Christ Church Bentonville

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."

There Is No Third Way (Romans 5:12-21)

We are all either in Adam or in Christ.  There is no third way.

The Blessings of Justification (Romans 5:1-11)

Justification by faith alone is not simply a biblical doctrine to be theologically critiqued or debated.  Justification by faith alone has life-altering blessings to which we should cling. 

You've Got To Have Faith (Romans 4:12-25)

God is fulfilling His promise to bless father Abraham with many sons and daughters as people embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ by faith alone.

Counted As Righteous (Romans 4:1-12)

Abraham was the prime example of justification by faith, righteousness being credited and not merited, and salvation being inclusive not exclusive.

But Now! (Romans 3:21-31)

There's no room for boasting in our salvation when the righteousness God offers is received by the faith God gives as a gift and the basis for the justification God declares.