Weekly Thoughts for Sunday, September 29, 2019

This Sunday the sermon is from Romans 6:15-19 – “Slavery to Christ”.

“…you are slaves of the one whom you obey…”

Romans 6:16

Christian conversion involves a change in masters. We exchange the tyranny of the devil for the kind and benevolent rule of the King of kings and Lord of lords. Why would anyone remain under Satan’s domain when Christ issues this gracious, universal call? – “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

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Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,1 you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.


What We Believe

That the Gospel is the “good news of the Kingdom of God” given to all people by God for us to know and believe Him.

The Gospel teaches us that we are more sinful than we ever dared to believe or admit; the good news is that, through Jesus Christ’s life, death, resurrection and eternal intercession on our behalf, we are more loved, more accepted, more forgiven than we ever dared hope or dream. Though, in our sin, we were enemies of God, through Jesus Christ, His Son, we are reconciled to Him, adopted as His sons and daughters, and granted eternal security by His grace through our faith in Him.

That the church is a people who God has called His own and who He has given to each other for love and community.

The Bible describes the church as people who belong to God and to each other, gathered together by belief in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord and, by their mutual reconciliation to God through the Gospel. The church is not simply a building or meeting place, nor is it merely a place of religious observation, but a living and growing community of men, women and children whose identity is shaped by love through our belonging to God and to each other.

That our reconciliation to God through the Gospel compels us to live transformed lives.

The truth of the Gospel re-creates us into a people whose lives are transformed by a commitment and passion for God and His glory. God has uniquely called and equipped His church to display and demonstrate the power of the Gospel to transform individuals and communities. Just as the Gospel is the “good news of the Kingdom of God”, the church is a foretaste of the Kingdom of God on earth, struggling, learning and growing together in an understanding of what it means to follow Christ with the whole of our lives.

We are a Presbyterian and Reformed congregation and hold firmly to the system of beliefs and doctrine found in the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Westminster Catechisms.



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Eads, TN 38028-3126
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