MBM Parramatta / Bible Talks

A true “success story” in life is when you trust in Jesus like the kids, when you turn your back on the god of wealth & when you whole-heartedly, whole-of-life follow Jesus, just like the disciples.

If Romans 9 was a God-eye perspective on how people are saved, Romans 10 presents a human-eye perspective. Along the way, it presents three confronting truths all so that we can be zealous WITH knowledge about Jesus being God’s way to God. 

When it comes to Israel, God’s word hasn’t failed, because God will have mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy. Which is actually good news for you and for me.

If Romans is the Himalayas, Romans 8 is Mount Everest. Romans 8:31-39 is the pinnacle by taking our breath away when it comes to assurance. 

Because God is FOR us, and God is IN us, there is now no condemnation. Every follower of Jesus has been set free from the penalty and power of sin

Romans 7 reveals our condition to us such that it pushes us to rejoice in the hope and power of Jesus while we wrestle with or residual sin nature

We all serve something or someone. In Romans 6, what a relief we’re no longer slaves to sin but instead slaves to God

We have been united with Christ! One of the blessings of this is that we’ve been given a new identity. God’s grace not only forgives sins, but also delivers us from sinning. 

In Acts 17, Paul delivers a masterclass on witnessing. He points out that we have far more in common than we think. It’s on this basis that we can be optimistic as we take up the call to be witnesses to the ends of the earth.

Every Christian needs to be pessimistic about how bad we really are, and at the same time, optimistic about how grace changes us! We once were dead, but now by God’s grace, we have been saved

The Jesus plan is to see the good news go to the ends of the earth in the power of God’s Spirit

There are really only two types of people in the world - those who belong to Adam, and those who belong to Jesus. 

Romans 5 outlines how we have peace with God, how we stand in God’s grace and the certain hope we have in Jesus. This is a hope that stands up in the face of suffering and is based on what God’s already done

After telling us how we can be justified by faith, Romans 4 outlines how this amazing free gift is received - by faith.

Romans 3 contains what Leon Morris calls, ‘possibly the most important single paragraph ever written’. In this talk, we see why that’s the case. 

To mark the occasion of the reveal of our new church name, we see how Jesus alone brings the renewal we all need to make us his renewed people.

To the Jew who thinks that simply being a Jew, or simply having the law or circumcision means they will be spared from God’s wrath on the day of judgment, Paul points out that God’s standard is not  having  the law but  keeping  the law. God is not impressed by the merely outward appearance of external religion. Jews and Gentiles alike will be found without excuse and guilty on the day of God’s wr...

So often we try to excuse ourselves from God’s judgment by playing the comparison game saying to ourselves: “At least I’m not as bad as …..”. Romans 2 exposes that heart and says all humanity falls under God’s judgment. 

The world we inhabit will remain mysterious to us if we don’t reckon with the reality of God’s wrath. But we also need to know why God’s wrath is a reality, and the result of God’s wrath in our experience of life. This is what Romans 1:18-32 is all about.

The Gospel is God’s power for salvation because it reveals God’s righteousness. Therefore Christians should not be ashamed of it, by build up each other’s faith in it

Romans opens with a bang. It begins with gospel content before inviting gospel response. In these opening 7 verses, Paul issues both a declaration and an invitation to make Jesus Christ your Lord. 

Mission can have its ups and downs, but we should still speak because God will be with us

An exploration of doubt, evidence, and the resurrection of Jesus, showing why believing in him is the difference between uncertainty about death and the promise of eternal life.

Jesus - in the way only he can - teaches about pride. In doing so he outlines polar opposites when it comes to mission and motives.