Sunday, August 30, 2009

ReAssembled

August 30, 2009 AM
Dave Marttunen

Exult. Not a common word. It can mean wallow, like a pig in mud, you can sense the pleasure of the beast as it wallows in the mess). It can mean triumph, like a team that scores the wining play and runs exuberantly around the field. And it can mean revel like a wedding reception that celebrates the joy of the marriage. Exult is definitely an experience. It requires the engagement of what we know alongside what we feel and how we express it. Three times Paul tells us that our justification leads us to exult; in hope, in tribulation and in God. Romans 5 is the 9th episode in our summer series entitled, Rooted. Today we will learn how our faith in God’s declaration (our justification) not only reassembles our relationship to Him but creates enthusiastic joy in life experience.

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