Tag Archives: Romans

Resurrection for Christmas

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Mary Magdalene finds the tomb of Jesus empty. But the evidence doesn’t stop there. Before the morning is done, she will be the first witness of the resurrected Jesus. And she is sent to testify of what she has seen and now knows. And so are we.

Romans 1:1-4 and John 20:1-18

Taught Sunday morning, December 24, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Written for our Learning

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What is written in the Scriptures is written for us so that we will know why we can endure with joy and abiding comfort through Holy Spirit that gives us confident hope – so that we might know God.

Romans 15:4-6

Taught Sunday morning, August 6, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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A Good and Perfect Rule

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The rule of sin is broken by Christ as He bodily defeated the temptations of sin and He defeats sin in our body through His Spirit. Christ fulfilled righteousness bodily so that He can bring righteousness in our body through His Spirit.  How does He do that?  By putting to death the sinful temptations and being living sacrifices that are holy and acceptable to God, the good and perfect will of God.

Romans 8:1-14 and 12:1-2

Taught Sunday morning, May 28, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Rule of the Spirit

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Paul gives a personal glimpse of the struggles he felt between his old way of living (the rule of sin) and his new life in Christ (rule of Spirit). There were daily defeats but the war is already won in Christ. And so it is with us who are in Christ.

Romans 7:12 – 8:2

Taught Sunday morning, May 21, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Wages or Gift

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Paul uses an analogy that he says is imperfect but still communicates an essential lesson for us. We have been set free from sin as a slave-master whose wages are corruption, shame, and death. Now that we belong to Christ, why would someone want to still want to work a second job for sin? Sin still pays corruption, shame, and death. Instead, we should work wholehearted for Christ who doesn’t just give us wages but He gifts us right-living, holiness, and eternal life.

Romans 6:23

Taught Sunday morning, May 7, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Sin Shall Not Reign

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We resume our study through Paul’s letter to the Roman church with a challenge – who reigns over your life? Who is the Master that we obey? It is one thing to say Jesus is Lord, but do our words and actions reflect that? We are to surrender every part of our body to His way of life or we reveal that sin reigns there instead.

Romans 5:20 – 6:14

Taught Sunday morning, April 23, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Loved His Enemies

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God demonstrated His love for us even while we were still ungodly, enemy sinners, Christ died for us to reconcile us back to our Creator and Judge, saving us from the wrath to come.

Romans 5:6-11

Taught Sunday morning, March 26, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Admittance to Grace

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Having been justified by faith in Jesus Christ, we have received peace with God, access to His presence, and confident hope that is greater than any circumstances. In fact, our troubles can work to increase our confident expectation through His Holy Spirit at work in us.

Romans 5:1-5

Taught Sunday morning, March 19, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Faith works

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Paul preaches that we are saved by faith and not by works. James preaches that your faith should be accompanied by works or it’s not faith. And both point to Abraham as proof. Who is right? The Holy Spirit of course! Jesus is always right.

James 2:14-26

Taught Sunday morning, March 12, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Imputed Righteousness

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Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Lots of ways to translate that one word – imputed, reckoned, counted, credited, and accounted. But we don’t have righteousness without Christ, but by grace through faith in Jesus we can be credited His righteousness. And that makes all the difference.

Romans 4:1-8

Taught Sunday morning, March 5, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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