But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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… will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his love for us in this, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. He died for us. And it's through faith in what he has done that we are reconciled to God. This is the good news for every non-Christian friend who's in here this morning. Hear the good news. God has poured out the wrath due sin upon his son, and he has said to you sitting here in this room, if you will trust in him to save you from your sin as Lord over your life, he will remove all your sin forever. then he goes on in Romans 6 to describe how through faith in Christ we're dead to sin and alive to God this changes everything about how we live now Romans 7 that doesn't mean we don't struggle with sin we do for what we want to do we don't do what we hate we do it's kind of schizophrenic Paul we want to do good evil's right there with us waging war against the law of our mind making a prisoner of law at work within our members then Paul says who's going to rescue us And the answer, thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. …
… one would even dare even to die but God showed his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us what a blessed truth that is to remember and to live in the reality of tonight Christ died for me. I was that person on the road to Jericho, beaten and robbed. And the good Samaritan came by. And the balm of Gilead was poured out. And my wounded heart was healed. In fact, it was replaced with a heart of flesh and gave me full recovery and gave you full recovery. you and I received this love at salvation this sixth commandment God does not merely address murderers those who should be doing time in prison God is speaking to us as church members the prohibition is put before us you shall not murder the prescription that is effective in preventing murder is God's love. The children of God have love. And we love people not because we have discovered that some are lovable, but because the Spirit of Christ is in us. …
… though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. God demonstrates his love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more will we be saved from God's wrath through him? For if in our sin, not only is this so, but we rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom we have now received reconciliation. Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men because all sin, for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but sin is not taken into account where there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over the nation who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam who was a power over the one to come. But the gift is not like the trespass. …
… what we don't deserve, actually had an expression in time and history. It occurred at Calvary at the cross of Jesus Christ. Romans 5 says, God demonstrated his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Because of God's grace, God sent his son Jesus to be the means of our salvation. And when Jesus died on the cross, that act by God provided the opportunity for anyone to be saved. The basis of our salvation is God's grace. The means of salvation is Christ's death. The channel of salvation, number three, is our faith. The channel of salvation is by our faith. The way God's grace through the death of Jesus Christ applies or is applied to our life is through our faith. Now get this, we're not saved by faith. We are saved by God's grace. God's grace that was demonstrated by Christ's death. But we receive salvation through faith. It was Paul who said in Ephesians 2, for by what? Grace you are saved through faith. …
… But I want you to see God's grace, and it's explained in Romans 5, 8, where the Bible says, but God demonstrates his own love for us in this. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Let me give you the remix, the MLT version. While we were still blind, he saw us. I came to tell you today Wherever you are However, you're hurting Whatever blindness you have Whatever prayer you feel like it's not getting through God sees you In the boardroom He sees you in the crack house He sees you Laying down in another Another's bed He sees you Struggling through college He sees you in abuse right now. He sees you. You've been isolated for a long time. I feel this in my spirit because this ain't for everybody to get hype right now, but somebody was on the edge of losing hope. God sees you. Somebody just say it in faith. Say, God sees me. No, say it again. God sees me. I know you only have enough money to make it through this week, but God sees you. …
… mine stinks Romans 5 8 but God shows his love for us and that while we were still sinners Christ died for us wow Romans 5 12 therefore just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin and so death spread to all men or all mankind because all sinned. Romans 6, 23, for the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 10, verses 9 through 11, because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the scripture says, everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame. Romans 10, 13. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Make sure that's you. Call upon him today. Standing right now where you're at, you can say, Lord, I'm calling upon you. And the great prophet Isaiah said that if you'll call upon the name of the Lord, you shall be saved. And we try to complicate that. He's convicting you. He's calling you out. …
A picture of reunion. Relaxation. Welcome. Welcome. Restoration. To come to a porch is to come home. Did you know that your heavenly Father has a porch? And it's framed with planks of mercy and kindness and grace. And over the doorway, welcome home. This is the big message of the Bible. and is certainly the big message in a chapter of the Bible in the book of Luke. At the heart of the gospel of Luke is the heart of the gospel of God. And over the next nine weeks, under the title, The Porch Light is On, we're going to work our way through this wondrous chapter and I gotta tell you I'm so excited I've been thrilled about this looking forward to this day for months months because you get Luke 15 God gets you and I'm so excited about it, I'm going to go ahead and give you your homework assignment. Two assignments, two tasks. Number one, over the next nine weeks, would you please read Luke 15 every week? …
