Berean Christian Fellowship

Christ the Rock; Romans 9:32-33

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues going through Romans 9. Here Paul uses the allegory of a Rock to describe Christ to those who reject Him a Rock of offense and a Stone of stumbling. Christ is the Rock the church is built upon, our foundation that cannot be moved. The question is if we will stumble over this Rock or build our house upon it. 

Verses Used:

Romans 9:32-33

Romans 9:30-33

Isaiah 28:16

Isaiah 8:13-15

Deuteronomy 32:4, 15, 18

1 Samuel 2:2

2 Samuel 22:2-3, 32, 47

2 Samuel 23:3

Psalm 18:2, 31, 46

Psalm 42:9

Psalm 62:7

Psalm 78:35

Psalm 89:26

Psalm 94:22

Isaiah 17:10-11

Habakkuk 1:12

Isaiah 44:8

Deuteronomy 6:4

John 17:11, 21

1 Corinthians 1:22-25, 27-29

Isaiah 53:2-3

Psalm 118:22

Luke 20:14-15, 17

Acts 4:8-12

1 Peter 2:4-8

Matthew 6:13-18

Matthew 7:24

Matthew 10:34-39

Galatians 2:20

Romans 1:16

 

The Great Stumbling Stone: Romans 9:29-33

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues delving into Romans 9. At the end of Romans 9, Paul talks about how Israel pursuing the law of righteousness, did not attain it, but the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained righteousness. How is this possible? Because righteousness does not come by the works of the law, but by faith in Christ Jesus. 

Verses Used:

Romans 9:29-33
Romans 1:1
Romans 4:14-15
Romans 3:23-24
Romans 9:15-17
John 1:12-13
Romans 3:27-28
Romans 6:23
Ephesians 2:4-10
Romans 1:17
Genesis 15:5-6
John 12:37-43
Galatians 1:6
Galatians 3:1-9
Psalm 53:1-3
Romans 14:19-23
Proverbs 26:11
Galatians 2:16
1 Samuel 13:5-23

1 Samuel 15:9-23

1 Kings 13:23-26
Galatians 3:10-14
Galatians 5:1-3
Hebrews 3:7, 15
Hebrews 4:7
Galatians 2:20

 

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I will Call Her "Beloved" Romans 9:22-29

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues to delve into Romans 9. In Romans 9, Paul quotes Hosea, "I will call them My people, who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved." In the context of: the vessels of mercy whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles. 

Verses Used:

Romans 9:22-29

Romans 9:10-13

Romans 9:22-29

Hosea 1:1

1 Kings 13:33-34

Hosea 4:10-13

Hosea 1:1-10

Ephesians 2:11-20

Hosea 2:16, 21-23

Ephesians 5:25-32

Ezekiel 36:22-32

Ezekiel 37:4-6

Ezekiel 37:11-14

Joshua 8:30-34

Acts 10:34-46

Romans 9:22-24

Romans 11:22

 

O Man, Who Are You? Romans 9:14-24

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues to dive into Romans 9. In Romans 9, Paul says some difficult things. In verse 19, Paul points out the natural human response to God's sovereignty, "Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?" Paul's response, is, "O man, who are you to reply against God?" To truly understand the difficult concepts presented in Romans 9, we have to understand the true place of mankind, both wonderous and yet still clay in the hands of our Creator. 

Verses Used:

1 Corinthians 1:18-21

Proverbs 3:5-6

Romans 9:14-24

Exodus 4:21

Genesis 3:8-13

Romans 9:19-21

Psalm 139:13-17

Genesis 1:26

Psalm 82:6

John 10:34

1 Corinthians 6:3

Luke 3:7-8

Jeremiah 18:1-13

Isaiah 29:15-16

Isaiah 45:8-9

Isaiah 10:14-16

Isaiah 46:7-10

Romans 1:21-23

Exodus 3:13-15

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Hebrews 12:25-29

1 Corinthians 1:18-21

 

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God's Purpose in You; Romans 9:14-18

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl dives into Romans 9. Paul states, "So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, 'For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.'" How big is your God? Can you trust that He is behind and in charge of all things working His good purpose? 

Verses Used:

Romans 9:6-18

Malachi 1:2-3

Genesis 15:13-16

Proverbs 16:4-5

Exodus 9:13-17

Exodus 3:14, 19-22

Exodus 6:1

Exodus 7:1-6, 22-25

Exodus 8:12-15, 16-19, 29-32

Exodus 9:6-7, 8-12, 33-35

Exodus 10:16-20, 21-29

Exodus 11:6-10

Exodus 13:1, 15-16

Exodus 14:1-9

Judges 7:1-3, 4-7, 13-15, 19-22

John 14:12-14

Mark 11:22-24

 

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Show us Your Glory; Romans 9:10-13

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 9:10-13, Paul talks about how even before birth, God hated Esau but loved Jacob. "that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls." This is a hard passage. It is interesting that when Moses askes God to show him His glory (Exodus 33), God says that, "I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." 

