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James Krieg will proclaim God’s Word to us this week from Romans 7:1-6. He writes, “How should we as Christians relate to the Law? In this week’s passage Paul says that we have ‘died to the law’ and been ‘released from the law’ by the death of Christ. This does not mean that it no…

Does the death and resurrection of Christ affect how you live today? Paul tells it should! In Romans 6:1-14 Paul tells us three ‘effects’ of Christ’s death and resurrection for all who have been united with him through faith: we have died to sin and are no longer enslaved by it; we have been raised…

We all like to be known for something. And many of us like to boast of that very thing – just to make sure others know about it. Having shown the emptiness of all our self-righteous, hypocritical and fleshly boasting, Paul now gives us something worth boasting about. God has so acted in Christ that…

This Friday we gather to remember and reflect upon our Saviour’s betrayal, arrest and crucifixion, and the death he died for us. Our service begins at 9:30am and will be followed with Hot Cross Buns. On Sunday we will celebrate our Lord’s resurrection and the new life given freely to all who believe in Him.…

This week we will look at Romans 4:13-25 where Paul makes it clear that God’s promise to Abraham depended on faith and was never going to be fulfilled through the law. This same promise is guaranteed to all who share the faith of Abraham. Paul goes on to explain the essence of this faith of…

Grant will preach this week on Romans 4:1-12. He writes, “Israel’s two greatest heroes trusted God for the things most dear to their hearts—their justification. Neither of them had a leg to stand on when God pronounced them righteous. Neither do we. See if you can find the 8 times Paul uses the work ‘count’…

After many weeks of hearing Paul lump us all together, Jews and Gentiles alike, under sin and deserving the wrath of God, we finally reach the place in Romans where Paul wonderfully declares the gospel of salvation from this fearful judgment. He does this in the space of a few verses, declaring God to be…

Having accused his fellow Jews of presuming upon God’s loving kindness early in chapter two, this week as we consider Romans 2:12-29 we will hear Paul further his charges against them. He now charges them with hypocrisy – as those who have the law, and teach it to others, but constantly break it themselves. It…

Last week we saw how Paul indicted the Gentile world for its sin and rejection of God’s glory. As a result, God’s wrath was being revealed from heaven against their ungodliness and unrighteousness. This week, in Romans 2:1-11, Paul charges his fellow Jews with the same indictment – they too are sinners and cannot escape…

This week we look at verses 8-17 of Paul’s first chapter to the Romans where we hear of his longing to visit the believers in Rome. For both their encouragement and his own, he is eager to preach the gospel to them, in order that he might reap some harvest among them. Despite Rome being…