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But Now... Romans 3:21-31 (Special speakerRusty Savage)

No One IS Good, We All Need Jesus (Rom 3:9-20)

Romans 3:1-8 God’s Righteousness is Upheld, God is righteous as a judge, even while we are sinners. https://pastorsteverhodes.com/2021/02/13/gods-righteousness-upheld-romans-31-8/

This is a testimony Timothy Burns delivered to the church many years ago.

Romans 2:12: For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

Romans 2:1-11 https://pastorsteverhodes.com/2021/01/30/gods-impartial-judgment-romans-21-11/

God's Wrath on us Points to Our Need for Christ (Romans 1:18-32)

Romans 1:16-17; 15:20: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” Romans 15:20: and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation...

Romans 1:16-17: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” Romans 15:20: 20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation...

Matthew 1:18-25: Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jes

Luke 2:1-7: In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Jesus the Gift of God's Love (John 3)

John 14:1-6: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 1:1-5: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Col 1:12-14: 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. The article I referenced at the beginning was this: https://breakpoint.org/live-not-by-lies/?_hsmi=97908173&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ZlXJqrdrZabJUMFhimw3I4-Rw2e1PWxUUWa5ue5tuZs2Op9ms74TP3mAEPin0HQLiW80RfRpWmWGcMy70U2YbHRMenQ

Worldview wrap-up Learn from Israel (2 Kings 17:7-18)

Rev 21:1-4 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us

Romans 1:18-32 https://pastorsteverhodes.com/

Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.