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• Introduction: The gift of life!
• Rid and receive! (v21)
• Listen up! (v19-20)
• Practice what you preach! (v22-25)
• Real religion (v26-27)
• Conclusion

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• Introduction
  1. Address
  2. Trials and joy
  3. If… an exception
  4. Why… take the long view
  5. The wise (right) view to trials and temptations
  6. The negative… don’t be deceived!
• Conclusion

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• John’s doubts (v18)
• Jesus’ response (v21-23)
• Jesus’ own question (v24)
• Jesus’ criticism (v31-35)

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• If I was God I’d end…
• The tragic plight of a grieving mother
• A meeting between life and death
  • Are the words of verse 13 words of comfort or discomfort?
• One who gives life to the dead
• If I was God I’d end…

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• Does faith work?
  • The centurion’s character
  • The centurion’s great insight
  • The centurion’s insight today
• Faith works…

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• Our involvement with Adam
• Our involvement with Jesus
• Two other distinctions
  • A difference in applicability
  • A difference in experience

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1. Our new status: Peace with God
   • We have peace with God… (v1)
   • …through faith in Christ (v1-2)
2. We now have a great hope in which to rejoice, even in suffering
   • A great hope… (v2b)
   • …even in suffering (v3-4)
3. Our hope is certain…
   • …since it is based on God’s love (v5-8)
   • …since it is based on the fact that we have been justified and reconciled (v9-10)
   • …and so we ‘boast’ in God who has done all this (v11)

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• Abraham - a man of faith (v1-8)
• Abraham - the father of all who believe (v9-17)
• Abraham - what faith looks like (v18-22)
• Abraham - an example of faith for you! (v23-25)

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• Our problem - there is no-one who is righteous! (3:9-20)
• BUT NOW - God’s solution has been manifested (3:21-26)
  • Righteousness by faith apart from the law (v21-22a)
  • God’s righteousness is available to all (v22-24)
  • God is righteous in salvation, through Jesus’ death (v24-26)
    • Justification
    • Redemption
    • Atonement
• The one God justifies all people by faith (v27-31)
• What is your response to God’s righteousness?

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• The need for mercy
• The plea for mercy
  • The nature of sin
  • The effects of sin
  • The nature of God
• The mercy of God

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• Put the Gospel at the centre of your Christian fellowship (v3-8)
• Put the Gospel at the centre of your prayer life (v9-11)
• Put the Gospel at the centre of your ambition (v12-18a)
• Put the Gospel at the centre of your self-denial (v18b-26)

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• What does your salvation rest on?
• What makes a true Jew?
  1. The law
  2. Circumcision
  3. The heart
• Defending the character of God?
  1. A covenant God
  2. A faithful God
  3. A just God
  4. A truthful God

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• Intro: Dear Paul
• Finger-pointing and Hypocrisy (2:1-5)
• Living By and Under the Law (2:12-16)
• God’s Judgement Comes on ALL! (2:6-11)
• Implications

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• God is angry with humanity’s unrighteousness (v18)
• Humanity’s rejection of God is inexcusable (v19-20)
• God gives sinful humanity over to their own sin (v21-32)
• Thinking Biblically about homosexuality

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• A passion for the world
• A passion for salvation
• A passion for righteousness
• A passion for faith

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• The Man (v1)
• The Message (v1d-4)
• The Task (v5-6)
• The Question (v7)

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• Life is a battle
• The Lord is true refuge
• Three reasons to find refuge in God:
  1. Sovereignty
  2. How he deals with people
  3. His righteousness
• We can find refuge in a whole load of things - but they’re not real refuge
• It calls for discernment
• At the cross of Jesus there is true refuge
• Offers of eternal security in something other than God
• Where do you find refuge in the battle of life?

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• Introduction - Justice and Mercy
• What is a Psalm?
• The two become one
• Logic vs. the Heart
• Psalm 9
  1. Thanksgiving
  2. The reason for his thanks - God’s deliverance
  3. God the judge
  4. The certainty of judgement
• Psalm 10
  1. Where is God?
  2. Profile of the enemy
  3. Plea for justice
  4. Trust in God
• Comparison - Logic vs. the Heart

Psalm 9 - The Facts	Psalm 10 - The Heart
9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.	1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;	13 Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”? (i.e., it looks like God has forgotten about the wicked) 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none. (The heart says “God has failed to act. Please do something”)
12 he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.	11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.” 12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted. (The heart says God has forgotten)
Ultimately the both affirm God.
7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,	16 The LORD is king forever and ever;

• Conclusion
  • What’s happening in your life?
  • Look to the throne

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• God’s majesty and Man?
• God’s majesty is evident in creation (v1, 3)
• God’s majesty is evident in man as rulers over His creation (v5-8)
• Man has failed as God’s representative on earth (Hebrews 2)
• God uses weak man to display His majesty more clearly (v2)
• Humble, obedient, trust