Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
Oct 15, 2023

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October 15 l Romans
Welcome! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org.

We glorify God by making disciples of all nations.
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How Do You Handle the Truth About Salvation
Romans 6:1-7; 11-18

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭7‬‬
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin.

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭11‬-‭18‬‬
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

1. Understand truths of salvation

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭3‬-‭4‬‬
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭5‬‬
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭6‬‬
We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

2. Appropriate truths of salvation

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭11‬‬
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭3‬‬
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

3. Apply truths of salvation

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭2‬‬
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬-‭5‬‬
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
Oct 8, 2023

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October 8 l Romans
Welcome! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org.

We glorify God by making disciples of all nations.
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The Blessings of Salvation
Romans 5:1-11

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭11‬‬
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though 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. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

1. Peace with God

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬‬
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1‬:‭19‬-‭20‬‬
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26‬:‭3‬‬
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

2. Access to grace

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭2‬‬
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

3. Rejoice in the promise of heaven

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭2‬‬
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

4. Rejoice in our present suffering

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬-‭5‬‬
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭6‬-‭7‬‬
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.