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Olan Strickland | Geneva, Alabama
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 As Paul preached the gospel of the finished work of Christ and established the doctrine of justification by faith alone in Christ alone, he would have been accused by many of the Jews of preaching against the people and against the Law. This is...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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The principle of faith through gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ isn't contradictory to the Law but actually is that which establishes the Law. Just as in the days of Paul when many of his Jewish kinsmen believed that the message of justification by...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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"Boasting is the response of pride to success. Boasting: ‘I deserve praise because I've achieved so much'" (John Piper). Since boasting is the response of pride to success and boasting says, "I deserve praise because I've achieved so much,"...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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In our study of the good news so far in Romans 3:21-25 we have seen some very wonderful aspects of this good news. First we saw in Romans 3:21 that God's righteousness does not come by works of the Law. This is good news because if God's...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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Salvation is a free gift but it is not cheap! The salvation which comes to us freely as a gift by God's grace was purchased at a great price and high cost to God. Three words are used in Romans 3:24-25 that express the high cost that God paid for...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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As we have moved into the good news, the heart of the gospel in Romans 3:21 and following, we have already seen three wonderful aspects of the good news.First we saw that the righteousness of God does not come by the Law (Romans 3:21). This is...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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The righteousness of God does not come through the Law because we all are sinners, there are none righteous, there are none good, and we all like sheep have gone astray and each one has turned to his own way. Many of the Jews were relying upon the...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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In our first post on this subject we established the wonderful truth and good news that the righteousness of God does not come by works of the Law (Romans 3:21). If that were so then no one could be saved because we are all sinners and cannot...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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The Holy Spirit speaking through Paul took 64 verses to establish the sinfulness of all men and the wrath of God against sinners (Romans 1:18-3:20). These 64 verses contain the worst news ever! All men everywhere (regardless of how religious or...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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As we have been studying through Romans, in the first two chapters, we, both Gentiles and Jews, have been summoned into God's courtroom and presented with the charges against us (that we are sinners) and the evidence has been given which proves...[ abbreviated | read entire ] |
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