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What Grace Is Not
Romans 11 5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. If by grace then it cannot be based on works. This messes us up because for the longest time we…
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Faith On
Romans 10 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. If there is one practice every Christian must embrace – it is hearing the word of God. Read it, listen to it, devour it. Read the Bible not just leisurely but also scholarly. Be a theologian. Our…
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Living out Lordship by Grace
Romans 10 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him…
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Pursue Righteousness and not the Law
Romans 9 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works.…
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Somebody has to Go
Romans 10 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the…