Posts tagged Romans
Update on Romans Video Series
Nov 1st
About a month ago I posted two videos from a new video series on Romans that I am working on. I wanted to provide a quick update on that project. First, I got permission to use the ESV for the entire series. That was great news! Other than that, I will be working on the scripts for the next several videos. After that, I simply have to settle on some video editing software, which I think I have. However, just waiting for it to be in the budget. 
Once I have everything together, I am going to go back and touch up the first two episodes before completing the next. Given all of that, it will be a while before any new videos are out.
The first two videos are re-posted below:
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God’s Economy in Salvation
Oct 28th
Romans 4:4-5: “Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness…” [ESV]
All religions can be summed up into one question: Are you working for your salvation, therefore making God in debt to you, or are you trusting in the free grace and the merit of another (Jesus), and therefore the credit of another’s righteousness (Jesus)?
True Christianity is the only religion with the right answer to that question. Every other religion offers to you the opportunity to do works as an employee of God, as a means to earn a wage from God. And yet, our best works are but filthy rags. The Bible says that the wages of sin is death. Thus, in God’s economy of salvation, it is not the one who works who is justified, but the one whose righteousness is based on the merits of another, namely Jesus. In and of ourselves, we are morally bankrupt and the wages that we have earned from our sin is death. We cannot trust in our good works because despite what we want to believe, our works are not truly good. Instead, we have to trust in the one who was truly good. Jesus said to the rich young ruler, “Why do you call me good? There is no one good, but God.” That is as clear of a statement about the nature of God compared to the condition of man that you will find. We are without merit. We are in need of the merit of another.
When Jesus was crucified and then resurrected, he was a propitiation for our sins so that we could be justified by the credit of His righteousness to our account. That is the economy of God in salvation.
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Episode 2 on Romans
Sep 7th
I completed Episode 2 much faster than anticipated (the benefit perhaps of a three day weekend). This time, I mean it for real…it will be at least a week or more before Episode 3. Enjoy!
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New Video Series
Sep 5th
Perhaps it is just my need to be creative, or perhaps something better, but either way I have decided to begin working on a series of small videos on the book of Romans. Romans has been a bulwark to me over the past couple of years and I hope to bring to light some of the most magnificent truths found in Romans. Here is Part I of the series, which is but a brief introduction. It will probably be a while before the next video is available.
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