Berean Christian Fellowship

The Hope of Divine Glory; Romans 5:2

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 5:2, Paul states, "and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God." What is that hope? Why should we be rejoicing in it? When we speak of the Glory of God, what do we mean?

Verses Used:

Romans 5:2

Romans 5:1-5

Ephesians 1:15-19

Romans 8:30, 21-23

Hebrews 2:14-16, 1:4

John 10:9

Acts 2:25-28

2 Corinthians 1:7

Colossians 1:5, 27

Titus 1:2, 2:13

Hebrews 6:19-20

1 Peter 1:3

1 John 3:1-3

Exodus 40:34-38

Psalm 42:7, 1-3

Romans 3:11

Daniel 5:25-27

1 Corinthians 13:11-13

Matthew 17:1-5

2 Peter 1:16-18

Acts 7:54-56

Acts 9:3-5

Revelation 1:12-17

Exodus 33:14-23

Exodus 34:30-35

Romans 5:2

Hebrews 1:1-3

John 1:17-18

Colossians 1:13

Colossians 3:4

1 John 2:28-29

 

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Standing in Grace: Romans 5:2

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues in Romans 5:2; where Paul states "we have access by faith into this grace by which we stand." How does this grace enable us to stand? Pastor Kohl delves into the whole question of perseverance of the saints and how God keeps His own, and what it looks like to stand in that Grace. 

Verses Used:

Romans 5:2

Romans 5:1-5

Romans 8:28-30

Matthew 7:21-23

1 Corinthians 11:27-31

Psalm 65:4

Matthew 22:14

Romans 5:6-21

1 Corinthians 15:20-24

Matthew 18:12-14

John 3:16

John 5:24

John 6:35-40

Ephesians 4:30

Colossians 3:3-4

2 Timothy 4:18

Hebrews 9:12-15

Hebrews 10:14

Hebrews 12:28

1 Peter 1:3-5

1 John 5:4-5, 9-11, 13, 20

Romans 8:28

1 John 2:19-25

Ephesians 2:14

Philippians 1:27

1 Corinthians 16:13

Hebrews 10:16-24

1 Corinthians 15:10

2 Corinthians 12:9

Romans 8:38-39

Jude 1:24-25

 

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Access to God: Romans 5:2

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 5:1-2, Paul speaks of how we have access to God through faith in Jesus. What does it mean to have access to God? Do we realize how utterly awesome that is? 

Verses Used:

Romans 5:1-2

Romans 1:16-18

Ephesians 2:18

Ephesians 3:12

Esther 4:10-5:2

Romans 8:16-17

Psalm 46:1

John 14:6

Matthew 12:46-50

Matthew 27:50-54

Ephesians 2:11-13

Revelation 7:9-17

Matthew 22:1-14

Deuteronomy 1:45

2 Samuel 22:42

Job 27:9

Job 35:12-13

Psalm 18:41

Proverbs 1:24-28

Proverbs 15:8, 29

Proverbs 28:9

Isaiah 1:15

Ezekiel 8:18

Micah 3:4

Jeremiah 11:11

Jeremiah 14:12

James 1:6-7

Psalm 66:18

1 Peter 3:7

John 14:12-14

James 4:3

Hebrews 10:19-25

 

Peace with God; Romans 5:1

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 5:1, Paul talks about how we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. To understand how big a deal this is, we need to examine what the situation is without Christ. Having God at war with us, is incredible bad. We can never win against Him. He is a consuming fire, a perfect Judge who will not let any transgressions slide. How can we possibly hope to escape? Yet, we can find peace with Him through Jesus, what an amazingly big deal!

Verses Used:

Romans 5:1
Philippians 4:6-7

Genesis 3:1-5

Genesis 6:11-14

Proverbs 16:4

Job 21:30

Psalm 96:11-13

Deuteronomy 4:24, 9:3

Malachi 4:1

Psalm 5:4-6

Mark 7:20-23

Matthew 5:21-30

Jeremiah 17:9-10

Numbers 15:30-31, 32-36

Numbers 16:3

Exodus 4:21-26

Psalm 19:13

1 Chronicles 13:9-12

Revelation 1:7-17

Isaiah 53:6

Mark 12:29-30

Hebrews 12:29

2 Peter 2:1-17

Matthew 13:30

Jude 1:4-11

Acts 17:31

Hebrews 10:27

1 Peter 3:7-10

1 Thessalonians 5:2

Hebrews 9:27-28

Colossians 1:20-22

Ephesians 2:14-17, 3:17-21

 

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Romans 4:23-5:5; Faith that Works

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 4:23-5:5, Paul speaks of faith and the real tangible results in a persons life. Real faith in God, changes our lives and will result in different desires, choices, and actions. 

Verses Used:

Romans 4:23-5:5

Romans 2:25-29

Romans 2:11

Romans 3:20-21, 27

Hebrews 11:1-4

Romans 10:13-15

Matthew 5:17-18

Galatians 4:6

John 10:27

Psalm 19:1-14

Romans 1:19-21

Psalm 119:49-50, 89-94, 

Ephesians 1:4

Psalm 119:97, 176

Psalm 119:161-163

1 Corinthians 10:6-11

Numbers 13:21-33

Numbers 14:6-12

1 Corinthians 15:28

1 Peter 1:22-2:3

Romans 6:7-9

Colossians 2:20-23

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Romans 4:13-17; The Nature of God's Promises

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 4; Paul is looking at the faith of Abraham. One of the major questions, if not the question so often facing Christians is do we believe God? This is the same issue Abram faced. God's promises so often fly in the face of common sense, are we just crazy to trust Him? 

