The Christian life should be marked by genuine love. This affects how we respond and interact with people inside the church community and outside. The gospel calls us to something that is radical and countercultural.

A look at Paul's call in Romans 12:1-2 to present ourselves as living sacrifices and embrace worship as a way of life, relying on the transformative power of God's Word and Spirit.

There is no greater gift Jesus can give us than a greater revelation of his glory. And in response to Lazarus' sickness, that's what he does for Martha, Mary, his disciples -- and Lazarus. And we get to read about it, and experience it, today.

Paul wraps up Romans 9-11 by showing how God's displays his breath-taking mercy in four stages of the history of salvation, concluding with a passionate celebration of God's mercy.

Paul knows that Israel's ongoing unbelief could make us think God has or will completely reject them, but Paul explains why that's not the case, and what God's amazing final plan is for Israel -- while also giving us a sobering message about the reality of God's hardening.

Romans 10:14-21 teaches that the Gospel should be proclaimed, heard, and believed yet sadly many have rejected the message.

In Romans 10 Paul helps us see that the goal of the Old Testament Law was to bring people to the faith that would give them the Messiah's gift of perfect righteousness, and what kind of faith brings us that gift today.

To show God's glory, and strengthen our faith in God's promises, Paul describes what God promises regarding the salvation of both Gentiles and Jews, and explains why -- at the present time -- so few Jews are embracing their Messiah.

In this passage Paul answers two more objections to his preaching, and then shows us what is God's ultimate, cosmic purpose in his plan of salvation -- which is profoundly encouraging.

In this passage Paul uses the way God chose Jacob to be the father of Israel to teach us four truths about how God chooses us for salvation.

Paul uses the story of the births of Isaac and Ishmael to explain that the way we become saved children of promise is by God supernaturally creating faith in our hearts.

Before Paul explains how the promises of Romans 1-8 transform our lives, he has to explain why Israel's unbelief does not raise doubts about the truth of God's promises. That's what's going on in Romans 9-11. And that's where he starts in 9:1-6.

Pastor Steve brings our Prayer Week to a close with a message from Psalm 119:17-24, in which we see the psalmist's devotion to prayer and meditation on God's Word, and learn why these are so crucial.

What does it mean to pray with faith? To answer this question, and strengthen our prayer as we head into prayer week, we look at how Paul prayed about his thorn in the flesh, how Jesus describes prayer in Mark 11:23-24, and what Paul says about the spiritual gift of faith in 1 Cor 13:1-2.

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. (Num. 6:24-26).

The story of the wise men gives us eight reasons to trust Christ, which will result in him being the very center of our lives.

The book of Isaiah show a familiar pattern, Israel and Ahaz live against God's good laws, God calls them to repent, they don't, and God allows their sin to be punished. Despite this repeated pattern beginning with Adam, God has always had a plan, and his plan is to save his children through the bruising of his Son.…

To be gripped by the wonder of Christ's birth, it's important to understand who Christ was before he was born.

We all know that Jesus calls us to be fishers of men, but for some reason we miss the amazing promise he makes to us about this.

In this passage God calls us to not settle for shallow, trivial fellowship, but to understand and pursue the life-changing fellowship God has for us.

This sermon exploreis the urgency of serving others based on 1 Peter 4:7-11, emphasizing the importance of love as the driving force behind selfless service and highlighting the transformative power of God's grace in fulfilling our highest calling—to bring glory to the One who is worthy of all praise, honor, and adoration.…

In Romans 12:3-8 Paul warns us of a danger we will face when we pursue spiritual gifts, and also tells us how we should go about pursuing them.

As Grace Church faces a trial, we take this Sunday to look at what God promises about our trials, and how we should respond to our trials.

In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul says there will come a time when certain spiritual gifts will cease. So when is that? And what does this mean for us?

One of our convictions is that God calls us to be a worshiping church. In this passage we learn why David worshiped, and how David worshiped, so we can grow together in worship.

