Friday DIVE

    TONIGHT’S TEXT Romans 8:1-5  NRSV Updated Edition   1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  2 For the law of the Spirit[a] of life in Christ Jesus has set you[b] free from the law of sin and of death.  3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could […]

  TONIGHT’S TEXT Romans 7:14-25  NRSV Updated Edition   14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin.[a]  15 I do not understand my own actions.  For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.   16 Now if I do what I

    TONIGHT’S TEXT Romans 7:1-13  NRSV Updated Edition   1 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters — for I am speaking to those who know the law — that the law is binding on a person only during that person’s lifetime?  2 Thus a married woman is bound by the law to her husband as

      TONIGHT’S TEXT Romans 6  NRSV Updated Edition   1 What then are we to say?  Should we continue in sin in order that grace may increase?  2 By no means!  How can we who died to sin go on living in it?  3 Do you not know that all of us who were baptized into

  TONIGHT’S TEXT Romans 6:1-11  NRSV Updated Edition  What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may increase?  2 By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?  3 Do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized

    TONIGHT’S TEXT Romans 5:12-21 Adam and Christ    12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned — 13 for sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no

    THE TEXT FOR TONIGHT’S DISCUSSION Romans 5:6-11     6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  7 Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person — though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die.  8 But God proves his love for us in that while

          Romans 5:1-5, 6-11, 12-14, 15-21 Results of Justification    Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access[b] to this grace in which we stand, and we[c] boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that,

WELCOME and THANKS OPENING COMMENTS Season’s greetings … to those who celebrate Christmas. To those who don’t … that’s OK … Let’s all remember what Paul told the Christians in Rome … especially what he said in Romans 14:1, 5-6, 10-12, 13 Those of us who observe Christmas celebrate NOT and day/date, BUT an event.

  OPENING COMMENTS My apologies for quoting so much … but even though I have a fair understanding, I can’t always explain as well as William Barclay (or David Guzik) does … and I want to make sure you get a good understanding. Our text for tonight is Romans 3:21-31.     Romans 3:21-31  NKJV