Playlist: Dead to the Law (topic)
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Six)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPaul states in Galatians 2:19 that through the law he is dead to the law in order to live unto God. The law reveals a person as a sinner under its curse and claims its due, prompting repentance. Once the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is applied through faith, the individual is justified by the Father and made alive to God. This …
Are You Alive to God?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsBeing raised together with Christ carries a profound legal and relational consequence: the Christian becomes "dead to the law." Paul develops this truth through a careful comparison in Romans 7, illustrating it with the analogy of marriage. A woman is bound by law to her husband only while he lives; once he dies, she is released …
Knowing Christ (Part 1)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughWhen we mortify the flesh, refusing to feed the hungry beast of our carnal nature, we suffer. Suffering for righteousness' sake helps us to know Christ.
Knowing Christ (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughChrist's sacrifice was not merely substitutionary, but representative, with Christ giving us a pattern for life - mortifying our flesh and putting out sin.