Nothing BUTthe Blood

Romans 5:1-10message eight

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF YOUR

BLOOD-WORK1. It used to be believed

blood was a source of disease, not defense

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF YOUR

BLOOD-WORK1. It used to be believed

blood was a source of disease, not defense

2. There is no other doctrine debated, doubted, disputed and even denied as much as the doctrine of the blood of Jesus Christ

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF YOUR

BLOOD-WORK

3. Blood has to be shed to

provide eternal salvation

Thesis• The one unifying

theme of the Bible is the scarlet thread of redemption by the Savior’s blood that runs through it.

Definition• Peace WITH God

defines my status before God as his son; the peace OF God refers to my tranquility within as a saint.

GLORYING IN TRIBULATION

1. It is not stoicism

...a stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny.

—zeno

GLORYING IN TRIBULATION

1. It is not stoicism2. It is not masochism

...a masochist obtains pleasure by receiving punishment.

GLORYING IN TRIBULATION

1. It is not stoicism2. It is not masochism3. It is not an act, a

show or a performance...a hypocrite

professes opinions he does not hold to conceal reality.

Point 1• The gospel was

designed by God to produce a spirit that cannot help but rejoice, and rejoicing is a deep sense of security in God, even when the circumstances of your life are crumbling.

Definition• Hope is an inner

confidence developed by faith in what God has promised.

...faith is the substance of things hoped for.

—paul

Point 2• If there has been

no change in your character, there will be no growth in your hope.

Definition• Atonement is

restoration to divine favor as we get reconciled.

at-one-ment was a word coined by Wycliffe for the English Bible in 1382

Point 3

• You can stand in front of God as if you were Christ because Christ stood before God as if he were you.

COME FORWARD

FOR PRAYER