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Slaves and Masters
1 Timothy 6:1-2 | EV Night | 14/07/2024 | Andrew Heard
What we value most in life will show in how we live and the choices we make. Andrew Heard challenges us to have an eternal perspective -where how we live, how we work, and what choices we make now, demonstrates a desire to please our heavenly father, rather than an earthly circumstance.
Slaves and Masters
1 Timothy 6:1-2 | EV Church | 14/07/2024 | Andrew Heard
What we value most in life will show in how we live and the choices we make. Andrew Heard challenges us to have an eternal perspective -where how we live, how we work, and what choices we make now, demonstrates a desire to please our heavenly father, rather than an earthly circumstance.
Peninsula EV - Luke 19:11-27
Luke 19:11-27 | Grace Church Peninsula | 6/04/2014 | Greg Masters
What do we see as being successful in this life? Greg Masters unpacks the parable of the Ten Minas looking at what being successful really means.
Nothing Can Separate Us - Jez Reynolds - Romans 6:15-23 - EV Night
Romans 6:15-23 | EV Night | 28/07/2013 | Jez Reynolds
We spend so much of our time and effort trying to be free. But in trying to be free we often end up being slaves to the worst master. Jez shows us what true freedom is from Romans
Saturday EV - Nothing Can Separate Us - Romans 6:15-23
Romans 6:15-23 | Saturday EV | 27/07/2013 | Tim Baldwin
As human beings we are all slaves to the one we obey. Tim Baldwin explains that if we are 'In Christ' we are no longer a slave to sin, but rather a slave to God.
Romans 6:15-23
Romans 6:15-23 | EV Church | 28/07/2013 | Tim Baldwin
Christ died to sin, so His death is ours. If we are joined with Jesus then His resurrection is ours. Rom 6:15 Paul asks "If Gods grace is so powerful to forgive any sin, then why does it matter whether we change?" You are a slave to whatever you obey. God has laid claim to us, so it's natural to want to obey & desire God with thanksgiving - rejoicing to be a 'slave of God' Just because we have experience of sitting under flawed authority, it shouldn't cause us to assume that getting out from under authority is freedom. We were designed to sit under authority and true freedom comes from sitting under good authority. Being united with Christ, lets us see becoming slaves of God being good and living in true freedom. We have become free to serve God in whatever circumstances we are faced with, free to share the gospel, caring for people's spiritual needs, free to be content in Christ.
Romans 7:14-25
Romans 7:14-25 | EV Church | 11/08/2013 | Tim Baldwin
Tim Baldwin preaching on Romans 7:14-25 Change is hard! Paul acknowledges this in this passage. Christians are no longer slaves to sin, but live with the presence of sin. Is Paul reflecting on his present state or at his state before conversion? Evidence for Present State - tense of the sentences - v8 desire to obey the law - v22 delight in Gods law - v25 thanks to God for delivering Jesus This can lead to complacency in dealing with sin. Evidence for Paul referring to his state before conversion - Consistency with Roms 6:6 - v17 sin living in me alive and kicking - v18 good itself doesn't dwell in me - v21 law still at work in him - v23 a prisoner to the law of sin - v25 slave to the law of sin - Roms 8:2 we are set free from the law of sin - Context of Rom 7 is Paul talking primarily to Jews who knew the law - v7 reflecting back to the time before the law (which must be pre-Moses) Gal 5:17 Paul acknowledges Christians struggle with sin. Key message of the passage is that life under the law is frustrating. Law refers here to the 10 commandments and the expanded version of laws in the first 5 books of the Bible. Rom 2:12-15 says that even Gentiles have moral law in their conscious. Law brings out sin in us, and helps us see sin. Sin is the problem, so what is the solution? More laws? No, the solution for sin is to let the Law humble us, so that we see our need for a saviour! v 25 - the answer is Jesus, his righteousness can be credited to us, making us right with God.