Following Jesus Son of God …

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? (6: 1-2)

Remember we have seen that, just as we were justified on the basis of Christ’s shed blood, we can claim cleansing on that same basis whenever we sin. God doesn’t expect us to be some kind of Nietzschean superman. He knows that we will still sin. But why can’t we, after becoming Christians, learn to walk on the same principle of faith by which we were saved? Why can’t we keep drawing on the finished work of Christ through faith so that we do live as living people instead of on the other side of the ledger?

Message Title: The Free Gift Is Not Like the Trespass!

Message Text: Romans 5:12-21

• MP3: LESSON 13 The Free Gift Is Not Like the Trespass : Romans 5-12-21 : FFC : dave scott : 101214 REV

• Just as the slave must “will” the will of his master, our usefulness to Jesus depends on the extent to which we will the will of God. We are not robots. Rather, in love we choose to return to the position of obedient dependence on God in which He created us. This may seem an unpleasant idea to some, but as God’s creatures this “slaveness” is the only place of joy and the only place of usefulness.

Schaeffer, Francis A. (1998-09-24). The Finished Work of Christ: The Truth of Romans 1-8 (p. 8). Crossway. Kindle Edition.

Hello All,

Every single week God amazes me – no overstatement – with my study in The Letter to the Romans. This week was no exception. I understand truth and doctrine in this powerful book of the Bible as I never have before. Praise God as his Holy Spirit teaches. Praise him for the written word.

Grace reigns. God’s free gift of salvation is vastly superior to the trespass of Adam. And we have great hope to live the eternal life God brings to us through Jesus Christ. YES!

Message Title: The Free Gift Is Not Like the Trespass!

Message Text: Romans 5:12-21

• PDF 13 The Free Gift Is Not Like the Trespass : Romans 5-12-21 : FFC : dave : 101214 : STUDY SHEET ONE
• PDF 13 The Free Gift Is Not Like the Trespass : Romans 5-12-21 : FFC : dave : 101214 : STUDY SHEET TWO

• (Ephesians 1:7–10 ESV) In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
• (Galatians 4:4–7 ESV) But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, ⁵ to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. ⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” ⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

Message Title: While we were still weak!

Message Text: Romans 5:6-11

MP3: LESSON 12 While We Were Still Weak : Romans 5-6-11 : FFC : dave scott : REV SMALLER FILE 100514

Don’t know where my head was. Didn’t send these out Friday.

Here are our study sheets for October 5, 2014.

Message Title: When We Were Still Weak

Message Text: Romans 5:6-11

• PDF 12 While We Were Still Weak : Romans 5-6-11 : FFC : dave : 100514 : STUDY SHEET ONE
• PDF 12 While We Were Still Weak : Romans 5-6-11 : FFC : dave : 100514 : STUDY SHEET TWO

Peace with God.

Do we know what we have? Are we experiencing the abundant blessing of our justification through our peace with God and his unreserved, undeserved grace?

Message Title: Since We Have Been Justified!

Message Text: Romans 5:1-5

MP3: LESSON 11 Since We Have Been Justified : Romans 5:1-5 : FFC : dave scott : 092814

Hello,

What a great text this week!

“Since we have been justified …” or “Having been justified …”

WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD!

We cannot imagine it, but if we could imagine standing before God in all his fury and wrath … If we could picture ourselves about to be incinerated by “the consuming fire” …

Then picture the opposite, and that is where we are in this week’s study.

Peace WITH God!

Because we are justified through Jesus Christ, we have …

• Peace with God – Our legal position before a holy God based on our justification through Jesus Christ. Total, complete acceptance and approval based on the work Jesus Christ did when he visited the planet 2,000 years ago.
• Standing in grace – And now we are standing in grace. The abundant, unreserved, undeserved, “unearnable” generosity of God to his redeemed.

Picture the guys in the Ocean Spray commercial standing waist-deep in cranberries. Rich, luxurious. That is our picture of standing in grace. Abundant grace is there for the believing.

• By the way, check out this link per the cranberry harvest. Very interesting.
  http://bedtimemath.org/bogged-down/

Message Title: Since We Have Been Justified!

Message Text: Romans 5:1-5

• PDF 11 Since We Have Been Justified by Faith : Romans 5-1-5 : FFC : dave : 092814 : STUDY SHEET ONE
• PDF 11 Since We Have Been Justified by Faith : Romans 5-1-5 : FFC : dave : 092814 : STUDY SHEET TWO

From: Franklin Graham <updates>

Subject: Pray for Pastor Saeed

Date: September 24, 2014 at 11:47:20 AM CDT

Email not displaying correctly? See it here » This week marks the two-year anniversary of the imprisonment of Pastor Saeed Abedini, the American citizen jailed in Iran for his Christian faith. Now he faces a new danger as ISIS militants imprisoned in the same jail are threatening his life. Along with Saeed’s wife, Naghmeh, I will be hosting a prayer vigil in Washington, D.C., this Thursday at 6 p.m. outside the White House. Naghmeh also has mobilized prayer vigils in cities across the world to pray for her husband and the persecuted church. I’m encouraging everyone to find a vigil in your area, or register to host one yourself. “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16, NKJV). Please join with other believers as we call on the Name of the Lord. May God bless you, Franklin Graham President, Samaritan’s Purse FIND A PRAYER VIGIL Share This: © 2014 Samaritan’s Purse PO Box 3000 | Boone NC 28607 | 828-262-1980 | SamaritansPurse.org facebook.com/SamaritansPurse twitter.com/SamaritansPurse Forward this email to someone who would be interested in learning more about the ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. If you do not want to receive future email updates on the ministry of Samaritan’s Purse, you may unsubscribe by clicking here.

So let me ask … Have you ever posted a “NO TRESPASSING” sign on your property? And after you posted your sign, did anyone ever trespass?

We humans. If there is a rule, we will break it.

• “Go ahead, God, put up a sign, give us ten commandments. We will violate your holy word in ways even you might not have thought possible.”

So now let me ask this. If God were to come up with an agreement with us, a deal so to speak, for the salvation of his human creation, could there be any rules for us to obey to hold up our end of the arrangement?

Message Title: That the Promise May Rest on Grace

Message Text: Romans 4:13-25

• MP3: LESSON 10 That the Promise May Rest on Grace : Romans 4-13-25 : FFC : dave : 092114