Sermon Illustrations

Category: Douglas Moo

  • The Bible pictures all human

    The Bible pictures all human beings as defendants in a courtroom: a courtroom in which God is the judge and our sins constitute the evidence against us. The judge weighs the evidence and finds every single one of us guilty of sin and announces that we, therefore, must be condemned. The marvelous news of justification…

  • We notice also that Paul

    We notice also that Paul finds a basic unity, even identity between the love of God as it is shown in the objective, factual event of Christ’s death on the cross and as it is experienced “in the heart” by teh believer (v5b). An emotional feeling of God’s love in itself, is little comfort to…

  • Paul never thinks of God’s

    Paul never thinks of God’s love for us apart from the cross and he never thinks of Christ’s dying for us apart from the Father’s giving of the Son. Douglas MooClick to TweetFrom the book “Epistle to the Romans (New International Commentary on the New Testament)” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • "Believing", then, while a genuinely

    "Believing", then, while a genuinely human activity, possesses no "merit" or worth for which God is somehow bound to reward us; for salvation is, from first to last, God’s work. Douglas MooClick to Tweet Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • As Calvin puts it, faith

    As Calvin puts it, faith is a "kind of vessel" with which we "come empty and with the mouth of our soul open to seek God’s grace" Douglas MooClick to Tweet Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • As P. Bowers has pointed

    As P. Bowers has pointed out, "the gospel" in Paul includes "not simply an initial preaching mission but the full sequence of activities resulting in settled churches." Douglas MooClick to Tweet Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Romans is ultimately a book

    Romans is ultimately a book about God: how He acted to bring salvation, how his justice is preserved, how His purposes are worked out in history, how He can be served by His people – L. Morris Douglas MooClick to Tweet Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*