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The weekly podcast of Berean Bible Church. For additional audio and transcript files, visit our main site at www. BereanBibleChurch.org

The weekly podcast of Berean Bible Church. For additional audio and transcript files, visit our main site at www. BereanBibleChurch.org

The weekly podcast of Berean Bible Church. For additional audio and transcript files, visit our main site at www. BereanBibleChurch.org

The weekly podcast of Berean Bible Church. For additional audio and transcript files, visit our main site at www. BereanBibleChurch.org

The weekly podcast of Berean Bible Church. For additional audio and transcript files, visit our main site at www. BereanBibleChurch.org

The weekly podcast of Berean Bible Church. For additional audio and transcript files, visit our main site at www. BereanBibleChurch.org

The weekly podcast of Berean Bible Church. For additional audio and transcript files, visit our main site at www. BereanBibleChurch.org

We continue this morning in our study of Rom. chapter 9. I know that this has been a difficult chapter for many. Some of you have probably even felt your stomach tie in knots as you were confronted with the truth of God’s absolute sovereignty. Rom. 9 is the clearest, most in-depth teaching on the absolute sovereignty of God to be found in Scripture, and fallen man finds this hard to accept. Why is...

The emphasis in Rom. 9 is on the absolute sovereignty of God. To say that God is sovereign is to say that He does as He pleases, only as He pleases, always as He pleases: that whatever takes place in time is but the outworking of that which He decreed from eternity. Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established...

When God gives eternal life to a person, when God enters into the eternal covenant with someone, He never changes it, there's never a possibility of separation from then on throughout eternity. Paul ends Rom. 8 by saying there is nothing that can separate us from the love of Christ? We are absolutely secure in Him. This message preached by David B. Curtis on Feb , 5th, 2012. Media #588. Berean Bib...

We are studying Rom. chapter 9, and we have seen that it is theodicy-a vindication, or defense, of God. In the first five verses Paul gives us an introduction to this section. He tells us of his love for Israel. He says that he wished he could take their curse, implying that they were under the curse of God. This raises all kinds of questions. What about all the promises that God made to Israel? H...

Have you ever found yourself defending God? I’m sure you have heard things from people such as, "If God is love how could He allow that to happen?" - Which is an accusation against God’s love. The Bible says that God is love, but many question that when things don’t go their way. Some say, "It’s not fair that innocent people suffer and babies die." Or, "it’s not right that men like Hitler, Jeffery...

Have you ever found yourself defending God? I’m sure you have heard things from people such as, "If God is love how could He allow that to happen?" - Which is an accusation against God’s love. The Bible says that God is love, but many question that when things don’t go their way. Some say, "It’s not fair that innocent people suffer and babies die." Or, "it’s not right that men like Hitler, Jeffery...

The theme of this section is the love of God for His people. God is for His people and only His people! But a lot of people mistakenly think that God is on their side. Hitler thought God was on Germany’s side. We hear the same language used by political parties in our country with grand claims that they are doing the will of God, and so quite obviously, He must be on their side. So what about you?...

Well it’s New’s Years Day, Happy New Year! It’s that time when people make resolutions. They resolve to give up this or start doing that. I really don’t like Jan at the gym, it can get really crowed, but I know from experience that in Feb things will be back to normal. At this time of year people are resolving to do all kinds of things. If you want to make a resolution that will really help you, r...

Good morning! We are here this Christmas morning to worship the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus. Is today His birthday? I highly doubt it. I’m sure that you are aware that there is much debate in churchianity over the date of Jesus birth. So when was Jesus born? I think that if we look closely at the Scriptures, we can get a very good idea as to when He was born. To understand when He was b...

All that comes to pass in our lives is according to the eternal plan of the all-wise, all-powerful, and all-loving great God and our Father. The sovereignty of God is absolute, irresistible, and infinite. God does as He pleases, only as He pleases, always as He pleases; whatever takes place in time is but the outworking of that which He decreed in eternity. Is this too strong for you? If it is, yo...

To say that the subject of this message and our text is controversial puts it mildly! Whenever you talk about God’s sovereignty in salvation you are going to find opposition. About twenty years ago a pastor moved to the Tidewater area to take a church. I met with him over lunch and we talked about what we believed. We got into a discussion on the sovereignty of God and salvation. I was sharing wit...

For our study this morning in the book of Rom. we are going to look at one verse: And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to - His purpose. Rom. 8:28 NASB Besides John 3:16, this may be the most loved and quoted promise of the New Testament. How many of you have this verse memorized? And, there is good reason for tha...

I am hoping that since we are now three days past Thanksgiving, that the tryptophan and carb overload has worked its way out of your systems, and therefore you will not all fall asleep on me. And speaking of Thanksgiving - that is part of the topic we will be looking at today, athough the emphasis will be on prayer in general. Let’s open things up by looking at some Scriptures- Don’t worry about a...

In our last study of Rom. we looked at verses 24-25 of chapter 8 and the focus of our discussion was on time. Paul’s audience looked forward to salvation with hope. They did so because it was future to them. It is not future to us. The ages have changed and what was future to them is past to us. We must learn to read the Bible with audience relevance. What did it mean to its original audience? Thi...

For the last three weeks we have been looking at Rom. 8:18-25, this will be part four and our final look at this section. We have seen that "the creation" in Rom. 8, is not referring to the physical creation but is a reference to the believing remnant of Israel. - Paul told them that their present sufferings were not worthy to be compared with the glory "about to be revealed." Since this was about...

The majority view of this text is that Paul is talking about the physical creation. Most believers see this text as talking about the physical recreation of the planet. They see the planet as under a curse that will be lifted at the return of Christ. As I have said I think this text is talking about Israel. - Believing Israelites are the "creation". The Greek word used here for "creation" is ktisi...

We are continuing our study of Rom. 8:18-25 this morning. Many take this text to be teaching a renovation or redemption of planet earth. They see this text as a time when God will free the planet from the curse. Which seems a little inconsistent because most futurists believe that God is going to destroy the earth. And you can’t have destruction (2 Pet.3:10) and deliverance (Rom.8:21-23) of the sa...

We saw in our last study that the Spirit of adoption was the guarantee that they, first century saints, would receive the adoption as sons, the redemption of the body. - The presence of the Holy Spirit in the first century saints was like an engagement ring in that it gave substance to their hopes of future glory. To be a son of God is also to be an heir, and so Paul’s discussion of the Holy Spiri...