Sermons by Pastor Sam Hinkson

SPIRITUAL RENOVATIONRomans 8.5-11Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 9 of 14 v.4 “… the law’s requirement would be fulfilled in us …” (csb) v. 4 “… [we] walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” (esv) v. 9 “… if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.” (esv)  WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN US HE … CHANGES THE Orientation of Our Desires v. 5 “… those who live according to the flesh set their…

NO CONDEMNATION NOW I DREADRomans 8.1-4Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 8 of 14 LIVING “IN CHRIST JESUS” MEANS THAT WE’RE … DELIVERED BY THE REAL Humanity Of Jesus v. 1 “… there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus …” Hebrews 9.27 “… man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment …” (niv) Acts 17.25 “[God] gives all men life and breath and everything else.” (niv) v. 2 “For the law…

LIVING WITH EVIL CLOSE AT HANDRomans 7.14-25Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 7 of 14 v. 13 “… sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good …” (csb)WITH SIN CLOSE BY, WE MUST BE READY TO … EXPERIENCE Inner Hostility Romans 6.6 “We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be…

SHOULD WE BURN THE BIBLE?Romans 7.7-13Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 6 of 14 v. 6 “… now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive …” (esv) v. 7a “What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means!” (esv) v. 12 “So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.” (esv) GOD’S COMMANDS ARE GOOD BECAUSE THEY … Isolate Desire AS OUR PROBLEM  v.…

DELIVERED FROM A ZOMBIE MARRIAGERomans 7.1-6Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 5 of 14 THE LOVE OF A CHRISTIAN’S LIFE … IS ESTABLISHED BY A Living Marriage v. 1 “… do you not know, brothers … that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives?” (esv) v. 2 “… a married woman … if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.” (esv) v. 3 “… she is free from that law,…

A NEW WAY TO BE HUMANRomans 6.1-14Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 3 of 14 Romans 5.20 “But where sin increased, grace increased all the more …” (niv)           v. 1 “Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?” (esv) v. 2 “By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?” (esv) Romans 5.21 “… as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through … Jesus Christ our…

A TALE OF TWO ADAMS Romans 5.12-21 Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 2 of 14 v. 11 “… we … rejoice in … Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” (esv)   ORIGINAL SIN – all people inherit a sinful nature because of Adam’s sin v. 12 “… sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned …” (esv)  vv. 13–14 “… before the…

WE HOPE IN THE GLORY OF GODRomans 5.1-11Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 1 of 14 vv. 1–2 “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand …” (esv) v. 2 “… we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” (niv) WE REJOICE IN GLORIOUS HOPE BECAUSE … WE SEE A Process At…

THE FEEL OF FAITHRomans 4.17-25Romans: How Man Is Made Right – Part 11 of 11 v. 16 “It depends on faith … to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all …” (esv) v. 22 “That is why his faith was ‘counted to him as righteousness.’” (esv) vv. 23–24 “… was not written for Abraham alone, but also for us.” (csb) FAITH FEELS LIKE …  LIKE KNOWING Facts About God v. 17b “……

WHO IS IN THE FAMILY OF FAITH?Romans 4.9-17aRomans: How Man Is Made Right – Part 10 of 11 v. 6 “… the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness …”  v. 9a “Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?” (esv) ABRAHAM IS THE FATHER OF THOSE WHO PUT FAITH IN … GOD’S PROMISE RATHER THAN Our Pedigree v. 12 “… our father Abraham …” (esv)   v. 9b “… faith was counted…

WHAT FAITH CHANGES BETWEEN GOD & USRomans 4.1-8Romans: How Man Is Made Right – Part 9 of 11 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES FAITH RIGHTEOUSNESS MAKE? IT CHANGES HOW GOD Sees Us v. 1 “What … was gained by Abraham, our forefather …?” (esv) v. 3 “Abraham believed God …” (esv) Genesis 12.2–3 “And I will make of you a great nation … and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (esv) v. 2 “… if Abraham was…

HOW RECEIVING CHANGES BEHAVINGRomans 3.27-31Romans: How Man Is Made Right – Part 8 of 10 HOW RECEIVED RIGHTEOUSNESS CHANGES OUR BEHAVIOR:  WE BECOME … v. 26 “[God is] just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” (esv) Humble IN OUR Comparisons v. 27 “… what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded … by the law of faith.” (esv) v. 28 “… one is justified by faith …” (esv)    Galatians 6.14 “… far be it…