Southview Baptist Church
Do You Believe? — Nailed to the Cross
Pastor Nathan Wakefield returns to our "Do You Believe?" series on practicing doctrine. This week, we need to remind ourselves of the fundamental truth of the Gospel: Our debt has been canceled! Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. The Christian should stand firm rooted, built‑up, and established in the faith that Jesus's payment is sufficient. (2:6‑8)
• A universal problem: We each have sinned and will sin.
• The solution: Christ, the Savior.
• The reminder: The truth of the Gospel is both a past and present reality for the Christian.
• The danger: Never forget that Christ is sufficient.
Action: Take a minute, preach the Gospel to yourself. All you need is Christ.
• A universal problem: We each have sinned and will sin.
• The solution: Christ, the Savior.
• The reminder: The truth of the Gospel is both a past and present reality for the Christian.
• The danger: Never forget that Christ is sufficient.
Action: Take a minute, preach the Gospel to yourself. All you need is Christ.
2. The Christian is brought to fullness in the resurrected Christ. (2:9‑12)
• Christ is fully God and has full divine authority.
• For the Christian, fullness is only possible through Christ.
• The Christian is called to identify with Christ.
• The resurrection of Christ ensures our eternal hope.
Action: Take a second to imagine what it will be like to stand before the throne at last clothed in Christ's righteousness.
• Christ is fully God and has full divine authority.
• For the Christian, fullness is only possible through Christ.
• The Christian is called to identify with Christ.
• The resurrection of Christ ensures our eternal hope.
Action: Take a second to imagine what it will be like to stand before the throne at last clothed in Christ's righteousness.
3. The debt of sin has been canceled, never again to be counted against us, having been nailed to the cross. (2:13‑15)
• Though once dead in sins, the Christian is made alive in Christ.
• All the debt accrued through sins has been canceled.
• The cross, an object of scorn and shame, has become the greatest victory imaginable.
• Though once dead in sins, the Christian is made alive in Christ.
• All the debt accrued through sins has been canceled.
• The cross, an object of scorn and shame, has become the greatest victory imaginable.
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