We have already heard the devastating news that through sin death spread to all people because all have sinned. We know from experience the power of sin in our lives. Now we cry with the Apostle Paul, “Who will deliver us from this body of...
Christ has made the way to God. He has brought us with him into God’s presence by his death on our behalf. Now Christ stands with us before God and over us as the people of God. We have come to Christ by faith as...
Rob Tims preaches on Romans 7:7-24. When the law of God outside our hearts and the sin inside our hearts collide, an epic battle rages that we simply cannot win. God’s law exposes our sin, and sin exploits the law and stirs us up to...
The book of Romans has laid before us God’s gracious plan of salvation. Now, in the sixth chapter, we read the first direct commands. We are called to engage our minds and use our bodies to live in obedience to God. In our minds we...
As soon as Paul says that God’s grace abounds over sin, the question about sin and the Christian arises. Shall we, can we, continue in sin in light of God’s saving grace? This passage addresses sin by showing us how God’s grace results in the...
By the grace of God a new reality defines our lives which we call union with Christ. Union with Christ is rooted in his death and resurrection, in which God considers us to be included. Union with Christ determines the new way we relate to...
How should we view humanity? How did sin come into the world? Why did death spread to all people? And, most importantly, what is our hope of passing from death to life? In this compact section of Romans, so many questions related to the human...
Since God has justified us and reconciled us to himself through the death of Christ, how much more will he save us by the life of Christ for the glory to come! As we remember salvation that awaits us, we gain a vision of the...
We have all been disappointed. Why should it be any different when it comes to believing the gospel? If we put our faith in Christ and begin to hope in him, aren’t we at risk of being let down? There are two realities of the...
Because we have been justified by faith, and now stand at peace with God in his grace, we experience suffering in a new way. We are comforted by God’s purpose in suffering for our growth, his presence in suffering for our comfort, and his promise...
