Governing Grace
September 6, 2009 AM
Dave Marttunen
Some things in families aren’t explained because there is no explanation. The preference for Ketchup with roast beef, or keeping the veggies out of the gravy; Uncle Pete does it, so does Dad, and one of the brothers too. It’s just the way things are. Can’t explain it, but everyone in the family understands it. Blue eyes are from blue-eyed parents, no choice, just the way things are. Today, Paul tells us that some of the things that puzzle us spiritually, frustrate us, maybe even defeat us—like our inclination to move away from God, or our inclination to define God in our own terms; to idolize him in ways that make him more like us, or tamer, more manageable, more for us and tragically less Himself; all of this comes from a single origin. The Bible tells us way back when, someone named Adam, (the first), made a choice that started a movement, created a shift, and ever since, its been that way. Until a new person named Jesus, the God man did something radical that didn’t shift us back, but opened a door to a new regime that is even better. Today, in the last of this series on Romans 1-5 (Part 10) Pastor Dave concludes the series with a message entitled, ―Governing Grace.
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Dave Marttunen
Some things in families aren’t explained because there is no explanation. The preference for Ketchup with roast beef, or keeping the veggies out of the gravy; Uncle Pete does it, so does Dad, and one of the brothers too. It’s just the way things are. Can’t explain it, but everyone in the family understands it. Blue eyes are from blue-eyed parents, no choice, just the way things are. Today, Paul tells us that some of the things that puzzle us spiritually, frustrate us, maybe even defeat us—like our inclination to move away from God, or our inclination to define God in our own terms; to idolize him in ways that make him more like us, or tamer, more manageable, more for us and tragically less Himself; all of this comes from a single origin. The Bible tells us way back when, someone named Adam, (the first), made a choice that started a movement, created a shift, and ever since, its been that way. Until a new person named Jesus, the God man did something radical that didn’t shift us back, but opened a door to a new regime that is even better. Today, in the last of this series on Romans 1-5 (Part 10) Pastor Dave concludes the series with a message entitled, ―Governing Grace.
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