Verses Used:

Romans 9:10-13

Romans 9:6-13

John 13:6-8

Genesis 25:21-28

Malachi 1:1-5

Luke 14:26-27

Jeremiah 49:7, 10

Jeremiah 49:15-18

1 John 4:8

Malachi 4:1-6

Exodus 33:18-19

Proverbs 6:16-19

Psalm 5:5

Malachi 1:3, 2:17

Psalm 11:5

Psalm 139:21-22

Psalm 26:5

Proverbs 29:27

Proverbs 16:4

Proverbs 3:32

1 Peter 2:8

Romans 3:9-18

Genesis 8:21

Ephesians 2:1-6

Galatians 3:26-29

Galatians 6:15-16

Christ who is God: Romans 9:5

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continuing his series on Romans dives into Romans 9:5 where Paul states that "Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God." The doctrine of Christ Jesus' Divinity is key to Christianity and the Gospel. Yet, it is an area that lots of people struggle with, Pastor Kohl digs into some of the scriptural support of this idea. 

Verses Used:

Romans 9:5

Romans 9:1-5

Mark 12:28-31

Genesis 1:1

Genesis 1:26

Isaiah 7:13-14

Isaiah 9:6-7

Proverbs 30:4

Psalm 110:1

Matthew 22:41-46

John 5:18

John 1:1-5

John 1:14-18

Acts 20:28

John 20:28

Philippians 2:5-11

Hebrews 1:1-12

Titus 2:13-14

Daniel 7:13-14

John 8:28

Romans 9:5

2 John 9-11

Hebrews 4:15-16

Is God Faithful? Romans 9:1-13

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 9, Paul speaks of his deep sorrow for his unbelieving Jewish countrymen. God made a promise to His people, yet so many didn't believe and actively persecuted those who did. What about God's promises? Here Paul points out the deep truth that they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are of the seed of Abraham. Pastor Kohl digs into this complex issue and the whole question of what is the people of God? And how the visible church is not the same as the invisible church. 

 

Verses Used

Romans 9:1-13

Acts 13:13-25

Acts 13:40-52

Acts 14:1-7

Acts 14:19-20

Philippians 3:1-6

Matthew 18:17

Romans 9:6-9

John 8:37-46

Proverbs 26:4-6

Matthew 13:9-11 

Proverbs 25:2

Isaiah 55:8-9

1 Samuel 16:7

Galatians 1:6

Galatians 2:6

Galatians 2:11-12

Psalm 147:10-11

Luke 4:25-30

Genesis 17:4

Romans 4:16-18, 23-24

Acts 10:34-35

Neither Death nor Life; Romans 8:37-39

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 8:37-39, Paul says that he is persuaded that neither death nor life can separate the Christian from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. All humanity faces the reality of incoming death. How should the Christian view death? How about the temptations and struggles of this life? Do we have confidence that Paul speaks of here?

Verses Used:

Romans 8:37-39

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

Hebrews 2:14-15

Matthew 16:24-26

Revelation 20:11-15

2 Peter 1:13-14

1 Corinthians 15:26

Genesis 2:15-17

Romans 5:12

Genesis 5:23-24

2 Kings 2:1, 11-12

Revelation 11:3-7, 11-13

1 Corinthians 15:51-53

Ecclesiastics 9:9-10

John 11:11-14

2 Corinthians 5:7-8

Revelation 2:10

Matthew 25:45-46

2 Corinthians 5:1-8

2 Corinthians 4:8-10

Romans 8:35-37

1 Corinthians 10:6-13

2 Corinthians 4:8-10

 

More than Conquerors; Romans 8:37

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 8:37; Paul speaks of how "we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." This is in the context of talking about how we are killed all the day long, lambs to the slaughter for the sake of Christ, what looks like the opposite of conquering. How does this work? How is this possible?

Verses Used:

Romans 8:35-39

Ezekiel 28:11-19

Isaiah 14

Romans 8:37

John 16:33

Isaiah 53:7

Philippians 2:6-11

Zechariah 3:1-4

Hebrews 4:15

Isaiah 53:10-12

Isaiah 53:6-8

Acts 13:32-34

Ephesians 6:10-13

John 15:20-21

Luke 10:1-3

Psalm 44:22

1 Corinthians 10:13

Ephesians 4:30

John 6:35-40, 37

Matthew 5:1-12

Romans 5:8-10

John 10:27-30

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Hebrews 12:2

1 Peter 1:3-5

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Revelation 12:10-11

Psalm 46:10

Philippians 4:6-7