TRYING VS. TRUSTING (7 OF 23)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: Romans 4:1-12
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Trying vs. Trusting (7 of 23)
Series: The Book of Romans
Josh Malone
Romans 4:1-12
This week we begin a new series called Justified. - In the coming weeks we will be taking a deeper dive into this idea of justification as we look at Romans 4 and 5.
Today we are talking about works vs. faith. - You can't be justified, made right with God, by both. It's one or the other. Either salvation is about TRYING or TRUSTING.
Living life like you can somehow be declared righteous by your own works, TRYING to save yourself ... is like getting all your ducks in a row and finding out you had the wrong ducks. You can be TRYING hard but that doesn't mean you are on the right track.
ILLUS. - Braves Game - The other day I took Cannon to his first pro baseball game. At the end of the game they let the kids run around the bases. Cannon made a solo second trip. Afterwards he said... ''I ran the bases longer than ANYONE!'' - Son, that wasn't the point! But he tried!
Some people live life thinking they have it figured out, thinking they are trying hard to be good enough, to do enough... but at the end they are going to find out... that wasn't the point. - The point is not being good enough. The point to obeying God is not so that you can go to Heaven, be loved, etc. - We obey God because we are loved, and are God's. - Works don't make us right with God. They are evidence that we have been made right.
In Romans 4 Paul shows us that justification by faith is not new thing. This is the way God has justified people always. It's never been about works righteousness. This week he gives two primary examples ... Abraham and David... both were justified by faith not works. - He shows us through this the problem with trying to be saved by good works and the blessing of TRUSTING.
Romans 4:1-12- What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 F ...
Series: The Book of Romans
Josh Malone
Romans 4:1-12
This week we begin a new series called Justified. - In the coming weeks we will be taking a deeper dive into this idea of justification as we look at Romans 4 and 5.
Today we are talking about works vs. faith. - You can't be justified, made right with God, by both. It's one or the other. Either salvation is about TRYING or TRUSTING.
Living life like you can somehow be declared righteous by your own works, TRYING to save yourself ... is like getting all your ducks in a row and finding out you had the wrong ducks. You can be TRYING hard but that doesn't mean you are on the right track.
ILLUS. - Braves Game - The other day I took Cannon to his first pro baseball game. At the end of the game they let the kids run around the bases. Cannon made a solo second trip. Afterwards he said... ''I ran the bases longer than ANYONE!'' - Son, that wasn't the point! But he tried!
Some people live life thinking they have it figured out, thinking they are trying hard to be good enough, to do enough... but at the end they are going to find out... that wasn't the point. - The point is not being good enough. The point to obeying God is not so that you can go to Heaven, be loved, etc. - We obey God because we are loved, and are God's. - Works don't make us right with God. They are evidence that we have been made right.
In Romans 4 Paul shows us that justification by faith is not new thing. This is the way God has justified people always. It's never been about works righteousness. This week he gives two primary examples ... Abraham and David... both were justified by faith not works. - He shows us through this the problem with trying to be saved by good works and the blessing of TRUSTING.
Romans 4:1-12- What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 F ...
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