Listen "Romans 12:1-5 with David (Bible Study)"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Christian is joined by guest host David to continue a bible study on Romans. We are on day 30 of 42 of the reading plan.
References:
6 weeks through Romans (https://calvary.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Romans_Reading_Plan.pdf)
Romans 12:1-5 (https://www.esv.org/Romans+12/)
Show Notes:
1:17 - Opening Prayer
2:00 - A passage from the letter of Paul to the Romans (Romans 12:1-5)
4:10 - "Antinomians believe that faith alone guarantees eternal security in heaven, regardless of one's actions." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinomianism)
4:26 - "Cheap grace... is to hear the gospel preached as follows: 'Of course you have sinned, but now everything is forgiven, so you can stay as you are and enjoy the consolations of forgiveness.'" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cost_of_Discipleship)
9:46 - "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind," (Romans 12:2a ESV)
12:39 - "But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matthew 7:14 NIV)
16:01 - False Gospel: "Follow your heart." The Bible actually says the opposite
16:55 - "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV)
17:16 - "The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned." (1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV)
17:20 - Jeremiah 17:9 again
17:25 - "A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart." (Proverbs 18:2 NKJV)
20:18 - David: "A deceitful heart won't always be wicked, but it is untrustworthy in discerning good from evil"
23:42 - Christian: "God has revealed Himself to us in a certain way. And for us to trust that revelation is what we wrestle with"
24:30 - "He said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?'" (Matthew 16:15 ESV)
25:35 - "Give us this day our daily bread," (Matthew 6:11 ESV and https://www.usccb.org/prayers/our-father)
27:01 - David: "I need to give everything to God"
27:25 - "Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." (Romans 12:1b ESV)
29:02 - "For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function," (Romans 12:4)
29:06 - Christian - "I am going to focus on trying to be gracious to people whose gifts are not obvious to me"
33:56 - "So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27 NLT)
34:51 - David: "The decision to trust God after we are saved" (Gospel Point #5)
35:09 - Christian "We live in this world. Even though God is fair, this world is not fair" (Gospel Point #3)
References:
6 weeks through Romans (https://calvary.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Romans_Reading_Plan.pdf)
Romans 12:1-5 (https://www.esv.org/Romans+12/)
Show Notes:
1:17 - Opening Prayer
2:00 - A passage from the letter of Paul to the Romans (Romans 12:1-5)
4:10 - "Antinomians believe that faith alone guarantees eternal security in heaven, regardless of one's actions." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinomianism)
4:26 - "Cheap grace... is to hear the gospel preached as follows: 'Of course you have sinned, but now everything is forgiven, so you can stay as you are and enjoy the consolations of forgiveness.'" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cost_of_Discipleship)
9:46 - "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind," (Romans 12:2a ESV)
12:39 - "But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matthew 7:14 NIV)
16:01 - False Gospel: "Follow your heart." The Bible actually says the opposite
16:55 - "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV)
17:16 - "The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned." (1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV)
17:20 - Jeremiah 17:9 again
17:25 - "A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart." (Proverbs 18:2 NKJV)
20:18 - David: "A deceitful heart won't always be wicked, but it is untrustworthy in discerning good from evil"
23:42 - Christian: "God has revealed Himself to us in a certain way. And for us to trust that revelation is what we wrestle with"
24:30 - "He said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?'" (Matthew 16:15 ESV)
25:35 - "Give us this day our daily bread," (Matthew 6:11 ESV and https://www.usccb.org/prayers/our-father)
27:01 - David: "I need to give everything to God"
27:25 - "Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." (Romans 12:1b ESV)
29:02 - "For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function," (Romans 12:4)
29:06 - Christian - "I am going to focus on trying to be gracious to people whose gifts are not obvious to me"
33:56 - "So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27 NLT)
34:51 - David: "The decision to trust God after we are saved" (Gospel Point #5)
35:09 - Christian "We live in this world. Even though God is fair, this world is not fair" (Gospel Point #3)
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