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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.
Godbox
(Illinois Tech's Carr Chapel)
The good news of the gospel reveals how God’s grace meets us where our own efforts fall short.
Queen Athaliah nearly extinguishes the line of David. Out of the ashes rises Joash, a descendant of David, crowned king at the age of 7. When he comes of age, he issues a proclamation to come and restore the Temple, which was in a state of disrepair. Sadly, in a time of testing, he empties the treasures collected in the Temple. Our bodies are a temple of God. Our human efforts cannot restore it, but the King has called all to come to Christ, who can rebuild and restore these temples of God.
Waiting has a lot of negative connotations, but Advent is all about the anticipation of the coming of Jesus. With the world crumbling around us, it is tempting to despair, but instead we should wait on the Lord.
We live in a messed up world and we are messed up, too. Thank God that he does not need for us to be perfect. God can function even in our dysfunction.
When things seems to be falling down around us, we tempted to feel unlucky, like Jacob in this passage. But it may have nothing to do with luck and everything to do with God. Sometimes God has to break us down in order to build us up and bless us, just like he did with Jacob. Sometimes God uses events like this to help us to turn to him and cry out to God.
Malachi 2:10-16
Key Verse: 2:15
Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.
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.