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What We Could Never Do
Romans 3:21-31
The good news of the gospel reveals how God’s grace meets us where our own efforts fall short.
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(Illinois Tech's Carr Chapel)
The good news of the gospel reveals how God’s grace meets us where our own efforts fall short.
At the start of every race all expect to win the race but at the end not everyone will finish the race. The same applies in our lives of faith. Many people begin the life of faith following Jesus, only to give up the race. The question is; are we prepared to run this race?
All of us have our own plans. We make them thinking that we know what is best, but we can’t see the big picture. Only God can. He is the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth and he doesn't do things without a reason. If he closes a door on our plans it’s because it wasn't right for us at the time. Through this passage God gives us an example of this in action.
King Solomon was abundantly blessed by God, but over time his heart was led astray by his hundreds of wives, and he began to follow their gods too. An idolatrous heart is like a cheating heart, and God in his anger would tear the kingdom away from Solomon. Yet out of his mercy he allowed Solomon to rule over 1 tribe, that one day a Savior king would come. God is angry with the wicked every day, but he sent his one and only Son Jesus Christ to save us from our sins and bring us into his eternal kingdom.
Elisha prophesies about all the evil Hazael would do to Israel. Judgment has come upon Israel for their idolatry, and soon the king's family would be cut off. Baal worship has now also crept into Judah - it was approved by their king and queen; Athaliah was like the Jezebel of Judah. The Lord would have had to cut them off as well, but nevertheless, for the sake of David, God did not destroy Judah. Instead he maintained a lamp for David, as he promised, allowing a succession of sons, and through them came the Savior Jesus Christ, the light of the world.
Matthew 17:14-27
Key Verse: 17:20
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
In 2009, I lost my job because of the economy. It was one of the worst days of my life, but two years later God made it one of the best of my life.
Romans shows us the real problem in our lives, sin and death, and the only cure God has given through Jesus.
The cross finished the work, the tomb proved the victory, and the gospel still has power to change lives today.
On August 24, we will be starting a new sermon series called Bible 101, which will go over the basics of faith.
Since 2007, we have been serving Illinois Tech and the surrounding community with the word of God through Bible study and worship service. We are a church composed of alum and current students, who wish to see the love and grace of Jesus shared with others.