Justified in God’s Sight – Romans 3:19-26

Jan 16, 2015 | Romans

 Almost from the beginning of my ministry I have been involved in the printing industry in some fashion or other. Today our church “publishes” all our messages onto the internet. We have anywhere from 75 to a hundred people every day visit our website for...

The Application of Justification – Romans 3:19-26

Jan 16, 2015 | Romans

 Let’s say that a man was worried about robberies in his neighborhood, so he sets up a surveillance camera. It is rigged to a digital recorder, making a constant video of everything that takes place on his property. One copy of the recording is collected on the...

The Fact of Sin and Sinners – Romans 3:23

Jan 16, 2015 | Romans

 The gospel is the wonderful, miraculous story of God’s remedy for our sin. Elsewhere Paul wrote: “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand. By which also ye are saved,...

Synonyms, Divisions or Characteristics? – Romans 3:19-26

Jan 16, 2015 | Romans

  This is the fifth or sixth time that we have used these verses as our text. I hope that this doesn’t bother you, because it doesn’t bother me at all. It would be to our eternal benefit if we read these words so often that they were permanently burned...

Binding on the Book of Salvation – Romans 3:23-26

Jan 16, 2015 | Romans

 Salvation can be likened to a book. It’s not fiction, but absolute truth, and yet in some ways more it is astounding and unbelievable than any human fiction. It has a Divine Author – Christ Jesus is the Author and Finisher of this book. It has a great...

No Boasting – Romans 3:23-32

Jan 16, 2015 | Romans

 I probably watch as much sports as the average American male. There are plenty of men who don’t have televisions and who don’t watch much sports at all. This is probably a good thing, but it doesn’t make him a better man than anyone else. Some of...

The Grand Conclusion – Romans 3:28

Jan 16, 2015 | Romans

 I was thinking that with last Sunday evening’s message we would be finished with chapter 3. But as I was reading it over to see if I had missed anything, it struck me that Paul had reached a peak in verse 28. If the Holy-Spirit-inspired man of God pronounced...

The God of the Jews – Romans 3:29

Jan 16, 2015 | Romans

 Have you ever noticed that when people talk about Acts 9 they say, “that is the chapter of Paul’s conversion?” They might say that was when the Lord saved Saul of Tarsus, but they don’t often say that it is the chapter of Saul’s...

The Law of Faith – Romans 3:23-4:5

Jan 16, 2015 | Romans

 I realize that I am impatient – but I am apparently too impatient. I keep saying to myself, and sometimes to you, that we are finished with Romans 3, and it’s time to move on. But I want to be a thorough as possible, so I re-read the scripture asking the...

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Jan 16, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Samuel Howe passed into the presence of his Saviour on this day in 1641. For seven years he had been the pastor of the church that met in Deadman’s Place, London. One has to wonder how that name came to be.) With very little formal education, Pastor Howe had a notable...