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For the past several weeks, we have been focusing on Paul’s response to a situation that was troubling him. We have closely examined the answers Paul has given. That God did not promise that every Israelite would inherit the promises and that Israel stumbled in that they rejected the Messiah. In Chapter 11, Paul offers…
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On this Resurrection Sunday, we pause in Romans 10 to look a bit closer at two verses from last week’s text. These 2 verses use a literary device to show how important the relationship is between certain concepts and ideas.There are three big words in these two verses that we will focus on: #1. Believe.…
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We are more than half way through Romans and are continuing our series, All Roads Lead to Romans. Paul is troubled with a problem he sees within Israel. We covered the first answer to the problem. This week, we look at a second answer: Israel Stumbled. Paul explores how the people of Israel (and us…
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Moving on in our series, All Roads Lead to Romans, we see that Paul has a dramatic change of tone as we enter into chapter 9. You see, Paul is troubled by something, tortured by something. He’s got a big problem. He’s got what he calls “great sorrow and unceasing anguish in [his] heart.” As…
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We continue our sermon series, All Roads lead to Romans, and our walk through The Great Eight. In verses 33-39, Paul asks some more key questions to make his points. All three questions begin with the same little word: “Who?” 1. Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? 2. Who is…
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