The Power of the Gospel | Romans 1:16

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. —Romans 1:16 (NIV)

• The gospel is more than a verbal message; it’s God’s

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through Jesus Christ.
• It’s the gospel, not our

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of it that is the power of God.
• The power is in the

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itself; not in the presentation and not even in the person who is delivering the message.

Power for Salvation

• The power in the gospel is power for

.
• Salvation includes a

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,

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and

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dimension.

Power for Your Past

• The gospel is the power of God for your

.

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. —1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NIV)

• You were

• You were

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• You were

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Power for Your Present

• The gospel is the power of God for “

living in me” (Romans 7:16-20).
• We don’t become sinners by sinning. We sin because of sin

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in us.
• We need to be delivered from

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.
• The gospel is the

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for sin living in us.

Romans 7:24-25 (NIV) 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! —Romans 7:24-25 (NIV)
1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. —Romans 8:1-2 (NIV)

Power for Your Future

• You can’t separate the

aspect of salvation from the past and the present.
• Heaven’s not my

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. Heaven is my

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.

Power for Everyone Who Believes

• The power of the gospel becomes active in your life through

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