Romans 8:31-39 shows us that we can be sure of our salvation in Christ and certain of God's love for us in Christ.

In this sermon we will dig into what it means to suffer with Christ, and the five reasons Paul gives for why suffering with Christ is worth the glory that will experience in Christ forever.

Paul describes the difference between those who live according to the flesh and those who live according to the Spirit. He assures us that those who are in Christ by faith are also in the Spirit. We now enjoy the Spirit's life giving presence and the hope that one day, through the Spirit, God will give life to our mortal bodies.…

Paul brings the previous chapters to a conclusion by celebrating that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because everyone who is in Christ has had their sin condemned in Jesus' flesh and has this confirmed by the Spirit's work of freeing them from sin.

To show how powerful sin is, Paul describes how hard sin is to battle against.

Paul has said some negative things about the Law of Moses, and so explains that the problem is the way our sin has responded to God's Law. He wants us to understand that the Law is holy, righteous, and good.

All of us were enslaved to sin because we were born under the law and had no righteousness of our own. Through Christ, we are set free from the bondage of our sin and through the power of grace, live holy lives in submission to God. Grace's reward is eternal life and sin offers death.

Through Jesus's sacrifice, we die to ourself and experience new life, and through Jesus's resurrection he redeems us in the next life. Now, we are called to die to self in order to be god's righteousness instruments for his kingdom.

In this message we dig into why those who have died to sin cannot continue living in sin, by showing how we died and rose with Christ. We also explore what exactly Jesus does to free us from sin's power, and how we can experience this in an ongoing way today.

To magnify what Christ has done for us, Paul spells out what Adam's sin did to humanity, and how Jesus saves all who trust him.

Paul explains why the hope of heaven will not put us to shame or disappoint us, and the reason he gives is because God has shown his love for us on the cross.

We have many reasons to rejoice in Jesus; even in our suffering!

Man-made religion tells us to try to earn blessings from God by obedience. But in this passage Paul explains why that is impossible, and why it's only faith that brings God's grace which guarantees his promises to us through Christ.

In this passage Paul tells us how ungodly Abraham was counted as righteous before God, and about the blessing that brings to all who experience it.

Now that Paul has helped us When we are amazed at being justified by faith, we will stop all boasting in ourselves, and boast only in the Lord.

Romans 3:21-26 marks a turning point in the book of Romans, where Paul moves from describing our sin and God's judgment against sin to how, in Christ, God has manifested his saving righteousness to all who have faith.

In John 6:60-71, many people leave Jesus. He explains that it is necessary for the Father to grant people to come to Him by the Spirit; and the twelve disciples recognize that they need Jesus because of his life giving Words.

Paul rests his case that every human being is completely sinful and culpable before God. God's law has no power to save us, as it only convicts of sin before God. However, in arguing his case, Paul is actually preparing us for the greatest news in the world, that Jesus Christ came into this world to saves sinners like you and me!…

God is faithful and righteous in judgement

Paul uses Socratic and hypothetical arguments to show the Jewish people that their lineage isn't a shield from God's judgment, because the covenant people of God must live by faith. Their disobedience dishonors God and shames his name among the nations, but Jesus did what Israel couldn't do, fulfill the law and be a light to the nations.…

In these four verses, Paul explains how God's judgement of Jews and Gentiles is fair. Jews do not have a pass because they have the Mosaic Law, for they must be doers and not merely hearers of God's Word. Gentiles, even though they don't have the Mosaic Law, are also without excuses because God's law is written on their hearts. Thus, the hope for a…

None of us are in a position to judge others, because all of us are guilty of sin. But if we are seeking Jesus, we will find eternal glory, honor and peace, paid by Christ at the Cross.

Because we've turned away from our glorious Creator, and worshiped creation, God is revealing his wrath by giving humanity over to sexual impurity, homosexuality, and all manner of sin. This shows what happens when we put something besides God at the center of our lives.

In this passage John gives four reasons why we should believe that Jesus rose from the dead, which will strengthen our faith in Christ, so we experience even more life in him.