The Bible and Our Culture

"Not Under Law, But Under Grace" 

Romans 6 seems to good to be true, what do we do.

God's law shows how glorious God's grace really is!

We appreciate grace more when we truly know sin is an outrageously big deal that prohibits us from fellowship with God.

The deceitfulness of the sinful human heart, makes sinner excuse their sin rather than repent from it.

The Deceitfulness of Sinners

The New Covenant gives us power!  

God's Law and God's grace are not in conflict with each other. 

God's Law: Your Path to Success.

Psalm 1

• Live in God’s Glorious Grace with victory over sin.
• Understand God’s Grace and its relationship to His Law.
• Loving God’s Law does make you at risk of being a Pharisee but actually repels Pharisaicalism in your heart.
• God has a Marvelous Purpose for His Law.

Many who do "Christian" ministry don't truly and absolutely know God!

We can "ginosko" God and flow in gifts of power, but just because you flow in power doesn't mean you "ginosko" God. 

If your lawless, you don't really know God.  God's law is something we love.

God's law partners with God's grace against sin.  

Fruit is always the currency.  

False prophets correct in error.

Protecting the Local Body

What is "the Church" as Jesus intended the term?

Take the narrow path only a few find.

A Biblical Church speaks out against injustice.

Matthew 7:13-14; 2 paths

The "Golden Rule" is part of the narrow path, but at times it means swimming upstream.

Following the Crowd is a sign you're on the wrong path