Readings for Sunday, May 10

This Sunday, having tackled freedom from the law last Sunday, we will consider our freedom from sin. And guess what - I believe that God's grace can give us a victory over sin. This is not an idea or a Biblical passage to explain away or to finesse our way out of.
But whether or not this sounds like good news to you depends on a lot of things.
If you took two overweight people and told them both "you no longer have to be a slave to overeating and empty calories. You can be free from weight gain!" the announcement will produce in one a sense of relief, and will sound to the other like an accusation.
Likewise there are times when I read this passage in Romans and it fills me with hope for a complete victory, other times when I read it and am filled with shame for how short I have fallen of the attainable goal.

Paul meant it as an encouragement, and that is how I ought to take it.

May 10^th, 2009

Call to Repentance

Hebrews 3:13-15 (page 1865)

Call to Worship

Psalm 27 (page 864)

OT Reading

Ezekiel 11:16-21 (page 1298)

NT Reading

1 John 2:28-3:6 (page 1900)

Message

Freedom From Sin

Romans 6:6-18 (page 1754)