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The greatest interruption (Gospel) Romans 3:21-26
Last week, Pastor Jay spoke about how we are all on a boat/ship – the Titanic (How we choose to be rescued depends on our self-examinationOur reading today, reminds us of the steps that were taken before we were born, in order to rescue you and IGod knew that we were sinner, that He would have to send His only Begotten Son to die for usThat no matter how good, He set us up and provide ways to seek forgiveness, we were still going to depart from the truthHe sent His Son, that ….And whoever (no limit) believes in Him will not loose His life but have eternal lifeWilliam Tyndale – The man who translated the Bible to English: What do we call the Gospel? – it’s a Greek word signifying good, merry, glad, joyful news: that makes man heart glad and makes him sing, dance and leap for joyRomans 3:22- 24 (NLT) - We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 24 Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.God knew that when He created us, we would betray Him, yet He still choose usThe idea that He choose us still puzzles meYet, I believe that His Word is true – Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hopeWe are in a time when the future is dim and hope is diminishing (The Exiled Jews)John 16:20 (Nkjv) Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joyJohn 14:3 - And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be alsoHe interrupted sinNo one likes to be interrupted – However some interruptions are best:Stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process)Break the continuity of (a line or surface)One of my wife’s and I best interruptions – California to WashingtonLiving the way of the worldGoing to churchStaying as good peopleAnd that is what Romans 3:21 (NLT) is talking about that God showed us a way to be made right without keeping the outside rituals – but a true heart changeThe law – outside acts to doing things yet the heart condition is the sameRomans 3:25 ( Ampc) – Whom God put forward [[a]before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishmentIn order to understand forgiveness, we have to remember what we have been saved fromWhat a joy, that my/ our past sins have been passed over by the blood and of Jesus- They have been ignored, without punishment- Hallelujah The Gospel is a mirror: It’s an honest mirrorOne that allows us, if we are willing to examine, to face our short coming, and know that we are not judged if we repent, know that we can come to the mercy seat and cast down our burdensEzekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of fleshThis is the spiritual transformation promised in the new covenant. Instead of the law working from the outside in, God promised a new heart to work from the inside out.One that can feel, and that can enjoy; that can feel love to God and to all men, and be a proper habitation for the living God.We need to look no furtherThe Gospel exposes us – Romans 3:22 (ampc) Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust ...