The Tabernacle Pulpit

In Romans 9:30-10:21 Paul shifted his attention from God’s sovereignty to human responsibility. Though God is sovereign over His work of saving grace, people are still responsible for how they respond to the gospel. So what is our responsibility? Paul lays out at least four ways in which we bear some responsibility to the gospel. 

Pastor Scott concludes his focus on the exclusivity of Christ with a discussion of various reasons for this claim as well as answering the question of unreached peoples.

Pastor Scott teaches on the exclusivity of Christ as the means of salvation and discusses the false alternatives to this doctrine, inclusivism and universalism.

Romans 9:30-10:21. In Romans 9:30-10:21 Paul shifted his attention from God’s sovereignty to human responsibility. Though God is sovereign over His work of saving grace, people are still responsible for how they respond to the gospel. So what is our responsibility? Paul lays out at least four ways in which we bear some responsibility to the gospel. 

In 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 Paul demonstrated the way the doctrine of the resurrection guaranteed hope for believers. While there are significant consequences for denying the resurrection, there are tremendous blessings for believing it, namely genuine hope. How does confidence in the resurrection build our hope? Paul strings together several key ideas that ground our hope.

Tonight in our introduction to apologetics, Pastor Scott discusses how to share the gospel with a "good" person.

Romans 9:25-29. In Romans 9 through 11 Paul defended God's faithfulness to the gospel even in the face of Israel's rebellion against the gospel. We can have absolute confidence in the work and mission of the gospel because God is faithful to keep His Word. How does Paul's argument help inform our own commitment to and confidence in the gospel? Let's note five principles for defending the gospel. Today we continue with principle 2, Trust In God's Election.