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  • Romans 11:1-36

    Romans 11:1-36
    Mar 4 2026
    Romans 11:1-36Senior Pastor Alex KennedyIn chapter 11, Paul writes about God's covenant faithfulness. He begins with the question, "has God rejected his people (the Israelites)"? He responds, "By no means!" and then gives 4 examples:
    1. Paul himself (1 Tim 1:15-16)
    2. God foreknew (v2)
    3. Elijah (v3-6) (1 Kings 19:1)
    4. There is still a remnant in Israel (v5)

    It is God who preserves the remnant, and those who believe do so entirely because of His grace. So what then? Israel failed...
    The Word of God has not failed. Not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel. The order goes this way: First, Israel sought the righteousness of God, but when confronted with the choice of getting it by works or gift (grace), the majority sought it through works, while the "elect" accepted it as a gift. Then, the majority was "hardened". Those who so wanted to please God were the same people who rejected His love for them and were hardened by Him. This hardening occurred in the Old Testament (and continues today) and was ultimately manifested in both the ten northern and the two southern tribes of Israel being carried into captivity.
    Verse 8 tells us that "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day." (Is 29:10) This hardening involves spiritual drowsiness or numbness. God has always treated ethnic Israel in this way...if they hardened themselves, He hardened them, giving them "a spirit of stupor". Paul is quoting Isaiah, who is quoting Moses' words in Deuteronomy. This passage refers to a time of Israel's abject sinfulness, including leadership who were typically drunk. (Is 28:7) (Is 29:10)
    To read more, go to: https://carmelbaptist.org/carmel-sermon/romans-111-36/

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  • Romans 10:1-21

    Romans 10:1-21
    Feb 23 2026
    Romans 10:1-21Senior Pastor Alex KennedyLast week we looked at Romans 9, which is all about God's sovereignty in the salvation journey. Romans 10 focuses on our role of how we believe and what role we play in the lives of others.Paul begins by talking about his Jewish brothers and their "zeal for God". Paul understood this well from his background, but zeal and passion are not enough. The Jews built their own system of righteousness, which falls short (Rom 3:23). They "did not submit to God's righteousness" (v3). Verse 4 declares that Christ is the outcome to everyone who believes. So, a Jew who sought by works to establish his own righteousness would not recognize Christ as "the end of the Law" and would stumble over him.The point of the law wasn't the law;the point of the law was to point us to Jesus.Paul goes on to quote parts of the Old Testament when writing about Moses (Lev 18:5). Paul is saying, "if you want the law to judge you, fine. Go for it. God will judge you by the law, but it won't be good. God demands perfection, so if you're hoping to be justified by the law, you had better live a life without sin. (James 2:10) Jesus Christ is the ONLY one in history that did that.Paul speaks about "righteousness based on faith" (v6-7). Faith knows that you don't need to ascend to heaven because Christ has already come down from it. Faith also knows that you don't deal with you own sins because Christ has already done that too!"But what does it say? The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart." (See Deut 30:12-14) Word hear in the Greek is "rhema", which means "the word of faith that we proclaim verbally".Paul goes on to be clear in verse 9: "if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord..." Confess means to "agree". We have to agree with God about Jesus' identity that He is the eternal Son of God. There is an outward confession flowing from an inward conviction that finishes Paul's statement, "...and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead (life/death/and resurrection), you will be saved." In Rome, saying "Jesus is Lord" was dangerous because it meant that you believed that Caesar was not. You had to stand on your faith and conviction.Our faith is personal but it's not private.In verses 11-13, Paul is reminding them of God's impartiality, just like he did when discussing human sinfulness (Rom 3). So, everyone has sinned (Rom 3:23) and everyone can be saved (Rom 10:13).In verses 14 and following, Paul shifts his focus to the role we play in helping others believe. He uses the word "preach" which means "herald". A herald would have been a living newspaper that made announcements in the town marketplace and city streets. We are all in the streets, and we should all be heralds (preachers) for Jesus!We are sent...to preach...for others to hear...and believe...and then called...and finally saved...to be sent...etc...We are meant to live a sent life, whether overseas, in the marketplace, or across the street to our neighbors. It is not optional.Paul then quotes Isaiah 52:7 "how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News!" So, we can:Pray - remember, someone prayed for you, so be sure to pray for the lost around you.Give so others can go - maybe you are called to the Nations today, but you have the means to help someone else who is called today.GO to the Nearest (home), your Neighbors, and the Nations.Questions to Consider:What are ways we sometimes try to “be good enough” instead of trusting Jesus?How does it encourage you that salvation is available to everyone?Have you personally confessed Jesus as Lord? What does that look like in everyday life?Verse 17 says faith comes from hearing the message. How did you first hear about Jesus?Who do you know that prayed for you to trust Jesus as Lord?Who are you praying for daily that is lost and needs Jesus? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Romans 9:1-33

    Romans 9:1-33
    Feb 19 2026
    Romans 9:1-33Senior Pastor Alex KennedyChapters 9 is a "hard left turn" from Paul celebrating the security of the love of Christ in chapter 8, to thinking of his own Jewish people. Paul is grieving that his "kinsmen" do not know Christ, and he is offering to be "cut-off from Christ for the sake of my...kinsmen according to the flesh" (like Moses did in Ex 32). Remember, the Jewish people are the chosen nation to show the covenant between God and man to the world through the person of Jesus. So what happened?
    Question 1: Have His promises failed? (If He failed the Jews, then how can we be sure He won't fail us?)
    Answer: True membership in God's chosen people is based on faith, not physical ancestry. He gives an example of Abraham and his descendants. To be a physical descendant of Abraham is not enough. God only has children...not grandchildren. (Romans 4:4). Abraham and Sarah are told they will have a son. Remember, Abraham and Sarah were old, and they "helped" God by producing an heir, Ishmael, through Gomer. God doesn't need us to intercede in His plan. Isaac is the son of promise.
    The second example Paul uses is Isaac and Rebekah and their twins, Jacob and Esau.(v10-13). Rebekah was told that "the older will serve the younger" (Gen 25:23). Malachi 1:2-3 is what Paul references in verse 13 when he says, "As it is written, 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'" This reference of hated is a Hebrew idiom for preference, like when Jesus says to "hate your father and mother (Luke 14:26). Again, God is sovereign and has a plan.
    Question 2: Is God unjust? (v14) Did God somehow do something wrong by only showing mercy to Jacob and not to Esau?
    Answer: Mercy is receiving something that you don't deserve. If you deserved it, it would not be "mercy"; instead it would be justice. So, if God doesn't owe anyone mercy, we can't say it is unfair for Him not to show it to someone. Paul uses the example of Ex 7:3-4 where God hardened Pharaoh's heart. We read this as if it is God's "fault". We must read the whole story because we see that Pharaoh hardened his own heart first. This is the intersection of God's sovereignty and human responsibility. They are woven together. His sovereignty doesn't excuse our responsibility, and we cannot isolate one from the other. We can't fully explain both but we can accept both. God's hardening of Pharaoh's heart was a "giving him over" to his own stubbornness.
    When God hardens someone,He doesn't create the hardness;He allows the person to gohis or her own way.
    to read more, go to: https://carmelbaptist.org/carmel-sermon/romans-91-33/

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