We are a forgetful people in a land of distractions. Our minds are easily captivated by trivial and temporary inducements. New things quickly become old. In our mind’s eye even glory tends to fade and warnings tend to wane. It is no wonder that we who are invisibly united to Christ and visibly in and not of this world live in constant need of renewal. And what is true for the Christian is true for the church. This is a series that seeks to renew the mind of the church. Not so much by reviewing what she is called to do as much as what she is called. As with the Christian so with church, her God-given identity defines her. We who are the church are a people for God and none other.
Before we return to the book of Romans, we will be looking at the what scripture says about the Church, in its nature, how she expresses herself in song, and how the church cares and equips for its members.
The messages from this series can be found here:
Manny Pereira - October 27, 2019
Right with God
How can a sinner be right with God? How can the guilty be forgiven? How can the rebel be reconciled? How can the helpless have hope? How can the outcast draw near? These are the agonies of a sin-sensitive soul; the fears of inner failure that ethnicity, morality, and religiosity are incompetent to quiet. There is only one possible way to be right with God: the gospel of Jesus Christ, which promises that on the basis of Christ and Him crucified a sinner can be justified by faith alone. This was the clarion of the Protestant Reformation, and it is at the heart of the good news that rejoices every guilty soul awakened to it.
Scripture References: Romans 3:1-26, Romans 2:1-29, Romans 1:16-32
