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The sermon centers on the assurance that believers in Christ are free from condemnation due to the perfect atoning work of Jesus. It highlights John 3:17-19, emphasizing that God sent His Son not to condemn the world but to save it, and that those who believe are not condemned. The message contrasts the natural state of humanity, which loves darkness and sin, with the transformed life of the believer who is washed clean by Christ's blood. By connecting this truth with Romans 8:1, the teaching affirms that there is no judgment for those in Christ, offering profound comfort and rest to the soul. The tone is pastoral and comforting, urging believers to rest in the finished work of Christ and rejoice in their complete justification.

In Romans 1:18, Paul declares that God's wrath is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness. Dave Jenkins explains God's holy opposition to sin, humanity's suppression of truth, and why every sinner needs salvation in Christ. This message calls listeners to humility and repentance while pointing to Jesus, who bore the judgment sinners deserve. Those who trust in Christ are forgiven, justified, reconciled to God, and saved from His wrath. For more from our Romans series, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/category/sermons/romans-the-gospel-that-changes-everything/

Welcome to today's episode, where we trace one of the most profound and comforting truths in the Christian life: the vital distinction between saving faith and the full enjoyment of assurance. Drawing from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, we explore Christian's journey from passing through the Wicket Gate to the climactic moment at the Cross where his heavy burden finally rolls away into the empty tomb. Guided by Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 81 and the classic pastoral insights of Thomas Ridgley, Thomas Brooks, Thomas Goodwin, John Owen, and Richard Sibbes, we confront modern misunderstandings—including the polemical debate between Dr. Joel Beeke and David Engelsma—to show why full assurance is not the immediate essence of faith, but a precious fruit grown over time. Join us as we consider Goodwill's tender counsel to be content to bear our burdens until the place of deliverance, offering deep encouragement to every "bruised reed" and "smoking flax" looking away from their own fragile feelings and fixing their eyes on the finished work of Jesus Christ.

Are you struggling with discouragement and wondering how to cultivate a thankful heart in the midst of difficult circumstances? In this episode, Dr. Josh Philpot and Pastor Richard Caldwell open a Colossians 3 devotional to reveal that biblical thankfulness involves our volition and obedience. Giving thanks to God requires an accurate recognition of His immense goodness, beginning with our salvation and adoption in Christ. We learn how to have a thankful heart through intentional reflection and meditation on the truth, remembering God's benefits as commanded in Psalm 103. Pastor Caldwell warns against the dangerous traps of inattentiveness, presumption, and misappropriating our blessings, which kill Christian gratitude. By trusting God through trials, acknowledging that He works all things together for our good, we discover that thanksgiving is fundamentally an expression of faith that brings true joy.

No Eye, No Ear, No Heart Remembering His Righteousness: Waiting, Loving, and Walking in His Ways Isaiah 64:4–5 | 1 Corinthians 2:6–9 | Numbers 25 and 31 | Micah 6 This message emphasizes the necessity of remembering God's righteousness, waiting upon His direction, and walking faithfully in His prescribed ways. Drawing from Isaiah 64 and 1 Corinthians 2, we see that God reveals Himself and His wisdom to those who wait upon Him, love Him, and treasure His ways. What the natural eye cannot see, the ear cannot hear, and the human heart cannot comprehend, the Spirit of God reveals to those who belong to Him. Waiting upon the Lord is not passive inactivity but an active expression of love, trust, remembrance, and obedience. Those who truly love Him will seek Him, listen to Him, and follow Him. Through the examples of Abraham and Phinehas, the message establishes that genuine faith is never separated from faithful action. Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Phinehas acted in zeal for God's holiness, and his faithfulness was likewise accounted to him for righteousness. One emphasizes believing, while the other demonstrates doing, but both reveal the same essential truth: When we genuinely believe God, what we believe changes how we behave. Christ-centered faith is more than acknowledging who Jesus is; it is becoming like Him in the way we see, think, live, and love. Ultimately, who and what we believe determine who and what we are becoming. The message also warns against altering God's prescribed way of life. Just as Israel could not change God's instructions concerning the manna without suffering the consequences, we cannot make seemingly mi

This sermon is comfort with a little kick—rich in its consolations but not feeble in its applications. It begins with God's everlasting covenant, rooted in his own unchanging being, and the promises which cannot be broken, with all the assurance of unending good to those upon whom he sets his love. Spurgeon explores the certainty and security of the covenant, never straying far from Christ's finished work, whether he is speaking of the covenant itself, or the God who makes the covenant with his people. Then he turns to the promise, "I will put my fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from me" (Jer 32:40). Here he considers how God fulfils that promise, not by a twisting or emptying of certain spiritual realities, but by God's gracious and sovereign work in the soul, granting his people a holy awe, a filial fear, and a sense of grateful obligation. He considers the work of the Holy Spirit in this connection, giving us a trinitarian perspective on the whole, and uses the guarantee of a people united to God in holy fear to draw sinners to Christ to find certain peace and life everlasting.

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God, in His great mercy, saves sinners. He gives us new birth through His living Word. But He does not leave us isolated. Instead, He brings us into His royal family. There as brothers and sisters in the household of God, the local church, as living stones we are being built together into a spiritual house. A people among whom God delights to dwell. Adopted into His royal family, we are called to live as a holy community, reflecting and proclaiming Jesus Christ to the world around us and being sanctified by His Word.

It is upon the very fact that fools and transgressors reject the great God that formed all things that we can trust that this and every promise made by Him will come true... and that the words of fools and transgressors are lies. Also Reference: Micah 6:8, 2 Timothy 3:5 https://bbfohio.com