… Our St. Paul says, God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. That we were reconciled to God through the death of his son. That we have to realize this, if we're open to it, God gives us precisely the grace that is needed. If we're open to it, God gives us precisely the amount of grace that we need. here's a question do you believe that like do we do we actually believe that do we believe that that i know this i know that god will act in the situation even if he doesn't act before the situation i believe that god will give me precisely the amount of help that i need do you believe that i know i believe god will give me precisely the amount of grace that I need to survive any moment, any trial, any test, even if survival means failure or even if survival means seeming failure. I know I've talked about Lord of the Rings quite a few times, but it's really good. …
… the ungodly. For scarcely a righteous man will one die, yet perhaps a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates his love towards us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Why did Christ die for us? Because there was no other way to satisfy the righteous demands of God. Why did Christ die for us? Because we had no ability to improve ourselves, much less save ourselves. Why did Christ die for us? Because we faced a future in hell because of our sin. And for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have everlasting life. The message of the gospel is a message of love. It is a message of forgiveness. It is a message of hope. It is a message that needs to be shared. The gospel in a nutshell is Christ died for our sins. He was buried and he rose again after three days. …
we want to offer a prayer at this time. And it could be that you know personally or have some kind of connection with someone who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our country. And you would like to stand on behalf of that person. You won't be asked to say anything or do anything. But as we pray, if you want to stand on behalf of somebody, please do so. And this prayer is a silent prayer. And so we'll just get it started. And you talk to your heavenly Father. Thank him. Respond to him as he leads. Okay? Gracious Father, now we honor those who were so willing to give soul. much. Through Christ we pray and all God's people said Amen. You can be seated. You know what I wish? I wish that everyone understood what we are doing here today is infinitely more important than what the Spurs will do tonight. Just saying. I love the Spurs. I'll be watching the game. But long after that game is over, what we do here will continue. …
… but his love is pure mercy and grace. Paul says God shows his love for us in this that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. Imagine that. While we were still sinners. Not after we loved him. While we were still sinners. while we were running away, Christ died for us. That is tremendous great love, isn't it? This love of God for us, the initiating love. God is the fountain of love. God is the spring of love. Our love always and only a reflection and a response to His love. He loved us first. Second way that John talks about God's great love, he says it's revealed. And this is really the heart of what he's getting at in the text. He points this out twice, this revelation of God's love. He says in verse 9, In this the love of God was made manifest. This is how God showed his love to us. And he says something similar. Verse 10, in this is love. …
… you fear living in any way that you would show that the sacrifice of christ on the cross is not important to you you fear living like that it's exactly what romans chapter 5 verse 8 and 9 is saying while we were still sinners christ died for us that's how we know he loves us then what does he say in verse 9 since we have now been justified by his blood how much more will be saved from God's wrath through him. We don't fear condemnation before God because of Christ. Apart from Christ, we've got a lot of reason to fear the judgment of God. But because of Christ, we don't fear condemnation. We fear living in such a way that we show that condemnation, that his forgiveness was not real and true and genuine. And fear of God now becomes equated with love for God. now I know I know this is not something we talk about a lot and that's why Acts chapter 5 is such a foreign passage in the American church it just we struggle with the picture of God that we're seeing here but if we want to worship truly we can't put some doctrines in the Bible aside we've got to embrace scripture we've got to embrace what scripture is teaching us and it's going to deepen our worship. See how this deepens our worship. When we fear God, we fear deceiving him or distrusting him or disobeying him. Do you see how the result becomes authentic Christianity …
… Love is a commitment from God. Look here in Romans chapter five, verse eight, but God demonstrates his own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. While we were unfaithful, while we were rebellious, while we were away and against God, he didn't fold his arms and say, well, you better come back to me. No, he left his throne, sent his one and only son to come and pursue the lost sheep of Israel. Anybody thankful today that God's love is a choice and it's a decision and he won't stop now? Come on, South Bay, clap with us today. His love is a choice. And he doesn't wait to see if you're going to respond. He doesn't wait to see if you're going to be faithful. No, he just, with all of heaven, pursues you because this is his commitment to your life. I love this. Put it on the screen. Hosea loved Homer the way God loves us. initiating love before it's ever returned. …
