Sermons- Trinity Bible Fellowship Davenport

Something as high as a host of angels appeared to something as low as a few scattered shepherds. Jesus came to all and for all.

Meet the King - Luke 2:11

They were called wise men before this story began.  Then they proved their wisdom by seeking Him out and worshiping Him.

Those who receive the good news praise God for those who proclaim it.

It is not too high, it is not too low, and it is not complicated.  Salvation is available to all who believe

The religious Jews of that day knew the Law, and were zealous for it.  But they did not know God’s righteousness or seek it.

Just like Israel, we sometimes think it is our righteousness that saves us.  Only the righteousness of Christ, attained through faith, can do that work.

The question is, how can God blame us, when it He is the One who made us and no one can resist His will?  The answer feels like a hard slap – Who do you think you are to question God.  He’s the Potter and you’re just a pot!  The reality is we do resist His will, and we do it to our own harm.

We enter into the difficult area of God’s sovereign election, and how wrong it sometimes looks from the human perspective.  But God’s Word has not failed, and His gift is gracious.

We see Paul’s deep desire to see his people come to Christ.  We should desire that drive for ourselves.

The next 3 chapters stand apart and deal with the question of how the Jews fit into God’s plan with the Church.  We will go through these chapters the same way we’ve gone through the rest of Romans, but this message will be an introductory overview.

Robert McDowall Mission Report and Sermon

God loves us deeply.  Deep faith recognizes this is true.

It’s not that we don’t have an enemy.  It’s that the enemy doesn’t measure up to the heroes watching out for us.

This passage is a paragraph about the confidence we have in God’s blessings.  We know that all things work together for good to us, because He has already glorified us.

Some of our most important, most urgent prayers are beyond our ability to express.  The Holy Spirit does for us what we cannot do for ourselves.

We live in the time of suffering, but we persevere in the confident hope of a better life to come.

This passage reveals the wonderful relationship that lets us call God ‘Abba, Father,’ and the ominous teaching that this may call for suffering.

How Will They Hear? Ephesians 2:12-14

Pastor John Doyle speaks on Hebrews 6:4-6

Today’s passage makes having the Spirit crucial to living the Christian life.  How do I know I have the Holy Spirit?  This Sunday’s message will wrestle with this sometimes difficult question.

Works of the flesh or keeping of the Law cannot please God.  But the Spirit can, and God has given us His Spirit.

What a refreshing and liberating statement.  After all the things that can’t help us, there is no condemnation if we are in Christ.

There’s what I want to do, but don’t do, and there’s what I don’t want to do, but do anyway.  Aaaah!

Have you ever been in a contest where you were hopelessly outclassed?  You didn’t realize it at first, but it soon became evident, and you just wanted to give up, but you couldn’t.  Welcome to the struggle to keep the Law.