Crossway Christian Church

There are two pillars that are most important yet most most neglected in Christianity. The Word of God (the Bible,) the means by which God speaks to us, his people; and prayer, the means of our speaking back to God. Without these two pillars, our fellowship with God becomes weakened and sickly and less than what it should be. Here we think about what it means to be together under the Word.

As Paul shows in the opening verses of chapter 2, part of living a life worthy of the gospel means striving for spiritual unity with the Church. That is God's concern in these verses, which means that it ought to be our concern as well.

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To summarize the sermon in one sentence, we could say this: because you've been freed from sin, fight for righteousness. Or, even simpler: as a disciple of Christ, become what you are. This is what God wants us to see this morning from Romans 6. He wants us to understand the why and how of sanctification.

What is the basis of justification? It's imputation. Justification is the legal word, but the word counted is a banking word. And this is at the heart of the doctrine of imputation.It's not our righteousness that makes us right before God, but the righteousness of Christ. Just as someone else might make a deposit in my account and the deposit would then be counted as my own money, so God counts - or imputes - Christ's own righteousness to us when we put our faith in him.

Paul shows how everyone - Jews and Gentiles - are justified by faith alone. What is justification? In Biblical terms, it speaks to God's legal declaration of our status before him. Though we are condemned for our sin before God, he declares us to be righteous in Christ.

As we continue through 1 Peter, remembering our message from last week was, “Jesus Christ – The Hope of our Salvation”. Now Peter starts his instruction to the exiles of the importance of leading a life of holiness. This theme will continue though almost all of Peter’s letter.

The book of 1 Peter calls us to stand firm in a living hope, the salvation that is only found in Jesus Christ. This gives Christians hope during persecution, even as Peter calls them to a life of holiness.

This is the glorious truth that Paul highlights in this passage: in Christ we have the propitiation we need. In him, we can be made right with God apart from any religious or moral duty on our part. But before he unfolds that good news of the gospel, he needs to bring to a close his argument for why we need Christ.

God's judgment isn't a popular concept. It probably was never very popular. Paul wants to know why God's judgement is just. In the last chapter he focused on the Gentiles just condemnation, here he focuses on his own people, the Jews.

In Christ, the righteousness of God is put on display for the world and made available to those who turn toward him in faith.

We want to make clear why we do the ordinances of the church and what we believe about them.

David Roberts, our Associational Minister shares the truth of the gospel message. These verses mention five (5) things that are "new" in our lives because of what God did for us through Christ on the cross.

In his wisdom and sovereignty God is at work in the lives of his people. He discerns the heart, elevates the lowly, and empowers his anointed.

Here, David shows that despite the oppression of God's people, we can pray with confidence to God, the just and eternal King.

In this scripture we see some of the characteristics of David as well as God. This helps us to better understand this man who wrote so freely of God's love and faithfulness in the Psalms.

Installation and Commissioning Service for Douglas Brubaker

God's consistent character, not only fuels the praises of his people but gives hope and confidence to those who would call out to him for mercy and justice.

2 Corinthians - God's Power Displayed in Man's Weakness In this text, Paul paints us a clear picture of Christian suffering, godly comfort, and our response. He shows through his experience what God has been doing, and why he has been doing it.

The greatness of God is magnified by looking at the greatness he has given to humanity. In other words, when the graciousness of God towards us is seen, his own greatness is seen even more clearly. Though the glory of humanity is seen, that view is meat to bring us to our knees in worship at the greatness of God himself.