The Righteous God of Israel, Part 2

August 30, 2020 Administration

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Romans 3:5-8

5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? ( I speak in a human way.) 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

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The Righteous God of Israel, Part 2 — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Romans 3:5-8
Sermon Series: Romans (24th sermon)
August 30, 2020

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   Why should the topic of God’s relationship to ethnic Israel matter to us? Discuss the implications given at the beginning of the sermon.
2.   What are some thoughts and questions that you have about this subject? How can you study it further?
3.   Summarize the objection that Paul addresses in vv. 5-7. How does he respond to it?
4.   Where do we see Paul’s reverence towards God in this passage? How does reverence practically play out in our lives?
5.   How does God bring glory to himself even through human sin? What does this say about God’s sovereignty and power? How can this truth be wrongly applied?

References: Romans 11:26, 28; 2:9; 11:11; Genesis 18:25; Deuteronomy 32:4; Romans 8:1; 1 Samuel 15:29; Isaiah 43:7; Ephesians 1:12; Romans 11:36; 3:7; Genesis 50:20; Romans 6:1-2.

The Righteous God of Israel, Part 1

August 23, 2020 Administration

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Romans 3:1-4

1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4 By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”

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The Righteous God of Israel — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Romans 3:1-4
Sermon Series: Romans (23rd sermon)
August 23, 2020

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   What is the first objection Paul deals with, and how does it naturally follow from chapter 2?
2.   What does it mean to say that the Jews are God’s chosen people? How does Paul describe their “advantage”?
3.   How does Paul view (largely unbelieving) Israel in relation to God? Read and discuss Romans 11:28-29 in context.
4.   What is the second objection that Paul deals with in vv. 3-4?
5.   What does it mean for God to be faithful to his Word? Where do we this in the Bible, and how have you experienced it in your life?
6.   How does Paul bring faithfulness and judgment together in this passage?

References: Philippians 3:5-6; Acts 17:1-3; 19:8; Deuteronomy 10:15; Psalm 135:4; Isaiah 43:21; Deuteronomy 4:8; Psalm 147:19-20; John 4:22; Romans 9:4; 11:28-29, 17; Psalm 33:4; Lamentations 3:23; Romans 11:25-27; Psalm 51:3-4; Amos 3:2; Titus 1:2; Psalm 100:5.

Identity Invalidated

August 16, 2020 Administration

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Romans 2:25-29

25 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 26 So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law. 28 For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.

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Identity Invalidated — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Romans 2:25-29
Sermon Series: Romans (22nd sermon)
August 16, 2020

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   Where does Paul include little glimpses of gospel grace in 2:1-16? What do we learn from these passages about the Christian life?
2.   What did the Jews in Paul’s day think about circumcision? How does Paul refute their thinking in vv. 25-27, and why would this have been so appalling to the Jewish ear?
3.   How has Romans 2 affected the way you think about the Christian’s relationship to the law? How has it encouraged you towards a more fruitful life?
4.   What does it mean to have a circumcised heart, and where else do we see this concept in the Bible?
5.   Why do sinners love outward religion? How does the Christian’s mindset differ?

References: Romans 3:21-22; 2:7, 10, 14-16; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Genesis 2:16-17; 3:17; 6:22; 22:3; Romans 1:5; 8:4, 7; John 6:28-29; Matthew 5:17; Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Colossians 2:11; Philippians 3:3; John 5:44; Matthew 23:5.