AN INDICTMENT AGAINST HUMANITY (4 OF 19)
Scripture: Romans 3:9-20
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An Indictment Against Humanity (4 of 19)
Michael White
Romans 3: 9-20
Thank you for coming this morning. We are in the midst of a series on the Gospel. And the message of the Gospel is very simple- and it's the foundation of our faith- the most important thing we believe. In our statement of faith the Gospel is defined this way:
We believe the gospel is the good news that through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, sinful man can be saved by grace through faith.
But there are some implications of the Gospel- because that definition assumes quite a lot of background, we've decided to unpack the Gospel in 4 parts- God, Humanity, Christ, response. We do this not only to preach the Gospel to non Christians but to remind ourselves of the Gospel- because the church member needs the Gospel daily just as desperately as does the drunk on the streets.
Now The last 2 weeks we've seen how good, how holy, how majestic God is. We've seen his infinite marvelous good Character. We've talked about the Good news of salvation. And the very thing that makes the good news so good is when we realize just how bad the bad news is.
So this morning we will see, in contrast, how wicked man is and how mankind is universally guilty under the dominion of sin.
My wife and I have had the privilege of rereading some of the classic works of literature that we read back in Middle school. One of which was the 1954 nobel prize winning novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
Now, it's generally true that people tend to think of themselves as basically good. But in this very secular work- one inspired by freudian throught- there is a striking spiritual and unresolved message about man's own depravity and sinfulness.
If perhaps you haven't read it- or only read the cliff notes in 7th grade and completely forgot it- I'll remind you the details
A group of british school boys become stranded on a tropical island. And in an attempt to create some type of order the ...
Michael White
Romans 3: 9-20
Thank you for coming this morning. We are in the midst of a series on the Gospel. And the message of the Gospel is very simple- and it's the foundation of our faith- the most important thing we believe. In our statement of faith the Gospel is defined this way:
We believe the gospel is the good news that through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, sinful man can be saved by grace through faith.
But there are some implications of the Gospel- because that definition assumes quite a lot of background, we've decided to unpack the Gospel in 4 parts- God, Humanity, Christ, response. We do this not only to preach the Gospel to non Christians but to remind ourselves of the Gospel- because the church member needs the Gospel daily just as desperately as does the drunk on the streets.
Now The last 2 weeks we've seen how good, how holy, how majestic God is. We've seen his infinite marvelous good Character. We've talked about the Good news of salvation. And the very thing that makes the good news so good is when we realize just how bad the bad news is.
So this morning we will see, in contrast, how wicked man is and how mankind is universally guilty under the dominion of sin.
My wife and I have had the privilege of rereading some of the classic works of literature that we read back in Middle school. One of which was the 1954 nobel prize winning novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
Now, it's generally true that people tend to think of themselves as basically good. But in this very secular work- one inspired by freudian throught- there is a striking spiritual and unresolved message about man's own depravity and sinfulness.
If perhaps you haven't read it- or only read the cliff notes in 7th grade and completely forgot it- I'll remind you the details
A group of british school boys become stranded on a tropical island. And in an attempt to create some type of order the ...
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