DO YOU BELIEVE THE BAD NEWS? (6 OF 7)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Romans 1:18-32
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Do You Believe the Bad News? (6 of 7)
Series: Divine Dynamite
Bob Ingle
Romans 1:18-32
We're going through the book of Romans, so if you have a bible, I invite you to open it to Romans 1. Next week, we're going to finish up Romans 1. That will be eight sermons from chapter 1. We won't go that slow through all 16 chapters, but if we don't get a good grip on the first chapter, the rest of Romans will be nearly impossible to understand.
Romans is all about the Gospel. The word 'gospel' means Good News. The Gospel Paul writes about in Romans is the Good News of what God has done for sinners and what He desires to do in sinners. Now, do you know what makes the Good News for sinners so good? It's the bad news about sinners. Without the bad news about who you are and what you've done, the good news about who God is and what God has done doesn't compute at all. It's the bad news that makes the good news so glorious.
I mean, what if I came up to you and said, ''You're gonna be fine.'' Would that thrill your soul?! Probably not. But what if I said, ''Your doctor called me, and wanted me to tell you that you have a deadly cancer, but it's been caught it early...you're gonna be fine.'' That changes everything, right? Why? Because the good news is attached to the bad news. It's like a diamond that glistens off the backdrop of black velvet.
Or what would you think if someone burst into your home this afternoon, grabbed you, threw you over their shoulder, and carried you out of your house? You'd probably say, ''I can't think of anything I'd rather not happen.'' But what if I told you that your house was completely on fire, and there was no way you could ever escape the flames unless someone from the outside of your home came to your rescue? Well, that changes everything, doesn't it? Then the thought of someone knocking down your door, throwing you over their shoulder, and carrying you out of your house doesn't seem horrendous; it sounds heroic. See, good news ...
Series: Divine Dynamite
Bob Ingle
Romans 1:18-32
We're going through the book of Romans, so if you have a bible, I invite you to open it to Romans 1. Next week, we're going to finish up Romans 1. That will be eight sermons from chapter 1. We won't go that slow through all 16 chapters, but if we don't get a good grip on the first chapter, the rest of Romans will be nearly impossible to understand.
Romans is all about the Gospel. The word 'gospel' means Good News. The Gospel Paul writes about in Romans is the Good News of what God has done for sinners and what He desires to do in sinners. Now, do you know what makes the Good News for sinners so good? It's the bad news about sinners. Without the bad news about who you are and what you've done, the good news about who God is and what God has done doesn't compute at all. It's the bad news that makes the good news so glorious.
I mean, what if I came up to you and said, ''You're gonna be fine.'' Would that thrill your soul?! Probably not. But what if I said, ''Your doctor called me, and wanted me to tell you that you have a deadly cancer, but it's been caught it early...you're gonna be fine.'' That changes everything, right? Why? Because the good news is attached to the bad news. It's like a diamond that glistens off the backdrop of black velvet.
Or what would you think if someone burst into your home this afternoon, grabbed you, threw you over their shoulder, and carried you out of your house? You'd probably say, ''I can't think of anything I'd rather not happen.'' But what if I told you that your house was completely on fire, and there was no way you could ever escape the flames unless someone from the outside of your home came to your rescue? Well, that changes everything, doesn't it? Then the thought of someone knocking down your door, throwing you over their shoulder, and carrying you out of your house doesn't seem horrendous; it sounds heroic. See, good news ...
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