Sunday 22nd September 2024
Read: Psalm 27:1-6; Luke 10:25-37; Romans 13:8-14
Sermon: Romans 13:8-14
Introduction
Romans 1-11 The transforming Gospel
Romans 13:8-10 The never ending debt
Romans 13:11-14 The weapons of light
Romans 13:1-7 Worshipping God by submitting to authority
Sunday 15th September 2024
Read: Jeremiah 29:1-12; Romans 13:1-7
Other readings: Psalm 2, 146; Proverbs 8:15-16, 21:1; Daniel 4:24-37; Matthew 5:41, 22:15-21; John 19:10-11; 1 Timothy 2:1-4; Titus 3:1-2ff; Daniel 3 & 6; Acts 5:17-42 (esp 29)
Sermon: Romans 13:1-7
Introduction: The obedience of faith
1-2. The command, explanation & implication
3-4. Further explanation and application
5-6. Further implication & illustration
7. Summation
Conclusion: The claims of conscience
Romans 12:9-21 A transformed life in the real world
Sunday 8th September 2024
Read: Psalm 85; Matthew 5:1-16; Romans 12:9-21
Sermon: Romans 12:9-21
Romans 1-11 The transforming Gospel
Romans 12:9-21 A transformed life in community
12:9-13 transformed life in the Christian community
12:14-16 transformed life in blessing to the world
12:17-21 transformed life in a hostile world
Romans 12:1-8 God’s righteousness in everyday life
Sunday 1st September 2024
Read: Ephesians 4:1-24; Romans 12:1-8
Sermon: Romans 12:1-8
Introduction. How are we to live…? Everything depends on understanding 1-11
12:1 Consecrated bodies, offered to God
12:2 A renewed mind. Transformed to know and do God’s will
12:3 Humility. Thinking rightly about ourselves in light of the Gospel
12:4 Bodies as “one” body, “in Christ”
12:6-8 Gifts to strengthen the body and help it flourish
Summary: The Christian life… a life lived in response to doctrine, in union with Christ