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Follow along to listen to the latest messages from Carmel Baptist Pastors. You will find engaging, biblical and practical messages to help equip you grow in your relationship with Christ.

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  • Romans 6:1-14

    Romans 6:1-14
    Nov 17 2025
    Romans 6:1-14Senior Pastor Alex KennedyThis section of Paul's letter moves us from justification to sanctification. In the first two verses, Paul's answer to his critics is that God's grace not only forgives sins, but also delivers us from sinning. Grace not only justifies, but also sanctifies us by uniting us to Christ. The moment you become a Christian, you are no longer under the "reign" of sin.To read more, go to: https://carmelbaptist.org/carmel-sermon/romans-61-14/

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  • Romans 5:12-21

    Romans 5:12-21
    Nov 11 2025
    Romans 5:12-21Senior Pastor Alex KennedyLast week, while studying Rom 5:1-11, we saw that theology (justification) has tangible impacts on our lives. This includes peace with God and joy/hope in suffering.
    As we continue on in verses 12-21, Paul shows how Adam's life sets up the gospel. Adam chose to reject God's authority and command to avoid the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Because of Adam's choice, death flows to all people. Even though we were not there with Adam, God considers Adam's choice to be ours. This is the Doctrine of Original Sin. Even though it doesn't feel "fair" to be lumped in with Adam, God knows we would have made the same choice.
    In verse 13, Paul is not saying that the people who lived and died before the Mosaic Law never had any guilt of their own, because they had the law of God written on their heart (2:12-15). Instead, Paul is pointing out that guilt and responsibility have increased with the knowledge and awareness of the law. In other words, the law did not create sin in us; it just revealed it.
    Both Adam and Jesus Christ are "heads" of the human race. Everyone is either "in Adam" or "in Christ". It is wonderful news that God deals with us through a representative head because Adam was a pattern of the One to come.
    Verse 15 says "But the free gift is not like the trespass". The first Adam was selfish, but the Second Adam is sacrificial.
    The results are opposite as well. Adam represents death and condemnation, while Christ brings life and justification!
    We were condemned through the actions of a representative who did what any of us in his situation would have done; but now we are saved through a representative who did what none of us could have done. What Christ has done for us is not just to exchange death's kingdom for the kingdom of life, while leaving us in the position of subjects. Instead, He delivers us from the rule of death so radically as to enable us to change places with it and rule over it, or reign in life. We become those who reign, sharing the kingship of Christ, with even death under our feet now.
    Verse 20 says, "Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more," Paul points out that when the formal law came through Moses, sin got more visible and it became worse, because now ignorance was no form of defense. He is teaching that the law proves that it is not a lack of knowledge which prevents us from obeying God and keeping His standards, but a lack of willingness and ability.
    We do not need to put in more effort. We need a rescue.
    At the cross, grace overwhelms sin and life triumphs over death. The first Adam is not the last word for humanity. The second Adam is!
    Questions to Consider:
    1. Why is it important to understand the Doctrine of Original Sin?
    2. How have you seen sin bring brokenness to the world around you?
    3. What did Jesus, the second Adam, do differently from Adam?
    4. How does knowing that God's grace is greater than your sin impact your day-to-day life?


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  • Romans 5:1-11

    Romans 5:1-11
    Nov 3 2025
    Romans 5:1-11Senior Pastor Alex KennedyIn Chapter 5, Paul begins to talk not only about the process of salvation, but the results of salvation. Paul's "therefore" to start this portion is to connect back to chapter 4 that salvation is not by works, ordinances, or by law obedience.
    We have been justified by faith (v1), so that:

    We can have "peace with God" - This is not the same as the peace OF God (Phil 4:7). Peace WITH God means that the hostilities between God and us are now over. We each formerly said, "I am king of my world and can do whatever I want", but if we trust His ways and ask Him to be "Lord of my life", then the war is over immediately.


    We have obtained access by this grace in which we stand - In Christ, we are ushered into the royal throne room, and we remain there. Justification is not merely the removal of hostility, but goes farther in that it brings relationship.


    We rejoice in hope of the glory of God - Christian hope is not a hopeful wish - it is hope-filled certainty. The more we experience our peace with Him and the access we have with the Father, the more we want to see Him face-to-face.


    In Christ we have been freed from our past; we are free in the present to enjoy personal relationship with God; and we will one day in the future most certainly experience the freedom of life lived in the full and awesome presence of God's glory.


    We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance - In our suffering we are walking the path of Jesus. We look through the suffering to our certainties. Suffering can be productive if we respond to it positively, and not with anger or bitterness. (1 Peter 1:6-7).

    Suffering kickstarts our faith, and Paul goes on to show where suffering leads:Suffering produces endurance - the ability to keep going without any benefits.Endurance produces character - someone who has been tested and has passed the test.Character produces hope - Hope is only as good as its object. Jesus is our hope. "Just as our faith can only lead to salvation if it is faith in God, our hoe will not disappoint us because it is the hope of God's love poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit." (Rom 5:5)
    Paul goes on to say (vs 6-8) that you can know objectively and beyond all doubt that God loves you - even if your feelings or the appearance of your life circumstances might be prompting you to wonder.
    If God has already done the difficult thing, can we not trust Him to do the comparatively simple thing of completing the task? (the resurrection proves His power) If God has accomplished our justification at the cost of Christ's blood, He will save His justified people from His final wrath!Joy is the great marker of the justified person. It is unique to Christianity because it does not depend on your circumstances or your performance.Questions to Consider:
    1. How does having peace with God change the way you live each day?
    2. What is an example of suffering in your life (a hard time), and how did God grow you through that time?
    3. Rom 5:8 brings so much hope. Why is it important that Jesus died for us "while we were still sinners"?

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