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  • Romans 10:1-21

    Romans 10:1-21
    2026/02/23
    Romans 10:1-21Senior Pastor Alex KennedyLast week we looked at Romans 9, which is all about God's sovereignty in the salvation journey. Romans 10 focuses on our role of how we believe and what role we play in the lives of others.Paul begins by talking about his Jewish brothers and their "zeal for God". Paul understood this well from his background, but zeal and passion are not enough. The Jews built their own system of righteousness, which falls short (Rom 3:23). They "did not submit to God's righteousness" (v3). Verse 4 declares that Christ is the outcome to everyone who believes. So, a Jew who sought by works to establish his own righteousness would not recognize Christ as "the end of the Law" and would stumble over him.The point of the law wasn't the law;the point of the law was to point us to Jesus.Paul goes on to quote parts of the Old Testament when writing about Moses (Lev 18:5). Paul is saying, "if you want the law to judge you, fine. Go for it. God will judge you by the law, but it won't be good. God demands perfection, so if you're hoping to be justified by the law, you had better live a life without sin. (James 2:10) Jesus Christ is the ONLY one in history that did that.Paul speaks about "righteousness based on faith" (v6-7). Faith knows that you don't need to ascend to heaven because Christ has already come down from it. Faith also knows that you don't deal with you own sins because Christ has already done that too!"But what does it say? The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart." (See Deut 30:12-14) Word hear in the Greek is "rhema", which means "the word of faith that we proclaim verbally".Paul goes on to be clear in verse 9: "if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord..." Confess means to "agree". We have to agree with God about Jesus' identity that He is the eternal Son of God. There is an outward confession flowing from an inward conviction that finishes Paul's statement, "...and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead (life/death/and resurrection), you will be saved." In Rome, saying "Jesus is Lord" was dangerous because it meant that you believed that Caesar was not. You had to stand on your faith and conviction.Our faith is personal but it's not private.In verses 11-13, Paul is reminding them of God's impartiality, just like he did when discussing human sinfulness (Rom 3). So, everyone has sinned (Rom 3:23) and everyone can be saved (Rom 10:13).In verses 14 and following, Paul shifts his focus to the role we play in helping others believe. He uses the word "preach" which means "herald". A herald would have been a living newspaper that made announcements in the town marketplace and city streets. We are all in the streets, and we should all be heralds (preachers) for Jesus!We are sent...to preach...for others to hear...and believe...and then called...and finally saved...to be sent...etc...We are meant to live a sent life, whether overseas, in the marketplace, or across the street to our neighbors. It is not optional.Paul then quotes Isaiah 52:7 "how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News!" So, we can:Pray - remember, someone prayed for you, so be sure to pray for the lost around you.Give so others can go - maybe you are called to the Nations today, but you have the means to help someone else who is called today.GO to the Nearest (home), your Neighbors, and the Nations.Questions to Consider:What are ways we sometimes try to “be good enough” instead of trusting Jesus?How does it encourage you that salvation is available to everyone?Have you personally confessed Jesus as Lord? What does that look like in everyday life?Verse 17 says faith comes from hearing the message. How did you first hear about Jesus?Who do you know that prayed for you to trust Jesus as Lord?Who are you praying for daily that is lost and needs Jesus? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Romans 9:1-33

