1. Changes to Order of Service
10:50 -Time of reflective prayer & heart preparation
- 11:00 – Welcome & Opening chorus
- Responsive Scripture reading
- Song / Special music (children’s church dismissed)
- Message
- Invitation Song
- Prayer Needs & missionary moment
- Praise testimonies
- Songs of worship
- Monthly memory verse
- Specific announcements
-Dismiss with prayer
*Reminder of offering boxes in the back of the church

2. Changes & Why Priority of the Word Response of Praise
“preach the word” (2 Tim. 4:2). Preaching must come first in the life of the church before anything else can find its rightful place.
Response of Praise
“Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord…” (Acts 13:48)
Giving intentionally, purposefully, and cheerfully
“prepare your bountiful gift beforehand” (2 Cor.9:5,7,12-13)

3. Romans 2:28-29
The
FINAL
VERDICT
Part 2

4. Righteousness DEMONSTRATED Righteousness CREDITED
Romans Overview
6:1 – 8:39 SANCTIFICATION
LIFE of salvation
Righteousness DEMONSTRATED
3:21 – 5:21 SALVATION
WAY of salvation
Righteousness CREDITED
1:18 – 3: SIN
NEED for salvation
Righteousness NEEDED

5. 3 FALSE Exemptions from being condemned
1. Law of God
2. Circumcision
3. Birth - sons of Abraham

6. 3 Key Words Even these CANNOT save! “Circumcision” “Jew” “Law”
Vs.17 – “rest on the Law”
Vs.18 – “instructed out of the Law”
Vs.20 – “form of…truth in the Law”
Vs.23 – “boast in the Law… …breaking the Law”
Vs.25 – “circumcision is indeed profitable”
Vs.26 & 27 – “uncircumcision”
“Jew”
Vs.28 – “not a Jew…outwardly”
Vs.29 – “a Jew…inwardly”
Even these CANNOT save!