Berean Christian Fellowship

Can Christians Struggle? Romans 7:7-25

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 7, Paul speaks of his struggle with sin. There are two basic ways people look at this passage. Was Paul speaking about his experiences prior to becoming a Christian or after? Yet, the passage itself is written with a present tense during a time when Paul was an Apostle. Can Christians struggle with sin? Can Christians be perfect in this life?  And does your doctrine on this question matter?

Verses Used:

Romans 7:14-25

Galatians 2:20

Philippians 3:7-10

Philippians 3:13-14

Hebrews 12:1-3

Galatians 2:11-16

Romans 3:28-31

1 John 1:8

1 Corinthians 10:12

Proverbs 3:5-8

Proverbs 2:6

Romans 7:15

Jeremiah 17:9

Galatians 6:16-25

Matthew 23:15

Romans 14:3-5

2 Corinthians 12:7-9

1 John 1:9-10

Matthew 18:20

 

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The Bride; Romans 7:1-6

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 7:1-6, Paul uses the illustration of marriage to explain the relationship between Christ and His people. God calls marriage the institution that He loves in Malachi. How is a Christian marriage supposed to show Christ and God's relationship with us?

Verses Used:

Romans 7:1-6

1 Corinthians 7:1-7

Hosea 4:4-13

Hosea 5:1

Hosea 6:9

2 Chronicles 11:13-17

Hosea 1:1-2:1

Hosea 2:8

Isaiah 54:4-6

Jeremiah 3:20

Jeremiah 31:32

Hosea 2:19-23

Malachi 1:2-3

1 Peter 2:10

Zephaniah 3:14-17

John 14:21

John 17:10

Romans 5:8

Hosea 3:2

Hosea 3:3 

2 Timothy 2:13

John 3:16

Ephesians 5:22-28

Matthew 18:19-20

1 Peter 3:7

 

The Heart of a Shepherd: Romans 7:1-6

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 7, Paul uses another allegory to speak of the transformation that occurs in the Christian. Previously, he has used the allegories of a dead body vs. one that is alive, and slavery. Now he uses the allegory of a marriage. A married woman is bound to her husband for as long as he lives, but if he dies she is free to marry another, so in Christ the Christian has died to the law that we may be married to Christ. Why does Paul belabor the point so much? What is Paul's motivation here? 

Verses Used:

Message Notes

Romans 7:1-6

Jeremiah 10:20-21

Jeremiah 3:14-16

Ephesians 4:9-24

Galatians 4:19

1 Corinthians 4:15

2 Corinthians 11:22-29

Colossians 1:9-10

1 Corinthians 2:9

Hebrews 2:10-13

1 John 3:1-3

Romans 6:5

Galatians 5:1-8

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Leviticus 19:17-19

Genesis 3:15-19

Malachi 2:10-16

Ephesians 5:25-27

Matthew 25:1-9

Revelation 3:20

Matthew 11:28-30

 

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Consequences: Romans 6:15-23

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl speaks on Romans 6:15-23. In this passage, Paul explains how the Christian should not continue in sin using the metaphor of slavery. There are only two options. One that we are spiritually dead, a slave to sin doing its will, and the wages of sin is death. The other is that Christ has transformed us and His gift is eternal life. The one who is a child of God will and should seek to act like their Father and are in a sense slaves of righteousness. We cannot serve two masters. Who is your master?

Verses Used:

Romans 6:15-23

Romans 3:7-9

Romans 9:18-20

John 1:10-13

Deuteronomy 29:2-4

Joshua 11:16-20

Exodus 7:1-5, 13

Proverbs 21:1

Exodus 8:23

Exodus 9:13-16

Daniel 4:16-17, 34-37

Romans 8:14-17

Matthew 6:24

Matthew 11:28-30

Galatians 3:1-9

John 5:39-40

Matthew 23:15

Luke 11:42-43

Matthew 23:23-24

Galatians 3:23-25

1 John 4:18-20

Matthew 6:33

John 13:35

Matthew 7:15-16

1 John 3:14-16

1 Corinthians 13:1-7

Isaiah 43:25

Hebrews 8:12-13

Psalm 78:38-39

Psalm 105:42

Ephesians 2:1

 

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Living with Jesus Now! Romans 6:5-14

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 6, Paul says "Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Paul goes on to speak of how we should not let sin reign in our bodies. What does it look like for the Christian to be alive in Christ? Is how Christians live different?

Verses Used:

1 John 1:8

Romans 6:5-14

Genesis 6:5

1 Corinthians 2:14

Ephesians 2:1-3

John 8:42-44

Acts 7:51-52

Jeremiah 6:10

Romans 12:1-2

2 Timothy 2:14-16

2 Peter 3:14-17

Revelation 21:8

1 Corinthians 3:1-3

Hebrews 5:9-14

Proverbs 23:23

1 Corinthians 10:4-6

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

1 Corinthians 15:3-5

Leviticus 10

Leviticus 16:7-8

Hebrews 2:1-3, 10-11

Hebrews 3:1

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Matthew 13:45-46

Jeremiah 17:9

John 3:1-8

1 John 2:27-29

1 John 3:1-3

Philippians 2:12-13

 

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Baptized into Christ: Romans 6:3-4

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues to speak on Romans 6. Here Paul says, " Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?" What does Paul mean? What does baptism even mean? What did the word mean to the Greeks who actually used it as a common word? What does it mean to a Christian? 

