Resurrection Presbyterian Church

Date: 11/12/23

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: Romans 3:31

Outline:

I. The gospel establishes God’s righteous law rather than making void God’s law.

A. Defining key terms: “law”, “make void”, “establish”

B. The gospel does not “make void” the law as a means of justification because God’s law has neither the aim nor ability to justify anyone in His sight.

C. The gospel does “establish” the ongoing authority & applicability of God’s law because one key goal of redemption is deliverance from sin into “the obedience of faith” working through love (fulfilling “the righteous requirement of the law”).

II. The gospel establishes God’s law by….. (3 ‘uses’ of the law)

A. confirming God’s righteousness in Christ by calling/converting faithless law-breakers (faithless sinners) into faithful law-keepers (faithful saints) - mirror

B. checking and convicting/condemning/cursing unrepentant evildoers & rewarding doers of good (i.e. that which blesses the righteous & upholds righteousness) - curb

C. codifying & clarifying “the obedience of faith” working through love that pleases God unto blessing - guide

Date: 10/29/23

Text: Romans 3:24-26

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. Jesus’s cross demonstrated & vindicated God’s righteousness (25b-26)

A. God’s righteous attribute - Justice

B. God’s righteous activities – Judgment and Justification

II. Jesus’s cross saves sinners & vindicates God’s righteousness by faith (22, 25, 26)

A. God’s righteous means of salvation – Faith alone (see Rom 1:16-17; Rom 4; Heb 11)

B. Living faith glorifies the Triune God’s supreme sufficiency (greatness) and righteousness (goodness) while fulfilling our joy in His faith

Date: 10/22/23

Text: Psalm 21:1-13

Outline:

Outline (Chiasm)

I. Introductory Praise (v. 1)

II. Divine Blessings on the King (vv. 2-6)

III. Royal Trust in the LORD (v. 7)

IV. Divine Judgment on the Enemies (vv. 8-12)

V. Concluding Praise (v. 13)

I. (and V.) Exulting & Exalting in The LORD (1, 13)

A. Exulting - In His Strength [Power] – v.1

B. Exalting - In His Salvation [Preservation] – v.13

II. (and IV.) Remembering & Resting/Reigning in the LORD (2-6, 8-12)

A. Remembering – Deep gratitude for past & present blessings of grace – vs.2-6 – The LORD has heard, delivered, and blessed the King and His people.

B. Resting/Reigning – Confident faith & hope for future blessings of grace – vs.8-12 – The LORD will hear, fight for/with, deliver, and bless the King and His people (kingdom)

III. Trusting & Triumphing in the LORD (7)

A. Trusting – v.7a – The King and His people trust in the steadfast love/mercy of the LORD, the Most High God

B. Triumphing – v.7b – The King and His people shall not be (re)moved.

Date: 10/15/23

Text: Romans 3:24-26

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. The cross of Christ achieved full propitiation of God’s holy wrath (25a)

A. “Propitiation” defined

B. “Propitiation” and “expiation”

C. Christian “propitiation” vs pagan (and Old Covenant) “pacification”

D. Summary of key texts: Rom 3:24-25; Heb 2:17 (cf 9:5ff); 1 John 2:2, 4:10

II. The cross of Christ empowers a blood-bought life (redemption) and also a blood-cleansed/covered life (expiation/propitiation) by God’s grace

A. Draw near to (take up) and boast only in Jesus’ cross (Hebrews 9:26b-28, 10:10,12,14; cf Gal 6:14; cf 1 Cor 2:2 – “Jesus Christ & Him crucified”). Perfect love casts out fear (1Jn 4:18)

B. Draw near to the blood-propitiated God - Arise, My Soul, Arise – Heb 10:19-23

C. Draw near to the blood-bought/covered saints (Church) – Heb 10:24-25

D. Draw near to this blood-bought world in sincere faith, hope, and love (1 Jn 2:2; Jn 3:16-17)

Date: 10/8/23

Text: Romans 3:24-26

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. The Cross of Christ achieved redemption of enslaved, doomed sinners (24b)

