Emmanuel Baptist Church, Sterling, Co

Pastor Sean wraps up Romans 11 with Paul's glorious outburst of praise and then launches into Romans 12. This Chapter switches gears and focuses on how we actually live out the Christian life of faith as justified believers in Jesus. We can only obey by the mercies of God.

Exodus 32:1-14

Exodus 32:1-10

Exodus 35:4-29

James 4:13-17

Matthew 2:1-12

John 14:27; Romans 5:1-2; Philippians 4:6-7; Matthew 5:9

Psalm 16

Dr. Sean Cole debated/dialogued with unitarian Dr. Dale Tuggy concerning the doctrine of the Trinity. After reflecting on the debate, Dr. Cole provides a further teaching on all the issues he wished he WOULD have shared during the debate. He goes into more depth in key teachings on the Trinity and gives further clarifications in how he would have answered Dr. Tuggy. It may be helpful to listen to the actual debate which is in the previous episode to get a better context. Check out Sean's book "Your Identity in the Trinity" at amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Identity-Trinity-Discovering-Gospel-ebook/dp/B07RWTJK9K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1576260585&sr=8-1

1 John 4:7-16

The first candle of Advent is the HOPE candle which anticipates the coming of Christ as prophesied in the Old Testament. How can we have hope in our present sufferings in this fallen world of pain? Romans 8:17-25 answers this question and describes true, biblical HOPE. Check out Sean's book "Your Identity in the Trinity" at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Identity-Trinity-Discovering-Gospel-ebook/dp/B07RWTJK9K/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Sean+Cole&qid=1575306885&sr=8-1

Exodus 30:17-21

In our regeneration, the Holy Spirit has effectually set us free from sin and the law. He now indwells the believer and grants us the grace to kill sin. Paul contrasts the unregenerate person who is totally unable to come to Christ versus the regenerate person who has been set free by the Spirit. Pastor Sean spends the majority of time on Romans 8:13 discussing what it means to decisively put sin to death (mortification). Check out Sean's book "Your Identity in the Trinity" at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Identity-Trinity-Discovering-Gospel-ebook/dp/B07RWTJK9K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1574443832&sr=8-1

Exodus 30:1-10

Romans 7 is considered one of the most difficult and controversial chapters in Romans. Why do we still sin? Why do we still do the things we know we shouldn’t do? Why do we struggle with doing the things we should do and fail to do them? IF we have died to sin, been set free from sin, and our old man has been crucified, then should not we conclude that we will never sin again? That we can reach a plane of sinless perfection? Is Paul talking about himself and his current struggle with sin as a regenerate Christian? Or. . . is Paul describing what his life was like BEFORE his salvation. In other words, is this section describing what we normally experience as Christians who struggle with sin, or is this describing what our life was like before we got saved and were still “in Adam?” The early church fathers, Arminians like Jacob Arminius and John Wesley, for the most part, believe Paul is talking about the life BEFORE one is a Christian—the unregenerate, lost person. On the other hand, Augustine, Thomas