to the good 'ole days but a remake of all things new. The longer I live the more I long to call heaven home.