The Bible is sometimes hard to understand. The Bible sometimes confronts us with topics that confuse and, even, anger us. The Bible sometimes brings up more questions than it answers! Does this make God unjust? Does this mean we should give up understanding God? Does this mean “the word of God has failed?” (Rom. 9:6) The answer to each of these is an emphatic, “NO!” But is does mean that in order to attempt to understand an infinite God revealed to us, we must wade into the deep end of the pool. We must bravely enter into areas of the Bible that challenge us. This Sunday in Romans 9:6-13 is one of those areas!
As we continue our Romans sermon series, let’s commit to working through these areas of difficult scripture. When we do, God leads us into deeper understanding of who He is and who we are. It will be challenging, but rewarding. It will be faith stretching and faith strengthening! I truly believe that we can be led into deeper worship as we allow God to increase our faith in His goodness, love, wisdom, and justice!
“As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I hated.” - Romans 9:13
- Pastor Curt
Please take note of ways to gather for Sunday Service at The Rock:
1) We are meeting inside at Manhattan Beach Pre-School for our Sunday Service at 4:30 pm.
2) We will also be live on Facebook Live. CLICK HERE at 4:30 Sunday afternoon.
3) Finally we will provide a video link to the sermon on our website.
Theological Word of The Week:
Election
An act of God before creation in which he chooses some people to be saved, not on account of any forseen merit in them, but only because of his sovereign good pleasure.
Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
Upcoming Events
Children's Ministry
Children can join Cameron every Sunday for Bible time during the service. They will go through the Bible story by story.
Sermon Topic - february 26
romans: The gospel changes perspectives
Romans 9:6-13
“Does God hate people?”
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