Christ Church Bentonville

The Doctrine of Election - Part 2 (Romans 9:6-13)

Have God's purposes and promises to His people failed?  Paul says, "No!"  The issue is not with God or His Word or His purposes and promise.  God’s purpose of election has succeeded, is succeeding, and will always succeed.

The Doctrine of Election - Part 1 (Romans 9:1-5)

Paul, had not turned his back on his people or forsaken his roots.  Their unbelief and rebellion, and the eternal consequences that awaited them, grieved him deeply.  

More Than Conquerors (Romans 8:31-39)

Paul celebrates God's unwavering love and the believer's ultimate security in Christ.

A Theology of Suffering - Part 2 (Romans 8:28-30)

In the midst of our suffering, not only is the Spirit praying for us and with us, the Father is working all things together for our good. 

A Theology of Suffering - Part 1 (Romans 8:18-27)

A theology of glory ignores sin and believes suffering is a consequence of a lack of faith and an obstacle to be avoided or overcome.  A theology of suffering acknowledges sin and sees suffering as an inevitability that we must endure as we await the consummation of God’s kingdom and anticipate the fulfillment of future glory that is to be revealed when Christ returns in the fulness of time.

We Are Our Father's Children (Romans 8:12-17)

Christians are our heavenly Father’s sons and daughters, and we know that is true based on how we live.  We could say it another way; how we live exhibits whose we are, and we are our Father's children.

Our Salvation Is Sure (Romans 8:1-11)

Paul says our salvation is sure because we are no longer under the Father's condemnation, we are free in Christ, and we are indwelt by the Spirit.

Simul Justus et Peccator - Romans 7:13-25

Those who have been justified through faith in Christ are being sanctified, but still have the remnants of sinful corruption in their flesh until they are glorified. In Romans 7:13-25, Paul details his experience of the Christian life to teach the Romans and all Christians to endure the struggle for sanctification, knowing that the outcome is secure because God has accomplished deliverance of the most wretched of sinners from their body of death through the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Law is a Gift (Romans 7:7-12)

The law is not our problem.  Sin is our problem.  But the law is not the answer to our problem either.  The answer is grace.
 

We Belong To Another (Romans 7:1-6)

Paul begins what will be a chapter-long clarification of our relationship to the law.

Still No Third Way (Romans 6:15-23)

Just as there is no third way in regard to our standing (we are either in Adam or in Christ), there is also no third way in regard to our living (we are either slaves of sin or slaves of righteousness; we either obey sin or we obey God).

The Walking Dead (Romans 6:1-14)

Paul has an answer for those who fall into the ditches of legalism on one side and antinomianism on the other.  We must "consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus."