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Oct 29, 2023

What About Israel?

Has God forgotten about Israel? In these verses, there is underlying tension as Paul is speaking to the ethnic Jews, whom God has used throughout history as a part of God's unfolding redemptive plan. Ethnic Israel rejected the Messiah, and many of the laws, ceremonies, and traditions that the Jews held pointed to and were fulfilled by Jesus Christ and his work on the cross. With that said, God has not absolutely rejected all Jews, and Paul himself, as a Jew, was an example of this. He was seen persecuting the church and not seeking salvation in Jesus Christ alone, but God saw fit to invade Paul's life and call him to himself, and he will do the same to a multitude in the future. We must come alongside Israel and preach the Gospel as we must to all others.

Scripture: Isaiah 65:13-16, Romans 10:16-11:10

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Oct 29, 2023What About Israel?

Oct 29, 2023
What About Israel?

By: Pastor Joe Griffo
Series: The Book of Romans
Has God forgotten about Israel? In these verses, there is underlying tension as Paul is speaking to the ethnic Jews, whom God has used throughout history as a part of God's unfolding redemptive plan. Ethnic Israel rejected the Messiah, and many of the laws, ceremonies, and traditions that the Jews held pointed to and were fulfilled by Jesus Christ and his work on the cross. With that said, God has not absolutely rejected all Jews, and Paul himself, as a Jew, was an example of this. He was seen persecuting the church and not seeking salvation in Jesus Christ alone, but God saw fit to invade Paul's life and call him to himself, and he will do the same to a multitude in the future. We must come alongside Israel and preach the Gospel as we must to all others.

Scripture: Isaiah 65:13-16, Romans 10:16-11:10
Oct 26, 2023Week 6: Community Determined Models

Oct 26, 2023
Week 6: Community Determined Models

By: Pastor Joe Griffo
Series: Can We Trust The Bible?
Oct 22, 2023Everyone Who Calls

Oct 22, 2023
Everyone Who Calls

By: Pastor Joe Griffo
Series: The Book of Romans
Salvation is not for one particular group of ethnic people. It's for all sinners and for all time. We've sinned against God our creator and God alone, and it's to him that we must be reconciled to, not nature or some other person or being. Only Jesus could do for us that which we could never do for ourselves, and when we truly trust in him alone, lives and cultures are changed.

Scripture: Isaiah 52:1-10, Romans 10-11-15
Oct 19, 2023Week 5: The Canon of Scripture Introduction

Oct 19, 2023
Week 5: The Canon of Scripture Introduction

By: Pastor Joe Griffo
Series: Can We Trust The Bible?
Oct 15, 2023The Blessed King Eternal

Oct 15, 2023
The Blessed King Eternal

By: Aaron Pratt
Series: (All)
The language of Psalm 72 is fit for an eternal king. While King Solomon's reign produced blessings for those under his rule, his short reign as king was only a foretaste of the eternal blessing bestowed upon the servants of Christ's eternal kingdom. Christ is the king who reigns eternal, and his blessing extends to all ends of his kingdom and will not end.
Scripture: Psalm 72
Oct 15, 2023No Shame

Oct 15, 2023
No Shame

By: Pastor Joe Griffo
Series: The Book of Romans
When God lifts the restraints on a godless world, and sin abounds, there is no shame when there ought to be. Sinful behavior is normalized, a sign of man’s arrogance, selfishness, rebellion, and deep fallen nature.
The world will seek to shame those who hold to Christian convictions and hold to what the Bible teaches into silence or embrace the lie that what we believe is shameful, bigoted, old-fashioned, etc. This is all done to justify their own sin. As Christians, we are reminded that there is no shame for those in Jesus Christ, and we are called to live our faith and the truth of Scripture unashamedly and with boldness and love.

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-8, Romans 10:8-11
Oct 8, 2023You Put This Faith In My Heart

Oct 8, 2023
You Put This Faith In My Heart

By: Pastor Joe Griffo
Series: The Book of Romans
How are you able to please God? It's not on your own. It's all of God and all of grace, all the time. Salvation is not about making a decision for Christ or somehow being convinced. You can't be saved by doing your best or trying harder because you will always fall short of the standard and may not be saved if you merely profess to believe in Christ. Salvation results from the change the Lord makes in our hearts. Because of this, when we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead, we give all of ourselves and our lives to him to be used for the building up of his kingdom and his glory.

Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:1-14, Romans 10:5-10
Oct 5, 2023Week 4: An Embarrassment of Riches

Oct 5, 2023
Week 4: An Embarrassment of Riches

By: Pastor Joe Griffo
Series: Can We Trust The Bible?
Oct 1, 2023Zeal Is Not Enough

Oct 1, 2023
Zeal Is Not Enough

By: Pastor Joe Griffo
Series: The Book of Romans
In Chapter 10 of Romans, Paul continues to press on about salvation and true saving faith and that simply having zeal or sincerity alone for religion or even for God doesn't equate to salvation. The Jews had the things of God all around them but sought their own righteousness by trying to keep the law, adding to it, or lowering that standard, rather than being humbled by it and looking to Christ, who kept it perfectly. As Christians, when we live for God, we don't do it to gain favor or earn salvation but because of the gift we've already been given in Christ.

Scripture: Hosea 4:1-9, Romans 10:1-6
Sep 28, 2023Week 3: Those Pesky Variants!

Sep 28, 2023
Week 3: Those Pesky Variants!

By: Pastor Joe Griffo
Series: Can We Trust The Bible?

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