Verses Used:

Romans 4:13-17

Genesis 12:4

Genesis 17:1-8

1 Corinthians 1:25

Hebrews 6:13-20

John 17:17

Genesis 17:15-19

Numbers 23:16-20

1 Samuel 15:27-29

Malachi 3:6

James 1:16-18

Numbers 11:18-23

Hebrews 11:39-40

Hebrews 4:11-12

Genesis 1:1-13

John 1:1-5, 14

John 14:6, 7-11

Hebrews 1:1-4

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Isaiah 65:17

2 Corinthians 5:17

Isaiah 55:6-12

John 17:20-26

John 20:22

Acts 1:4-5

Acts 2:1-4

2 Timothy 2:8-13

Romans 3:3-6

2 Peter 1:2-11

Philippians 1:6

 

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Romans 4:9-12; Signs and Seals & The Great Mystery of Christ

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 4, Paul talks about how circumcision was a sign and a seal of the righteousness of the faith of Abraham. Do the outward signs of being part of the people of God; such as circumcision and baptism equal truly being part of God's people? What is their place? This is an area where a lot of people get tripped up, back then as well as today. Paul speaks of the believing Jew, being co-heirs with the believing Gentile. In Ephesians he talks about how they are the same body in Christ. This he calls the great mystery of Christ. 

Verses Used:

Romans 4:9-12

John 3:10-16

2 Timothy 2:14-16

Matthew 13:10-15

Proverbs 2:1-5

1 Corinthians 2:6-7

Proverbs 25:2

Luke 24:30-32

Genesis 12:3

Genesis 32:28

Genesis 15:6

Genesis 17:10-14

Romans 4:11

Hebrews 9:23-24

Hebrews 10:1-7

Isaiah 1:10-12

Psalm 50:12-14

Galatians 3:1-6

Galatians 4:8-11

Matthew 13:34-35

Ephesians 3:1-13

Romans 11:25-27

Romans 9:6

Galatians 3:16-18

Hebrews 5:12-6:3

 

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Romans 4; A Friend of God

Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 4, Paul spends a lot of time talking about Abraham. How he was saved and how he is the father of all true Christians. Who was Abraham? Abraham/Abram is mentioned 285X in the bible, he is important.  As we look at Abraham's life what do we find? How can we apply the patterns we find in Abraham's life to our own? Pastor Kohl explores the concepts of being called through faith, not of our own works, yet being called to be separate from the world, and finally being called to be a friend of God, Himself.

Verses Used:

Romans 4

Joshua 24:2-3, 14

Hebrews 11:8-16

Galatians 3:26-29

Matthew 1:1-2

Luke 1:72-73

Genesis 6:5

Romans 3:10-12

Romans 4:1-2

Luke 9:23-25

Romans 1:1

Ephesians 1:3-5

Ephesians 5:27

Matthew 7:13-14

Ephesians 2:20-22

1 Peter 1:15-16

Revelation 2:14-16, 20-23

2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1

Hebrews 9:27

1 Corinthians 5:1-5, 9-13

Isaiah 51:1-2

James 2:23

2 Chronicles 20:7

Isaiah 41:8

John 15:15

Genesis 15:1

 

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Romans 3:21-4:8; Justification: Paul & James

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl speaks on Romans 3:21-4:8 where Paul begins to explain that it is not works, but rather faith that justifies us before God. Paul uses the example of Abraham and claims that Abraham’s belief was accounted as righteousness. In Romans 3:28, he says “that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.” Yet, James 3:24 says “You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.” At first glance this seems completely contradictory. How can we reconcile these two statements? Pastor Kohl explains how in this sermon. 

Verses Used:

Romans 3:21—4:8

Galatians 1:6-10

Hebrews 3:13-15

Matthew 13:24-30

James 2:19-26

James 2:14-18

Matthew 11:18-19

Genesis 15:1-6

Hebrews 6:4-9

Matthew 7:15-20

Acts 20:28-30

Jeremiah 17:9

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Isaiah 55:11

Romans 10:17

John 3:3-10

Ezekiel 36:25-27

Hebrews 12:22-24

Philippians 1:3-6

Philippians 3:12-21

 

Romans 3:21-26; The Just and the Justifier

Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 3:21-26, having laid out the failure of mankind for several chapters, Paul points out that our only hope is in Jesus. God is both perfectly just and, yet, also provides the justification and mercy we so desperately need in Jesus. In this sermon, Pastor Kohl speaks on the concept of Soli Deo Gloria (to God alone be the Glory). How does that impact our lives? How should it impact our lives?

Verses Used:

Romans 3:21-26

1 John 2:2

Galatians 4:21-31

Romans 11:21-23

Romans 3:10

Ephesians 1:7

Ephesians 2:8-9

Philippians 3:8

Revelation 4:11

1 Corinthians 10:31

Proverbs 16:1-5

Romans 11:33-36

2 Timothy 4:17-18

Matthew 22:36-38

Matthew 10:37

John 14:15-18

1 John 4:7-11

John 14:19-21

Galatians 4:1-7

John 10:11-18

Revelation 1:4-6

Revelation 2:3-5

Romans 8:14-17

 

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