Sermon, March 13, 2011 - The Cross Today
Romans 3.27 - 31
What does the Cross of Christ mean for us today?
A. NO BOASTING [27-28]
1. People boast [1.30]
2. Jews boast about being Jews [2.17]
3. Paul boasted about being a Jew [Phil 3.4-6]
4. The early church wrongly boasted in people [1 Cor 1.12]
B. NO DISCRIMINATION [29-30]
1. People discriminate
2. Jews and Gentiles discriminated [Acts 15.1]
3. The early church wrongly discriminated [1 Cor 1.10-12]
One Lord [1 Cor 1.2]
One Table [1 Cor 10.1-4, 16-17]
One Body [1 Cor 12.12-13]
C. NO LAWLESSNESS [31]
Obeying the law of God will not put us
in a right relationship with God [Rom 3.20].
But the law of God remains useful:
1. The law is used to restrain sin
2. The law is used to redirect our behavior
3. The law is used to reveal our need of Christ
John Olson
