WHERE OUR LONGINGS LEAD (2 OF 5)
by Craig Smith
Scripture: Romans 8:5-11
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Where Our Longings Lead (2 of 5)
Series: Fresh Wind - Romans 8
Craig Smith
Romans 8:5-11
Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills...so good to have you with us today. This is week number two in our New Year's series, Fresh Wind. And what we're doing in this series is taking a look at something about the Christian faith that makes it fundamentally different than every other religion.
See, what every other religion has in common is the idea that we have to fight for righteousness...that being righteous and being in a right relationship with God is something that we have to fight for, work at...we have to put our backs into it and row hard against the current of our culture and our world. But as we saw last week, what makes Christianity so different is that God says we don't have to fight for righteousness for ourselves, because God has already won that fight for us. That by our faith in Jesus' death as a payment for our sin, the righteous requirements of God's law is met in us...not by us because of our effort, but in us by our faith in what God has done for us.
And from that incredible truth emerges an even more incredible promise. As we summarized it last week: Following Jesus isn't about rowing hard, it's about raising sails to catch the fresh wind of God's Spirit. Following Jesus isn't about trying to create spiritual momentum with our hard work...it's about catching the momentum God has already provided. We don't have to get righteous to get right with God...we have to get right with God (through faith) to get righteous
Ok, but what does that look like? How do we put up the sails to catch the fresh wind of God's Spirit?
Well, today we're going to start leaning into what that means on a practical level. And I want to go ahead and dive into what God says because right off the starting line in the passage we're going to look at today, Paul introduces us to an incredibly important...and incredibly practical...principle. So why don't you go ahe ...
Series: Fresh Wind - Romans 8
Craig Smith
Romans 8:5-11
Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills...so good to have you with us today. This is week number two in our New Year's series, Fresh Wind. And what we're doing in this series is taking a look at something about the Christian faith that makes it fundamentally different than every other religion.
See, what every other religion has in common is the idea that we have to fight for righteousness...that being righteous and being in a right relationship with God is something that we have to fight for, work at...we have to put our backs into it and row hard against the current of our culture and our world. But as we saw last week, what makes Christianity so different is that God says we don't have to fight for righteousness for ourselves, because God has already won that fight for us. That by our faith in Jesus' death as a payment for our sin, the righteous requirements of God's law is met in us...not by us because of our effort, but in us by our faith in what God has done for us.
And from that incredible truth emerges an even more incredible promise. As we summarized it last week: Following Jesus isn't about rowing hard, it's about raising sails to catch the fresh wind of God's Spirit. Following Jesus isn't about trying to create spiritual momentum with our hard work...it's about catching the momentum God has already provided. We don't have to get righteous to get right with God...we have to get right with God (through faith) to get righteous
Ok, but what does that look like? How do we put up the sails to catch the fresh wind of God's Spirit?
Well, today we're going to start leaning into what that means on a practical level. And I want to go ahead and dive into what God says because right off the starting line in the passage we're going to look at today, Paul introduces us to an incredibly important...and incredibly practical...principle. So why don't you go ahe ...
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