A. Redemption, accomplished and applied

II. The Cross of Christ achieved propitiation of God’s holy wrath against sin (25a)

A. Propitiation, accomplished and applied

III. The Cross of Christ achieved vindication of God’s righteousness (25b-26)

A. Vindication/Demonstration, accomplished and applied

Date: 10/1/23

Text: Romans 3:20-24a

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. We must reject any/all hopeless attempts to be self-justified by “the works of the law” [20, 23]

A. God’s law brings “the knowledge of sin” and it’s just curse/condemnation, but it has no power to prevent us from sinning and “falling short of the glory of God”. (20b, 23)

B. Thus, “by the deeds/works of the law no flesh will be justified in God’s sight.” (20a)

II. We must receive the sinner-justifying “righteousness of God” and be justified freely by His grace [21-22, 24a]

A. God’s grace reveals “the righteousness of God apart from the law”, and He/it gives the cure for sin’s guilt (“to all”) and power (“on all”) to “all who believe” “in Jesus Christ” (21-22, 24)

B. Thus, by “the righteousness of God” all who are believing are “justified freely by His grace” (24a)

Date: 9/17/23

Text: Romans 3:9-20

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. Food for faith (“under”-standing)

A. All men are under sin (9-18) – ungodliness of sin, ubiquity of sin, universality of sin

B. The Jews were under law (19a)

C. All men are under condemnation (19b-20)

II. Obedience of Faith

A. Believe God’s verdict (bad news) - stop your mouth, no excuses, evasions (1Jn 1:6,8,10)

B. Believe God’s gospel (good news) – confess, repent, walk in God’s light/glory (1Jn 1:5,7,9)

C. Utterly reject any false hope of righteousness “under” the law (in the flesh, by the letter); Rather, be filled, drink deeply of the Spirit to please/glorify God “under” grace through faith working love (Matt 5:6  Jn 4:13-14, 6:63, 7:37-39, 15:4-5; Rom 6:14; 8:1ff; 2 Cor 3; Gal 5; Eph 2:8-10)

D. Pursue obedience of faith in others by grace through the Spirit, not by letter of law, wrath

E. Courageously & compassionately share with unjust sinners the bad news of God’s just wrath and the good God’s just salvation from His own just wrath by justifying sinners.

Date: 9/10/23

Text: Romans 3:5-8

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. Doctrine: God is righteous & true in all of His ways and dealings with men, both in His grace and in His judgment.

A. God, the righteous Judge, is righteous in judging & inflicting wrath upon unrighteous people whose unrighteousness glorifies His righteousness (5-6)

B. God, the true/truth-full Judge, is true in judging & condemning (damning) sinful people whose lives of law-less lies magnify His truth/truthfulness (7-8)

II. Doxology: We glorify & enjoy God by living lives of righteousness & truth in dependence upon (not independent of) His goodness/grace.

A. Glorify & enjoy God by faith-fueled pursuit of Christ’s heart-righteousness (Matt 5:6)

B. Glorify & enjoy God by faith-driven “truthing” in zealous love (Eph 4:15; 1Tim 1:5)

Date: 9/3/23

Text: Romans 3:1-4

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. Orthodoxy (right/sound doctrine)

A. The chief benefit of membership in God’s visible covenant people (Church) is having the Holy Scriptures constantly present to fuel our faith in God (1-2)

B. Unbelief in the Holy Scriptures by God’s covenant people does not nullify the covenant faithfulness of God or thwart His saving purposes (3-4; cf Romans 9-11)

II. Applications (right/righteous practice)

A. Prioritize private & family reading, hearing, & heeding of God’s Word in faith

B. Let God be true, even if every man is a liar, and be true to God in faith – God is the Source/Ground of all Truth; God is True to Himself and to His Covenant promises/people.

