Learning to Groan (Romans 8:18-28; Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 5:2-5)
/Christians ought to have a healthy discontentment with living in a fallen world, which is made bearable by understanding the surpassing greatness of what awaits us in heaven.
Not Shrinking Back in Fear (Romans 8:1-17; Exodus 33:18-23; Numbers 9, 13-14)
/Being sons of God means that we can walk through the struggles of this life confident that not even death can keep us from our inheritance.
Learning to Die (Romans 7:13-25; Exodus 33:1-6, 12-16; Psalm 119)
/Between salvation and glory, God takes his people through a journey of humbling self-discovery that teaches them more and more to cry out for mercy and deliverance.
In Death Do Us Part (Romans 7:1-12)
/The law is good, but produces a toxic relationship with sinners because it inevitably provokes the sin within us and the only way out is through death (which we have in Christ).
Not Yet (Psalm 37; Matthew 5:5)
/The world belongs to God’s people who are called to meekly wait for the day when they shall possess it in transformed glory.
Taking Refuge in God's Love (Psalm 36)
/Yahweh, the God of Israel is the light of the world, the water of life and the bread of heaven, his house is a refuge for the needy and we meet him in Jesus Christ.
You Gotta Serve Somebody (Romans 6:15-23; Genesis 2:16-17)
/Everyone has master—demonstrated by whom they obey—but only one Master is able to grant eternal life to those who belong to him.
Consider Yourselves Dead to Sin (Romans 6:1-14; Exodus 14)
/It is not fitting for those who have been freed from slavery to sin to behave as if they were still slaves to it.
Two Adams (Romans 5:12-21; Genesis 2:16-17)
/What ultimately defines you and your hope for eternity is which Adam will represent you on the Last Day.
The Love of God (Romans 5:1-11; Zechariah 13:7-9)
/God’s love in the past helps us to be confident of future glory and to rejoice in present afflictions.
Heirs by Faith (Romans 4:13-25; Genesis 15)
/Saving faith is learning to see past the travails of this world and trust God’s promise that life come through death.
Father Abraham (Romans 4:1-12; Genesis 12, 15, 17)
/Abraham and David testify that it is those who trust God, regardless of their circumcision, that find salvation and that circumcision was meant to reinforce that fact.
The Just and the Justifier (Romans 3:21-31; Exodus 33:12-23)
/The only hope for sinners is the God who freely gives his own righteousness to others that he might treat them as he deserves to be treated.