The Gospel to the Gentiles Rom. 10:14-21 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Romans chapter 10 is a transition chapter from the end of chapter 9 to the full content of chapter 11.  At the end of chapter 9 Paul concludes that Gentiles attained the righteousness of God because they received it by...

Righteousness by Faith in Jesus Rom. 10:1-13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The trouble with Israel is that they don’t believe in Jesus.  Yet Paul’s heart’s desire and prayer to God is that they might be saved.  In Rom 10:1-13 Paul deals with the subject of righteousness by faith in Jesus to...

Election Rom. 9:10-33 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Rom 9:11 Paul states, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth.  It is vital that we see that election doesn’t stand on works, but on what God said… on the way he...

Unbelief Rom. 1:16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We know from the Bible that unbelief results in spiritual blindness.  Israel, particularly, suffers from blindness in part because of the failure to believe the words of God and the gospel.  When a person believes the word of God it is the power of...

Commentary on Romans 9:10-33 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Before studying the purpose of God according to election [Rom 9:11] we will make a running commentary on Rom 9:10-33.  Reading through the passage we will comment on what certain of the verses say rather than what they are presumed to say by...

Don’t Get Comfortable Gen. 11:1-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Don’t get comfortable, in the previous five chapters God has destroyed the earth because of man’s wickedness. He has cleaned up the man made mess. Now you would think that man, knowing firsthand the wrath of God, would behave himself. It...

Stuff is Usually Where You Put It Deut. 10:1-5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When God gave Moses the second tables of stone after he had broken the first ones, he placed them in the ark as he had been instructed. Note the phrase that he used in verse 5 “and there...

Ephesians 4:4-6 Theres Just One CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Eph 4:4-6, the unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace from v. 3 are maintained when everybody is in agreement about the doctrines in v. 4-6.  The trouble is that God says, “There is just one,” but men have come...

Ephesians 2:7-10 Salvation First Then Works CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Now Paul presents the simplicity of salvation and the results of that salvation both down here and up there. You are saved by grace II Cor 8:9 Phil 2:5-11 Rom 10:4 God knows our condition in sin; so he sent Christ to...

Ephesians 1:15-16 Thank God for New Converts CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this passage, Paul tells the Ephesians of his prayers for them.  The first prayer on the list is Thanksgiving (v. 16) and the things he is thankful for are: Their faith in Jesus Their love of the saints...