1. Serving the Son of God Pastor Nathan Weller January 27, 2018
Series: Introductions

3. This introduction gives us a picture of a gospel shaped life

5. 1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart
for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to
be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom
we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience
of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including
you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
--Romans ESV

7. The gospel is about Jesus

9. 3 ...concerning his Son, who was descended from David according
to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power
according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace
and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake
of his name among all the nations...
--Romans ESV

11. “It is about him, not us. We never grasp the gospel until we understand that it is not fundamentally a message about our lives, dreams, or hopes. The gospel speaks about, and transforms, all of those things,
but only because it isn’t about us. It is a declaration about God’s Son…”
--Tim Keller--

13. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
--Romans ESV

15. The entire Bible tells us about the gospel

17. --Romans 1.2 NLT God promised this Good News long ago through his
prophets in the holy Scriptures.
--Romans 1.2 NLT

19. Sharing the gospel was all Paul cared about

21. Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set
apart for the gospel of God 6 including you who are
called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7 To all those in Rome who
are loved by God and called to be saints...
--Romans 1.1, 6-7 ESV

23. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing
worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake
I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as
rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
--Philippians 3.8 ESV

25. ...through whom we have received grace and apostleship
to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name
among all the nations...
--Romans 1.5 ESV

27. “We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that
saves is never alone.”
--Martin Luther--

29. Obedience of faith means that Jesus is both your savior and Lord

31. “When I saw that they were not following the truth of
the gospel message, I said to Peter in front of all the others,
“Since you, a Jew by birth, have discarded the Jewish
laws and are living like a Gentile, why are you now trying to
make these Gentiles follow the Jewish traditions?”
--Galatians 2.14 NLT

33. 1. I’ll only be right in my own eyes if I do what I think others expect me to do

34. 1. I’ll only be right in my own eyes if I do what I think others expect me to do
2. I’ll only be right in God’s eyes if I do what I think God wants me to do

35. 1. I’ll only be right in my own eyes if I do what I think others expect me to do
2. I’ll only be right in God’s eyes if I do what I think God wants me to do
3. I’ll only be right in the eyes of others if I do what they expect me to do.

37. Yet we know that a person is made right with God by faith in
Jesus Christ, not by obeying the law. And we have believed in
Christ Jesus, so that we might be made right with God because
of our faith in Christ, not because we have obeyed the law.
For no one will ever be made right with God by obeying the law.”
--Galatians 2.16 NLT

42. Let each of you look not only to his own interests,
but also to the interests of others.
--Philippians 2.4 ESV

44. There is therefore now no condemnation for those
who are in Christ Jesus.
--Romans 8.1 ESV

46. Serving the Son of God Pastor Nathan Weller January 20, 2018
Series: Introductions