Verses Used:

Romans 6:3-4

1 Corinthians 11:30

Hebrews 6:4-6

Romans 6:3-4

1 Corinthians 12:12-14

Ephesians 4:5

Acts 1:4-5

Hebrews 9:10

Matthew 28:19

Ephesians 4:5

Luke 3:16

1 Corinthians 10:1-2

Galatians 3:27

Luke 23:39-43

1 Corinthians 15:20-32

Matthew 5:11

Matthew 10:18, 22, 39

John 15:18-19

Mark 14:27

Luke 9:23

1 Corinthians 15:1-8

Romans 6:3-4

The Long Road To Dawn

In this Christmas sermon, Pastor Kohl goes over some of the history leading up to the birth of Christ. God has been calling His own throughout history, yet things were very dark at times. Yet, in the fullness of time God sent forth His Son. A bright dawn of light shining so bright that we cannot ignore it (literally a date built into our calendars), all history revolves around Christ's birth. Yet, God promises that is not the end. Christ is coming again, when in the fullness of time, He will gather all to Himself. And if His first coming was a sunrise transforming the world, His 2nd coming is promised to be a Super Nova. 

Verses Used:

Matthew 24:9-14

Genesis 6:7-8

Genesis 12:1-3

Exodus 3:4, 9-10

Judges 17:6

1 Samuel 8:6-8

2 Chronicles 11:13-15

1 Kings 16:29-31

Daniel 9:27

Daniel 11:31

Matthew 3:7

Matthew 22:22-24

Mark 7:1-13

Galatians 4:4

Isaiah 7:12-17

Matthew 4:13-17

Zephaniah 3:13

1 Kings 18-19

Romans 9:22-28

Ephesians 1:7-12, 10

John 6:39-40

John 14:17-19

Hebrews 13:5

John 14:1-4

2 Timothy 3:1-5

2 Peter 3:3-5

Acts 1:9-11

Matthew 24:30

Matthew 26:64

Mark 14:62

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Malachi 4:1-3

 

The Road To Sanctification; Romans 6:1-2

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 6, Paul talks about how we have died to sin through Christ and that we should no longer live in it. What does died to sin mean? It is past tense for the Christian in this passage, yet Paul uses that death as a reason that the Christian should no longer allow sin to reign in their lives, implying that sin is still possible. How is the Christian Sanctified? 

Verses Used:

Romans 6:1-2

Matthew 1:21

Romans 3:7-8

Matthew 4:1

Luke 22:44

1 John 1:7-9

James 1:14-16

Romans 6:10-11

1 Thessalonians 2:11-13

Hebrews 4:1-2

Luke 17:1-2

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

Galatians 2:15-16

1 John 3:1-3

John 6:38-40

Ezekiel 11:19-20

Ezekiel 36:25-27

2 Corinthians 5:14-15, 16-19

Romans 6:6

Colossians 3:9

Ephesians 4:22

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

1 Peter 4:3-5

Isaiah 55:8

Proverbs 23:7

Matthew 12:34-35

Hosea 4:6

2 Timothy 2:14-16

Colossians 2:8-10

Proverbs 4:5-7

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

Romans 12:2

 

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Why the Law; Romans 5:20-21

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues his series on Romans. In Romans 5:20-21, Paul explains that the purpose of the law. Why did God give people the law? 

Verses Used:

Romans 5:20-21

2 Chronicles 32:31

2 Samuel 24:1-4, 12-13, 17

Galatians 3:1-4

Galatians 3:23-25

Romans 6:23

1 Corinthians 15:26

Romans 6:20-23

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

1 John 4:7-9

Philippians 3:2-3

Philippians 3:12-14

Deuteronomy 10:15-17

Deuteronomy 30:5-7

Jeremiah 4:3-4

Ezekiel 36:25-29

Exodus 19:6

1 Peter 2:9

1 Peter 1:1-2

Romans 2:28-29

Psalm 51:1-7

John 14:6

Romans 3:19-23

John 6:27-29

Exodus 19:19-22, 4

Romans 3:23-28

Jeremiah 23:6

 

 

 

Romans 5:12-19; The Backstory

In this sermon, Pastor Kohl continues digging into Romans 5. In Romans 5, Paul speaks on Adam and how through Adam's sin death entered the world. Because of Adam's sin, all mankind are sinners and separated from God. In this sermon, Pastor Kohl digs a little deeper into the original state of each of us, alienated from God and under the kingdom of the Devil. 

Verses Used:

Romans 5:12-19

Philemon 1:18

Genesis 6:5-7

Psalm 14:2-3

Isaiah 1:5-6

Jeremiah 17:9

Hebrews 11:1-8

Luke 24:25-27

Romans 5:14

Philippians 3:17

John 20:25

Ezekiel 28:11-16

Revelation 12:1-6

Isaiah 14:12-19

Ephesians 2:1-3

Ephesians 6:10-13

Galatians 5:19-25

John 8:43-45

Philippians 3:17-21

Luke 6:43-45

2 Timothy 2:25-26

Matthew 4:15-17

Luke 19:10