… he was wrong Romans 5.8 says God demonstrates his own love toward us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us while I was in the middle of my sin that's when I found God in the middle of my sin I didn't have to clean myself up to come to him there isn't a single Bible verse that says clean yourself up and then come to God. God wants you to come just as you are. You come just as you are. Sin and all. Sin and all. That night I sat there at the Harvest Crusade, I came into the stadium wanting to get out as soon as possible so I could go out and get high. That was my life. I was content with it. I liked it. I was high every single day for over a year and a half. Every single day. I got hired at a job. High. That's how good I hit it. They didn't even know. They were like, you're hired. …
… Paul writes, God proves his love for us and that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. The reality, of course, is that God does not waste our wounds. That all of this can be used. That the truth is this, that nothing given to God is ever, ever wasted because he's involved. Because God can use every part of your story. Because the answer to that question, is God in the middle, is an absolute resounding yes. So this is the last thing. Michael Reagan, when he grew up, as I said, with all these wounds in his past, he had wounds in his present, right? His life was a mess. His life was a wreck. And then what happened is he met Jesus. Jesus was brought into his life and he took all of that pain and all of that suffering, he took all that story, all of that, and he brought it to Jesus and he found mercy. That's why the actual, the title of Michael Reagan's autobiography is Twice Adopted. …
… So that having been justified by his grace, that means having our sins wiped away by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. Paul wrote it this way, but God demonstrates his own love for us in this. while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, by the mess of his death, by the shredding of his flesh, by the piercing of his brow, by the piercing of his hands and his feet and his side, by the mess of it all, of him giving his life, that's how we've been justified before a holy God. how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him? For if while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life? God's seeking you today. He's already done the work of saving you. and he's seeking you today with the message of an already finished work of salvation and he'll he'll go as far as necessary to find you i was thinking about this talk and remembering about a story that our church in our earliest days had a part in i was traveling on a plane in 2010 and i was reading the usa today does anybody remember this yeah no uh monday july 12th, flying to speak somewhere, reading my USA Today. Spain had won the World Cup, big story there. …
… When it was at its worst, Jesus moved towards them. This is Romans 5 verse 8. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. and they're going, hey, by the time, by this time, there's going to be a bad odor. The effects of death will have begun to take its toll. And you need to hear this today. This is gospel. This is resurrection talk today. If the stench of your sin is unbearable, can I encourage you today? Jesus is not afraid of entering into your tomb. The junk and the stink of your life, he doesn't move away from you. Maybe everybody else in your life has, but Jesus will move towards you. Jesus moves towards us when we're at our worst, and he offers you one true, the only true, grace-filled, mercy-soaked solution. so they took the stone away and Jesus looked up and said father I thank you that you've heard me I know that you always hear me but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here that they may believe that you sent me and when he had said this Jesus called in a loud voice Lazarus, come out. Verse 44, the dead man came out. …
… And so your faith and hope are in God. Paul wrote it this way, but God demonstrates his own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified, there's our word, made righteous. How? By his blood. The life of the flesh is in the blood. The innocent living son of God is shedding his blood. We've been justified by his blood. How much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him? Paul writes again, your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast so that you may be a new unleavened batch as you really are. And then here comes his closing. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Now it's in the tradition of the church. It's in the teaching of the early church. Christ is the Passover lamb. There were Passover lambs back in Egypt, but now there's just a Passover lamb, capital P-A-S-S-O-V-E-R, lamb, and he is Christ. This is what John was talking about. …
… fix on our own and so the second reading was the third part of the gospel they chose Romans chapter five where saint paul writes he says god proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners christ died for us the third part of the gospel is what here is this broken world so god himself goes on a rescue mission to save our lives the only person who could bridge the gap between god and us is god and us right is is jesus who is fully god and fully man that's the third part that's what they wanted proclaimed at their wedding and then the gospel was the gospel from last week, John chapter 3, verse 16. For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that all those who believe in him would not perish but have eternal life. They said, because why? Because the fourth part of the gospel is if we put our trust in Jesus, we can have new life. So here's the four parts, right? That God is good. He made this world good. Made us in his image and likeness. …
