All Sermons in Romans

Title: Objection Two! God is not fair. Let me again comment on how pleased I am in the level of comprehension, thought, and reflection that I see the majority of you engaging in concerning this chapter.  I have received a wealth of positive feedback, thoughtful questions, and reflective comments as we work through the theological…

Title: Objection Three! What’s the Point? Again, let me stress how pleased I am with our progress this far in Romans Chapter 9.  Today we will come to a conclusion of sorts that we have been building to for the last four weeks.  Today’s sermon will not finish out chapter nine (I hope that will…

Title: Quotations and Lessons We built to Paul’s conclusion last week that God prepares both vessels for honor (the saved) and vessels for destruction (the unsaved) for his sovereign purpose.  The vessels for honor illustrate God’s Mercy to an undeserving people, while the vessels prepared for destruction illustrate God’s perfect justice.   Notice I did…

Title: The Stumbling Stone I.  Right Idea, Wrong Method read vv.30-31 Here Paul reviews the tragedy of his people, the Israelites.  The real sad thing to Paul is that they were seeking the right thing.  They were seeking righteousness.  But years of following only the Law had damaged, and in some cases, eliminated their faith….

Title: Two Brothers I wrote this sermon from the beach.  I know, you already feel sorry for me.  As I wrote, and wrote, and wrote I was really surprised at how much developed from the first verse, so much so that I decided to cut it all the way back to just one verse.  I…

Title: Right Hearts, Wrong Minds I.  “They have a zeal for God…” Paul is quick to point out that the intention of the Jewish people is in the right place, they do want to know God, and this fact amplifies Paul’s heart felt remorse for their situation. I know I can relate to this.  If…

Title: Two Types of Righteousness I.  Righteousness Which is of the Law v5 Here Paul quotes Moses’ words in Lev. 18:5 “You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgements, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.” Here, Paul stresses that under the Mosaic covenant, obedience was the…

Title: The How and the How Come I.  The Proposition…(what took Paul so long?) Paul here is boiling down the entirety of salvation into a few sentences.  Do you find it peculiar that Paul has waited this long to explain how one literally becomes a believe?  I mean, Romans is considered by most scholars to…

Title: They have not all obeyed the Gospel v16/17 (read)  Here Paul is quoting Isaiah 53:1, where the great prophet is prophesying concerning the remnant of people who are preaching the Gospel.  This verse goes on to ask, “To whom has God revealed his outstretched arm?” If Paul’s claim is that faith comes by hearing,…

Title: God is just, in dealing with Israel I.  Question One: “Have they not heard?” Paul begs this question on the heels of verse 17 (which we looked at last week) which says, “Faith comes by hearing…”  So the next logical question Paul asks is, “Okay, then maybe if Israel has not heard, they are…

Title:  Israel’s Rejection: Full and Final? v1 “Cast away…” The Greek here is Apothenomai (Ay-Poth-Then-O-My)  Literally;  to thrust away from one’s self, to drive away from one’s self The key here is that this is an active verb.  The picture is not simply of God’s people turning their backs to God and walking in another…

Title:   “…and the rest were blinded…” I.  Right Intention, wrong method v7 “…Israel has not obtained what it seeks…” Israel’s intentions were in the right place.  What they were seeking was a good and honorable thing.  They were seeking the face of the one, true, living God.  The issue for Paul, as he looks desperately…