We follow on in Romans 9, thinking about three questions ...1. 9v6 Can we trust God's word? And, by implication, can we trust God himself?2. 9v8 WHERE does our salvation come from? And3. 9v13 WHAT does the love of God look like?========We prepare and upload content to our YouTube Channel every Sunday. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream.Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theseedukYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbgPodcast stream: https://www.blubrry.com/the_seed/Website: www.theseeduk.com=========The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK

Romans 9:5 is a verse which makes a very specific description of Jesus, “To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen”.Paul says that Jesus is, “from their race” in other words, He is Jewish. Paul also says it is “according to the flesh”. This is an assertion of the humanity of Jesus. But Jesus is not JUST human, Paul also says in this verse that He is “God over all”. One of the clearest and most direct Scriptural evidences that the Bible teaches the Divinity of Christ.In this one verse, we have an assertion of both the humanity AND the divinity of Jesus.That is the stuff of this morning’s consideration.We prepare and upload content to our YouTube Channel every Sunday. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theseeduk YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbg Podcast stream: https://www.blubrry.com/the_seed/ Website: www.theseeduk.comThe Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK

Last week, we came to Romans 5:1-5, and I asked to be notified if I started to get close to half an hour as I preached, and as you will no doubt remember, I was in full flow and reminded to stop. This week, I am carrying on from where I left off, concentrating on the things the Jews had which Paul lists in v4. We’ll save Romans 9:5 for next week!Insert here brief description for YouTube/Facebook/Blubrry uploads.========We prepare and upload content to our YouTube Channel every Sunday. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream.Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theseedukYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbgPodcast stream: https://www.blubrry.com/the_seed/Website: www.theseeduk.com=========The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK

The relationship between Christians and Jews over the centuries has been a turbulent one. It was in a Jewish culture that Jesus came and lived and if you read the accounts in the Gospels and Acts, you cannot miss the antagonism between the Jewish leaders and Jesus and also the early Christians.  On the one hand, over the centuries, Christians have committed some abhorrent crimes against the Jews, who they blame for killing Jesus. On the other hand, some of the most vocal supporters of the Jewish people and of the nation of Israel are Christians.  But the Jews are God's special people, and God promised Abraham, right at the start that He will bless those who bless Israel, and those who curse Israel He will curse (cf. Genesis 12:3). We cannot simply dismiss the Jews or their relationship with God out of hand. How they fit into God's plan of salvation is something which Paul is going to unpick in the chapters 9-11.This morning, we start our consideration of what Paul says ...========We prepare and upload content to our YouTube Channel every Sunday. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream.Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theseedukYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbgPodcast stream: https://www.blubrry.com/the_seed/Website: www.theseeduk.com=========The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK

This passage contains one of the most comforting statements for followers of Jesus. Separation from God is something unregenerate people live with every day. The gospel is what repairs that rift, so Jesus' separation from God on the cross give us a route back into relationship with God in eternity. When we proclaim the gospel, we don't primarily deal with physical issues, we are called to a much higher purpose. At the cross we can be reconciled to God, we can be reunited with Him, and the rift is repaired. Completely. Permanently.Paul says it twice, and in v39 he asks what will separate us from the love of Christ, with an implicit answer - nothing, and then he goes to an explicit answer, "nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus".Today, amongst other things, Julian talks about this subject.========We prepare and upload content to our YouTube Channel every Sunday. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream.Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theseedukYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbgPodcast stream: https://www.blubrry.com/the_seed/Website: www.theseeduk.com=========The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK

Romans 8v26 tells us that the Spirit helps us in our weakness. Weakness is part of the strength of our faith. I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but ...1. Heb. 4:15—When we are weak, Jesus understands and sympathises with us, and,2. 2 Cor. 12,9,10—In our weakness, God’s strength is revealed, and,3. Rom. 8:26—In our weakness, we can rely on the help of the Holy Spirit.Today, amongst other things, Julian talks about this subject.========We prepare and upload content to our YouTube Channel every Sunday. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream.Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theseedukYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbgPodcast stream: https://www.blubrry.com/the_seed/Website: www.theseeduk.com=========The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK

Today’s passage contains one of the verses which well-meaning people wheel out to encourage people who are going through a hard time. It’s this one …Rom. 8:28 “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose”.Great. Thanks. I’ll tell you what, YOU do the suffering and I’ll give you the encouragement!Paul, who wrote those words is someone who speaks from experience. Right from the very start of his life as a Christian, he knew he was going to suffer. Today we look at some things he says about it.========We prepare and upload content to our YouTube Channel every Sunday. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream.Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theseedukYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbgWebsite: www.theseeduk.com=========The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK

The activity and the role of the Spirit in the life of a believer is a question Christians have argued over for centuries. Whilst he has talked about the Spirit earlier in his letter, in this passage, Paul really gets down to it in this morning’s passage and focuses in on the Spirit and his role in our lives. He describes and contrasts two ways of living: the way of the Spirit, and the way of the flesh.This is not a message about the spiritual gifts - we’ll get to those in Romans 12!========We prepare and upload content to our YouTube Channel every Sunday. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream.Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theseedukYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbgPodcast stream: https://www.blubrry.com/the_seed/Website: www.theseeduk.com=========The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK

In Ch 5, we read about how we are not in Adam, but in Christ.In Ch 6 we hear that we are not living in sin, but living in Christ.Last week, we looked at 7v1-6 which shows that now we are in Christ, we cannot be BOTH under grace and under law, because that is tantamount to adultery.this week, we look at 7v7-25, and how Paul develops this thinking.========We prepare and upload content to our YouTube Channel every Sunday. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream.Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theseedukYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbgWebsite: www.theseeduk.com=========The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK

The motif of being “married” to God runs as a rich vein throughout both the Old Testament and the New. This significant spiritual truth surfaces in Paul’s teaching here.One key thing to understand from this passage is how Paul uses the illustration from marriage to show that belonging to both the Law, and to Christ is tantamount to committing adultery. That our death to our old life released us from any obligations to follow the law, just as a physical death releases the surviving spouse from the covenant of marriage. Website: www.theseeduk.com=========The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK