Faith, Grace and the Spiritual Seed

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Faith, Grace and the Spiritual Seed

Faith, Grace and the Spiritual Seed Romans 4:16-17 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 4. Today, we’re going to try and answer a question, and that question is simple. Why is justification by faith? Why is it that God saves us by trusting in Jesus Christ as He has set forth has set forth in the gospel message, and all its glory, and the Christmas message, and the Easter message and the message of Christ’s birth and death on our behalf that we might be received into glory? Why is it that God uses faith and not something else as the instrument whereby we receive that gift that he has granted to us in Jesus Christ? Why is justification by faith? Now perhaps you’ll appreciate somewhat that question a bit more if you’ll review with me for a few…

Faith and the Law

Faith and the Law Romans 4:13-15 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 4, as we continue to study together through this glorious book. Our minds are very much on the incarnation just now. We’re singing about it. We’re listening to others sing about it. We’re reflecting on it, perhaps individually. And it’s important to realize that the incarnation itself proves that salvation is by grace, and not by our works. If salvation were by our law keeping, if salvation were by our obedience to God’s commands, then Jesus would not have had to come in the flesh. He would not have had to live obediently under His Father’s commands on our behalf. And so His advent, His coming proves that salvation is by God’s promise, not by our obedience. It’s by…

God Remembered His Covenant

God Remembered His CovenantExodus 2:23-25 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Exodus, chapter 2, to the end of the chapter, beginning in verse 23. In Exodus, chapter 2, verses 23 through 25 we continue a story that we’ve been looking at for a number of weeks now. As we have looked at God’s dealings in the book of Exodus we come tonight to a very important passage, a passage that reveals the wise timing of God’s plan. It reveals to us the continuing burden of God’s people under oppression in Egypt. It reveals to us God’s heart of compassion and the reason behind His purposes of redemption. Before we get to that story, we will do well to remember some of the ground that we have traversed. But first let’s hear God’s holy word here in Exodus, chapter 2,…

A New King, who knew not Joseph

Exodus: 1:8-14A New King, Who Knew Not Joseph If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Exodus, chapter 1 as we continue in this great book together. As we said the last time, Exodus is Moses’ sequel to the epic story of Genesis. Exodus resumes Genesis account of God’s sovereignty and His good providence in the lives of the patriarchs. Moses goes out of his way to connect these books. When you see the genealogy, which begins the book of Exodus, it connects us with the…

The Prophecy of Israel

Genesis 49:1-33The Prophecy of Israel It seemed appropriate as we come to the passage in Genesis 49, where we hear God's account of the death of His servant, Jacob that we sing for all the saints and we anticipate that day of resurrection, ourselves. If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Genesis 49. Tonight we come to the last words of Jacob, and they are a lasting testimony to the theme of God's providence and to the faith of the Patriarchs in the promises that…

The Land of Goshen

Genesis 47:1-31The Land of Goshen If you have your Bibles, I would ask you to turn to Genesis 47, as we continue to work through this glorious book of Moses. We are really coming to a section which is the beginning of the end. The last couple of weeks, we have exalted in this providential reunion engineered by God, in this family which had been fractured by distrust and mutual loathing. A family which had been plagued by favoritism on the part of Jacob toward some of his sons and over against…

Israel in Egypt

Genesis 46:1-34Israel in Egypt If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Genesis 46 as we continue our study through the book of Genesis and in particular the life of Joseph. The last time we were together, the tension in the story of Joseph reached its crescendo and we exalted in the reconciliation accomplished by the Lord and His good providence amongst Joseph and his brothers. Now all along we have said that the providence of God is at the very heart of the story of…

The Book of Esau

Genesis 36:1-43The Book of Esau If you have Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 36. Tonight we come to the close of our study of the life of Jacob. Though Jacob still has a significant role to play in the history of God's dealings with his sons. The focus, however, of Genesis shifts hereafter to Joseph. And in our studies in the immediately preceding chapters of Genesis we have seen over and over that God is preparing Jacob to trust Him and to acknowledge Him alone.…

The Fears of Jacob

Genesis 32:1-23The Fears of Jacob If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 32. When we were last together in our study of the life of Jacob, we had come to the end of Genesis 31. And we said there are at least four great scenes in Genesis 31. First of all in those first three verses you remember Jacob overhearing the complaints of Laban's other son, and then God actually coming to him and instructing him to leave from Paddan-aram and to make his way back…

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