… scarcely die for a righteous person. No, perhaps for a good person, one would dare even to die. But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. put it all together church for God's people for all who trust in him and specifically all who put their trust in Jesus our joy is not found in our ever-changing circumstances and isn't that good news if our joy is dependent on what happens or doesn't happen tomorrow on how that doctor's visit goes, on how that conversation with your boss goes, your joy is dependent on decisions that other people make, we will have no foundation for joy in this life. We will live our lives on sinking sand because our circumstances are ever changing. But God has not called us to live that way. Our joy is not found in our ever changing circumstances. Our joy is found in God's never changing promises. Oh, don't miss this. Please don't miss this. When your foundation is God's never changing promises, when your hope is built on the actual guarantees of God, not the nice sounding lies of this world, there is surprising joy to be found even in the midst of suffering in this world. I, as I was preparing this week, just meditating on this truth, I immediately thought about Casey Black, a man in the first church I pastored. The epitome of health on the outside, muscular, fit, worked out, ate well, wife and young daughter. One day his stomach started hurting …
… for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. The hard part is behind you. Verse 9 says, If he has justified you by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him? The hard part is behind you. He already hung there. Stop living in your shame. He died for it. The hard part is behind you. The hard part was accomplished for you. By the grace of God today, I command you to be clean. I command you to allow his grace to wash it away, to wash off the residue of the regret and the failure. The hard part is behind you. I want everyone standing all over this church. No one moving. No one distracting. The moment. This moment. This moment. This moment is significant. You are standing at the door, and you've come all this way. Look at how much you've survived. …
… children and I'm making my business that okay if you wake me up in the middle of the night and you need to be saved I'm gonna say Romans 3 23 Romans 6 23 Romans 5 8 Romans 10 9 and 10 10 13 I know it by the heart. I not only know where it is, I can quote them to you. Come on, holler back at it, brother. Y'all think that's the pastor's job. It's not just the pastor's job, it's everybody's job who claims to be a child of the Most High God. And the tragedy is some of y'all have been a part of this church for a long time and you still haven't learned how to share the gospel. God, I can't get no help up in here. I can't get no support. I can't get no help. Y'all don't understand what I'm saying. I feel like I'm talking to myself. I'm challenging you to be in a posture or position to be able to share the gospel with somebody, with your friends, relatives, acquaintances, neighbors, coworkers, enemies, and your strangers without notes. Y'all, listen, y'all are not going to stand before God and God asks you, did you know how to share the gospel? You are not going to be able to say, John Jenkins didn't tell us. …
… Though for a good person, someone might possibly dare to die. but God demonstrates his own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. That's the gospel. That's the good news. That is the good news. That is what gets me off the treadmill of wondering what more must I do to get into a place where I can have peace with God. Look, God loved you enough to do what needed to be done for you to have peace with God while you are still in your worst condition, God demonstrated his love for you and for us. Since we have now been justified, anybody been justified in this place today? Just checking to see. Okay, that's not, that's not a, definitely was not 100%, so this is a good word. how by his blood whose blood Christ's blood right here how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him through Jesus for if while we were God's enemies we were reconciled to him through the death of his son how much more having been reconciled shall we be saved through his life Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. …
… However much love God can generate is exactly what He gives to His own. And Romans 5.8 says, God demonstrated His love for His own, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. He loved His own when they were yet sinners. He loved them so much it would be impossible to love them more because it would be impossible to do more than give His Son as a sacrifice. He loves His own with an everlasting, immeasurable love. This is the greatest gift a human being can be given. No matter how many other loves fail, this one never does. And it sounds too good, really. And some people who call themselves Christians think it is too good to assume that this love Love is that complete and permanent. Can we be sure, can we really be sure that we are loved like this all the way to the end, even in the ugliest moments of our lives? Well, the answer to that question is back in Romans 8, so let's go there. …
… This is a love reserved for His own. He loved His own who were in the world, His own. They were the ones that Romans 5.8 says God demonstrated His own love toward, in that while they were sinners, Christ died for them. He loved them. He loved them in the moment of their darkest, disappointing behavior. He loved them even when all their sins were heaped on Him, along with all the sins of all the rest who would ever believe. He loved them with an everlasting, immeasurable love. This really sounds too good. Can we be sure that He loves us like that? This is a powerful, powerful truth, and it needs to be fully understood. And to fully understand it, we have to go back to Romans chapter 8. Romans chapter 8. Here we have, I think, the greatest statement of this love that is ice telos, to the max, to the full, to the end. It's described here. And what I read to you has to be the most precious spiritual reality of all spiritual because we are given the confidence that we have an eternal salvation because we have a God who loves us to the max. …