Romans 9:14-18

Last week we talked about how Christians are the spiritual children of Abraham. We also saw that when God made his promise to Israel, He was speaking of those that are spiritual descended from Israel, not those that are of the flesh. This means that God’s promises and election are still true today and have not failed. [...]

Romans 9:6-13

Last week we started Romans 9 and saw that Paul has shifted his major focus off Christians and is now dealing directly with Israel. Paul has spent the previous chapters of this letter building his case for salvation is by faith and that we can be assured of the eternal significance of that based on God’s promises. Now in Romans 9 Paul is going to deal with the problem of Israel’s rejection. This is a real problem for any argument based on promises of God, since it can be made to look like God did not keep his promises to the nation Israel. If that could be shown, then that would potentially nullify and promise in the New Testament to believers. [...]

Romans 9:1-5

Last time we met we finished Romans 8 and it finished on a strong note. We learned that once we are in God’s family nothing can take us from it. We are safe for all eternity. That should bring great comfort to all God’s people who struggle daily with this thing we call life. [...]

This is a sermon I preached at Cranberry Baptist Church on 1/1/2012. This is my third time preaching at this church, and its always a great experience.

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As we will be traveling for the holidays I will not be regularly updating the blog again until the second Sunday in January.

If any of my regular readers are in the Pittsburg Area, feel free to come to Cranberry Baptist Church as they have invited me to preach on 1/1/2012.

Merry Christmas!!