PASTOR'S CORNER

  Rom 3:9-31   What is the one thing people need to hear before you can give them the good news of the Gospel? That they are a sinner who has violated God’s holy law and they stand guilty and condemned for their sinful disposition.  I realize this isn’t how you start a conversation with someone , but they need hear this before they can hear good news.  People need to know why they need the good news , before they can receive the good news.  Paul in this chapter exposures all us to our natural disposition.  A disposition the culture would argue against Paul, because the culture sees itself as good and others as bad.  A culture in any age, who loves theirs sin and hates to be told they are sinners.  We live in a world of affirmations, acceptance, and participation trophies ; that prefer: likes, shares, happy faces, over dislikes or angry comments.   No likes to be told they are bad!  But can I say!  You’re not only bad; y...

  Rom 3:1-8 If we took a brief history lesson on the people of God we would discover that it was a rather tragic history for the Jewish people.  It would lead one to ask the question, “Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumsion? (v1)   The tragic history of the Jews was riddled with…. Slavery Hardship Warfare Persecution Slander Captivity Dispersion Humiliation   For 400 hundred years, they were a slaved people in Egypt.  After their divine deliverance of 400 years , they left Egypt to wonder in a barren wilderness for 40 years .  When they finally entered the Promise Land that was flowing with “Milk and Honey” they had to fight for every square inch of that land.  After many years of fighting, it took its toll on this nation and civil war divided them.  The Northern Kingdom was decimated by the Assyrians, with a small remnant taken into captivity.  The Southern Kingdom was conquered and ...