Carolina Family Church (audio)

We all know that God warned Noah about the flood and told him to build an ark. Noah stepped out in faith and did what God commanded. God had chosen Noah because of his faithfulness. He knew that Noah was willing to make the sacrifices in his life to rescue his family from the things that had yet to be seen. What sacrifices must we make in our own lives to not only find grace in the eyes of God as Noah did but to also help deliver those that are around us.

What is your walk with God like? Do you consider yourself close to Him? Today we are going to talk about someone who was so close in his walk with God that he did not experience death. I want my walk with God to be that close, but how do we do it?

Faith seems so intangible. What is it, and what does it do? How do we live a life of faith that will please God? For the next few weeks, we will look at some people who lived by faith and what it meant for them. This week we will begin with Abel.

We’ve been studying Romans for almost a year, so what will we do with it? The Gospel isn’t just something we know, it transforms our lives and hearts. In this message, we will finish up Romans and ask the question, “Now what?”

There are few things that make us feel closer to someone than when they encourage us or recognize our work and value. As he is finishing his letter, Paul takes a significant amount of page space to recognize some significant people in Rome. This was important to him and it should be just as important to us.

Paul begins closing his letter to the Romans by sharing encouraging news of what the Gentiles have done for the believers in Jerusalem and why they did it. As we continue studying, we will be inspired by this beautiful act of fellowship.

Now that we have a firm grasp on the Gospel, what are we going to do with it? We should be proud, like Paul, of what God does through us and where He takes us. In this message, we will discuss our mission field and how to be faithful with it.

What do we do when we encounter a brother or sister in Christ who doesn’t understand the freedom of the Gospel message? How do we love them well, even if we don’t agree with their convictions? Our passage this week helps us adopt a considerate mentality.

What do we do when we encounter a brother or sister in Christ who doesn’t understand the freedom of the Gospel message? How do we love them well, even if we don’t agree with their convictions? Our passage this week helps us adopt a considerate mentality.

Applying the Good News together is complicated because everyone is different. With varying experiences, knowledge bases, and personalities, the journey God has for each of us is unique. How do we maintain unity and fellowship as we learn to walk in the Gospel?

When Paul talked about dealing with persecutors, the Roman Christians may have thought first about the governing authorities. How are they supposed to think about the government in a transformed way? Paul’s response is surprising but carries a valuable lesson for us even today.

Last week, we committed ourselves to allow God to transform us into the image of Jesus, but what does that actually look like? Paul continues Romans with a laundry list of examples to help us recognize it while it’s happening.

What should our response be to God’s endless wisdom and grace laid out so masterfully by Paul in the first 11 chapters of Romans? What is the proper reaction, and how will God use that to move the plan forward? In the third and final “section” of Romans, Paul puts feet to this knowledge and explains how the good news changes us.

Paul finishes this section by sharing his hope that Israel will ultimately be redeemed, but it comes with a warning to Gentile believers. As we read his conclusion, our confidence in God’s faithfulness will be solidified and lead to praise!

Will God keep His promises to Israel, or is their opportunity past? Have they been replaced by the Church? In this passage, Paul shows us the glimmer of hope for them in God’s plan.

Paul’s desire for Israel is that they will be saved, but that doesn’t necessarily mean what most people think it does. In this message, we will discuss not only what it means for them to be delivered but what it takes for us as well.

What’s the deal with Israel? If justification is by faith in Jesus, and not the Law, is God done with them? Over the next few chapters, Paul shifts his focus to what all this means for his countrymen and addresses whether or not God has failed to follow through on His word.

Why does God not deliver us from suffering? If we are not promised an easy or comfortable life, what do we hold on to? In this message, we will look at the hope of our faith as we eagerly anticipate the restoration of all creation.

What does it mean to live? How does walking with the Spirit lead us into the experience of living that we were created for? This week, we will start talking about the transformation that takes place in us when the Spirit takes hold of our hearts.

It’s a new year, we’ve learned what the Good News is, and now it’s time to walk in it! But how? As we start Chapter 8 of Romans, we will learn how we can escape our old way of living and experience the life that God has planned for us.