Tag Archives: hope

We are not free to sin

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Don Merritt

Romans 6:15-23 No! We are not free to sin; we are free from sin… and the difference between these two is huge. In these verses, Paul is explaining what he spoke of in our previous passage when he presented us … Continue reading →

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Dead to Sin

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Don Merritt

Romans 6:1-14 Last time, we covered the first four verses of this section (6:1-4) where the idea of being dead to the old way of living was introduced; now in the rest of the passage Paul develops this idea further … Continue reading →

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On to the next section…

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Don Merritt

We have now completed the first two main sections of Romans, and so far we have discovered that no one can be saved by the law, for the law condemns us all (1:18-3:20). In the second section, we discovered that … Continue reading →

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There Really is Hope for Us!

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Don Merritt

There are times in the life of a people when things can look pretty bleak; there are certainly times in our individual lives when the same situation exists.  Times when everything that used to work no longer produce results, times … Continue reading →

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Where the guns fell silent

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Don Merritt

This was the home of Wilmer McLean and his family on that fateful in April of 1865. I had the opportunity to visit this home a couple of weeks back, and I thought I would share a little about my … Continue reading →

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A Pause to Regroup

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Don Merritt

We have now completed the second main section of the book of Romans, and I thought this would be an opportune moment to pause and regroup. The purpose for writing this section was to demonstrate that while humanity, both Jew … Continue reading →

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The All-Sufficiency of the Sacrifice of Christ

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Don Merritt

Romans 5:12-21 The NIV (and other translations as well) has added a subtitle at the beginning of this section which says “Death Through Adam; Life Through Christ”. To the editors of the NIv I have two things to say to … Continue reading →

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Our Hope

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Don Merritt

Romans 5:1-11 We have been reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. Let’s see a show of hands: How many of you were really excited when you read that first sentence? Interesting… A couple of weeks ago I went to a … Continue reading →

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Unbreakable Grace

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Don Merritt

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the … Continue reading →

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The End of Circumcision

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Don Merritt

Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was … Continue reading →

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