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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
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  • 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 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 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 24, 2023God’s Sovereign Election (Part 5)
    Sep 24, 2023
    God’s Sovereign Election (Part 5)
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
    In conclusion to the 5 part mini-series on God’s sovereign election in the salvation of his people, we are reminded that all people are sinners who, apart from God’s grace, cannot seek after God due to their nature. This is why we see those we would never expect come to Christ and those we would otherwise expect, ultimately miss and reject God.
     
    Scripture: Isaiah 44:9-20, Romans 9:13-33
  • Sep 17, 2023God’s Sovereign Election (Part 4)
    Sep 17, 2023
    God’s Sovereign Election (Part 4)
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
    As he continues through the subject of God's sovereignty, Paul anticipates the question of one's free will and doubles down on the authority of God in all areas, including this.  While we can have very sincere questions if we're hoping to gain greater understanding, we must remember that all of our actions are tainted by sin due to our fallen nature, and absent God's grace, we are all vessels of destruction, which are used to show his power and to make known the riches of his glory
     
    Scripture: Job 40:1-15, Romnans 9:19-24
  • Sep 3, 2023God’s Sovereign Election (Part 3)
    Sep 3, 2023
    God’s Sovereign Election (Part 3)
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
    In part 3 of this section on God's sovereign election of his people, Paul impresses upon us what it means for God to "harden" someone, which is simply an act of his leaving someone to their own way.  It can be an act of judgment, to show us how sinful we truly are or to accomplish his will and purposes.  
     
    Scripture: Exodus 7:1-13, Romans 9:16-18
  • Aug 27, 2023God’s Sovereign Election (Part 2)
    Aug 27, 2023
    God’s Sovereign Election (Part 2)
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
    There are two major categories of objections to the reality of God's sovereign election in salvation, fairness and personal freedom, that Paul anticipates and addresses as we wrestle with this challenging doctrine.  Just as a governor, who has the authority and prerogative, can pardon the convicted, so too does God in choosing to show mercy on some and not others.  This is not based on anything that we do but is the free gift of mercy shown to convicted and underserved sinners.  
     
    Scripture: Exodus 33:1-6, 12-19, Romans 9:1-16
  • Aug 20, 2023God’s Sovereign Election
    Aug 20, 2023
    God’s Sovereign Election
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
    While a sometimes difficult doctrine, all of scripture shows us that God is sovereign over the salvation of those whom he chooses for the purpose of carrying out his plans and decrees.  It's God's gift of election that determines our faith, and for those in Christ, this gives us great assurance of our faith.  Far from being blind, true faith is trust with all of the knowledge that he's revealed to us. 
     
    Scripture: Psalm 135, Romans 9:1-13
  • Aug 13, 2023Always Preach. Never Presume
    Aug 13, 2023
    Always Preach. Never Presume
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
    While God is always sovereign in the salvation of his people, this fact does not negate our responsibility as Christians to preach the Gospel, with love and without partiality, to all people, whether they're sympathetic to us or not.  We also cannot make the mistake that someone having all of the advantages of growing up around the church and being surrounded by the things God equates to salvation in Christ.  Always preach, never presume, because what's at stake is everything. 
     
    Scripture: Isaiah 48:12-19, Romans 9:1-5
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