Hearing from Harmony: Recent Episodes
Hearing from Harmony
How can a person be justified before God? No one needs to be made guilty. All are guilty. We need to be made right. *Note: We lost about the last ten minutes of audio. That portion of the message is covered in review at the beginning of the next message.
Under the Power of Sin? Paul gives us what we call total depravity. While total depravity doesn’t mean everyone does the most and worst bad they can, it does mean we can get there.
How flexible are you? Paul has shown the Jews are just as inexcusable as the Gentiles are before God’s wrath. Trying to play word games will not account for righteousness before God.
Did you say circumcision? To most, it’s a fairly routine medical procedure. To the Jews Paul was preaching to, it was something to boast in.
Who is that masked man? The Jews had boasted in the law and thought they were exempt from God’s wrath. Paul shows the law had become a mask for them whereby they thought they were righteous.
Who’s to Judge? God is the judge, an impartial judge. When judgment is completely just and impartial, there are no secrets.
That’s Not Fair! We all have a keen sense of not being treated fairly when someone is shown a special favor over us, though we usually don’t complain when we receive such a favor. Paul talks about God’s judgment and reveals it is both righteous and impartial.
Only the Gentiles? After explaining God’s wrath being revealed against all ungodliness, Paul goes on to show that isn’t only a problem for Gentiles.
What does it look like for God’s wrath to be revealed? Paul writes that it is God giving people up. So, what does that mean?
Why was Paul not ashamed of the Gospel? Because it is the power of God to salvation and reveals God’s righteousness by faith.