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Southview Baptist Church
Letters to the Church | The Gospel — God’s Promise to Sovereignly Save People
This week, Pastor Nathan Wakefield continues our Letters to the Church series. In Romans 9:1-29, we learn how to stop debating God’s sovereignty at a distance and respond personally with humble faith, obedience, and worship to His call. 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. Religion — Salvation is not about religious heritage; it is about relationship with God (9:1‑9).
• When we truly grasp the significance of salvation, we see people differently — even with deep anguish and love (1‑3).
• Salvation has never been guaranteed by ethnicity, tradition, or religious privilege, but by God’s promise (4‑9).
Action: Perform a self‑check, “Am I relying on religious background or a living relationship with God?”
• When we truly grasp the significance of salvation, we see people differently — even with deep anguish and love (1‑3).
• Salvation has never been guaranteed by ethnicity, tradition, or religious privilege, but by God’s promise (4‑9).
Action: Perform a self‑check, “Am I relying on religious background or a living relationship with God?”
2. Calling — Salvation is not rooted in human effort or merit, but in God’s sovereign calling (9:10‑17).
• God has a purpose in calling you to salvation (10‑13).
• God’s mercy is intentional, righteous, and never arbitrary — He is free to show mercy because He is God (14‑17).
Action: Choose to focus on responding faithfully to God’s call rather than being consumed by debates over human choice.
• God has a purpose in calling you to salvation (10‑13).
• God’s mercy is intentional, righteous, and never arbitrary — He is free to show mercy because He is God (14‑17).
Action: Choose to focus on responding faithfully to God’s call rather than being consumed by debates over human choice.
3. Eligibility — Salvation is not about eligibility; it is about humble submission to God (9:18‑29).
• When we see ourselves rightly before a holy God, our posture shifts from accusation to trust (18‑21).
• God’s patience and mercy are meant to lead us to worship, not entitlement (22‑24).
• We should realize just how special our salvation is (25‑29).
Action: Respond to God’s mercy not with resistance or speculation, but with awe‑filled worship and obedience.
• When we see ourselves rightly before a holy God, our posture shifts from accusation to trust (18‑21).
• God’s patience and mercy are meant to lead us to worship, not entitlement (22‑24).
• We should realize just how special our salvation is (25‑29).
Action: Respond to God’s mercy not with resistance or speculation, but with awe‑filled worship and obedience.
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