Scripture Reference: Romans 7:7-25

The law of God has picked a fight with believing people. Because what was started by grace can never be completed by law. This inevitably leads to conflict. Understanding and locating this conflict is THE key to Christian growth and sanctification.

Sermon Points:

• The Reality of the Fight
• The Location of the Fight

Scripture Reference: Romans 6:1-14

It is the express intention of the Christian faith to bring about a change of life in the believer. The whole forward motion of the Bible is to fix the world from sin’s destruction. HOW Paul leads us through that in Romans 6 is revolutionary for the doctrine of sanctification.

Sermon Points:

• Our Connection to Jesus
• The Transformation that Results
• The Implications for a New Life

Scripture Reference: Romans 5:1-11

Justification by grace through faith is the medicine that cures believing people of doubting lives. Paul wants the Romans to live assured lives. So in Chapter 5 he unpacks the logic of assurance of salvation and how we can really know that we are standing in his grace.

Sermon Points:

• What Faith Delivers
• Why Justification Works
• How You Know You’ve Received It

Scripture Reference: Romans 4:1-5, 13-25

Paul has hung a lot of theological weight on the doctrine of justification, but the means by which those benefits come to Christians is through “faith.” But what does it mean to “have faith?” Turns out that imbedded in the life of the Jewish patriarch Abraham is the powerful answer!

Sermon Points:

• Faith vs. Boasting
• Faith vs. Working
• Faith vs. Doubting