Weekly Thoughts for Sunday, November 3, 2019

This Sunday the sermon is from Romans 7:14-20 - The Spiritual Christian (Part 1).

“For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.”

Romans 7:19

Christians are free from the dominion of sin (Romans 6:14), and yet, sin remains in the life of the believer. The Apostle Peter reminds us of this – “Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh which wage war against your soul.”(1 Peter 2:11) So, if you’re a believer, don’t be surprised at the war within your soul. It is proof that the Spirit of God dwells within you and that he is creating in you a sensitivity to remaining sin.

14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, wsold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For xI do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with ythe law, that it is good. 17 So now zit is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells ain me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 bFor I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, cit is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. ESV

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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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