    Romans 9:1-33
    2026/02/19
    Romans 9:1-33Senior Pastor Alex KennedyChapters 9 is a "hard left turn" from Paul celebrating the security of the love of Christ in chapter 8, to thinking of his own Jewish people. Paul is grieving that his "kinsmen" do not know Christ, and he is offering to be "cut-off from Christ for the sake of my...kinsmen according to the flesh" (like Moses did in Ex 32). Remember, the Jewish people are the chosen nation to show the covenant between God and man to the world through the person of Jesus. So what happened?
    Question 1: Have His promises failed? (If He failed the Jews, then how can we be sure He won't fail us?)
    Answer: True membership in God's chosen people is based on faith, not physical ancestry. He gives an example of Abraham and his descendants. To be a physical descendant of Abraham is not enough. God only has children...not grandchildren. (Romans 4:4). Abraham and Sarah are told they will have a son. Remember, Abraham and Sarah were old, and they "helped" God by producing an heir, Ishmael, through Gomer. God doesn't need us to intercede in His plan. Isaac is the son of promise.
    The second example Paul uses is Isaac and Rebekah and their twins, Jacob and Esau.(v10-13). Rebekah was told that "the older will serve the younger" (Gen 25:23). Malachi 1:2-3 is what Paul references in verse 13 when he says, "As it is written, 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'" This reference of hated is a Hebrew idiom for preference, like when Jesus says to "hate your father and mother (Luke 14:26). Again, God is sovereign and has a plan.
    Question 2: Is God unjust? (v14) Did God somehow do something wrong by only showing mercy to Jacob and not to Esau?
    Answer: Mercy is receiving something that you don't deserve. If you deserved it, it would not be "mercy"; instead it would be justice. So, if God doesn't owe anyone mercy, we can't say it is unfair for Him not to show it to someone. Paul uses the example of Ex 7:3-4 where God hardened Pharaoh's heart. We read this as if it is God's "fault". We must read the whole story because we see that Pharaoh hardened his own heart first. This is the intersection of God's sovereignty and human responsibility. They are woven together. His sovereignty doesn't excuse our responsibility, and we cannot isolate one from the other. We can't fully explain both but we can accept both. God's hardening of Pharaoh's heart was a "giving him over" to his own stubbornness.
    When God hardens someone,He doesn't create the hardness;He allows the person to gohis or her own way.
    to read more, go to: https://carmelbaptist.org/carmel-sermon/romans-91-33/

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  • Romans 8:31-39

    Romans 8:31-39
    2026/02/10
    This last section of Romans 8 is such an encouragement to those who have faith in Jesus Christ. Paul raises several questions and gives five statements to prove that there can be no separation between the believer and the love of God, and that a believer is completely secure in Christ.
    Question 1 - What shall we say to these things? In other words, how should we think and respond in light of all the things God has done?
    -There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ (v1)-We have been set free from the law of sin and death (v2)-The Spirit of God dwells in us (v9)-We have been adopted into God's family (v15)-As HIs children we are heirs of God (v17)-We have received the Spirit (v23)-God called you, justified you, and glorified you (v30)
    Question 2 - If God is for us, who can be against us?
    Notice that the list of things above do not depend on us. They depend on God Himself. So no one can be against us! He goes on to say "He who did not spare HIs own Son but gave up for us all". The word "spare" is used only one other place in the Old Testament, and it is when Abraham is about to sacrifice Isaac on the alter (Gen 22:12). The word "withheld" is the same word translated "spare" in v 32. God did NOT spare His own Son, and by giving Him over to death, He proved His unconditional love for us. (John 3:16)
    Question 3 - Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
    Through the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, God declares the believing sinner "justified". That declaration never changes. Even when we accuse ourselves, or others accuse us, there is no ground for eternal charges. (Rom 6:1-2)
    Question 4 - Who is to condemn?
    "Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us." Jesus is the One who died for our sins, and He is at the right hand of God interceding for us. Jesus, who alone has authority from God to judge and condemn, cannot and will not condemn His own who are in Him by faith. That is how secure we are in Christ.
    He is interceding for us. He is our High Priest who gives us the grace we need to overcome temptation. He is our Advocate with the Father. Jesus has you covered! (Heb 7:25; Heb 4:14-16; 1 John 2:1)
    Question 5 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
    He lists 7 physical things that are real world issues for us living in a fallen world...tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, and sword (death). This list increases with intensity, and all of them would be very hard to deal with physically and emotionally. Paul dealt with these things personally. (2 Cor 11:23-38) (Rom 8:17-18)
    We will all suffer, but we can have hope. We can trust in the promises of God that no one or nothing will be able to separate us from the love of Christ. Suffering is nothing new, and has historically been the experience of God's people. (Heb 11) (2 Cor 4:7-11)The purpose of our suffering is so that the life of Jesus may be seen in us through the hard times in a way that shows the surpassing power of God at work in us. This is how we are "more than conquerers" (v37). We can only do this through His power. We have the confidence that God is ever present in our trials, and this assurance is an anchor for us when we do experience those things. God loves us and He is for us.Paul concludes this section by reminding us that there is no one and absolutely nothing that can ever separate us from the love of Christ and from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all keeping you eternally secure. You can't get more loved and secure than that!

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