Date: 8/27/23

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: Psalm 19:1-14

Outline:

I. God’s Great Glory is Revealed in His World/Works (1-6)

A. The heavens speak/reveal God’s glory in every place and in every language (1-4a)

B. The Sun preeminently reveals God’s glory, pointing to the Son/Living Word (4b-6)

II. God’s Great Glory is Revealed in His Word (7-14)

A. The aspects and effects of God’s Word on those who see, hear, and believe (7-11)

B. The believer’s response of faith to God’s revealed Word and World/Works (12-14)

Date: 8/20/23

Text: Romans 2:25-29

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 8/13/23

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: John 15:1-8, 16

Date: 8/6/23

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: Romans 2:17-24

Date: 7/30/23

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: Psalm 18:1-3, 46-50

Unfortunately, we had a recording issue come up but the second half the sermon is here for your listening ears!

Date: 7/23/23

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: Romans 2:6-10

Outline:

I. Principles (doctrine/truth)

A. Main point: Only those who do/practice according to God’s righteous/just law will be just-ified by God in the coming day of judgment. (13b, 16)

1. Corollary: Those who merely have/hear/honor God’s law but do not obey it/ Him will not be justified in God’s sight in the coming day of judgment (13a, 16)

B. All people(s), both Jews & Gentiles, “have sinned” and fallen short of God’s glory by failing, to a greater or lesser degree, to follow/obey the light God gave them. (12, 14-15)

1. Gentiles “have sinned….without God’s codified law but “are a law unto themselves”, having the “work of the law” written on their hearts and their conscience to discern.

2. Jews “have sinned….in God’s codified law/covenant”, in addition to having the work of the law written on their hearts and their conscience to discern.

C. God’s judgment will be altogether righteous (12, 16)

1. It will be conducted by Jesus Christ, the Righteous Judge

2. It will include/expose all the secrets of men,

3. It will account for the light people have received and the kind/degree in which people “have sinned” (12, 16)

II. Practices (application)

A. We must live our lives day by day with the final judgment in view

1. Holy fear

2. Hope-full, happy faith working through love

B. We must work to develop and keep a “good” conscience before God so that we will judge rightly what pleases God.

1. Clean/pure conscience

2. Informed/discerning conscience

3. Tender conscience

Date: 7/16/23

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: Romans 2:6-10

Outline:

I. Principles

A. God justly and gladly grants ‘eternal life’ to all those who diligently seek Him by patiently continuing in doing what is good in His sight.

B. Patient continuance in doing/working good is the fruit of possessing present eternal life (i.e. new birth, faith, hope, & love seeking glory to God) that is seeking the fullness of eternal life (i.e. glory, honor, and immortality from God).

1. The righteous seek for and receive ‘eternal life’ (v.7a) So what is “eternal life”?

2. The righteous patiently continue in “doing/working good”. So what makes works ‘good’? And can we who are sinners really do what is “good” in God’s sight?

II. Practices

A. Praising and prizing God as our chief and highest goal and good

B. Praying to God in dependence on (abiding in) Christ

C. Fighting/wrestling and running to “lay hold of eternal life”

D. Giving/loving of ourselves to “lay hold of eternal life” and “treasure in heaven”

E. Dying and rising daily to bear fruit unto eternal life

Date: 7/9/23

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: Romans 2:4-11

Outline:

I. Two truths about God [4, 5b-6, 11]

A. God is good (kind) – goodness, forbearance, longsuffering

B. God is just – Only equity; No excuses, No errors, No escape

II. Two types of people [5a, 7-10]

A. Two hearts – hard/impenitent vs humble/repentant

B. Two pursuits – seeking self-glory vs seeking God’s glory

C. Two practices – obeying unrighteousness vs patient continuance in doing good

D. Two destinies – laying hold of eternal death/ruin vs laying hold of eternal life/reward

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: Psalm 17:1-15

Outline:

I. We must remember that the LORD, in His covenant fidelity and steadfast love, hears and saves those who trust in Him from those who rise up against them. (6-8)

II. We must call on Him to judge justly based on our fidelity to His covenant (1-5)

III. We must call on Him to judge justly based on our adversaries’ infidelity (9-14a)

IV. We must call on Him in view of our eternal hope of sharing in His glory, and we must let this hope drive & direct our pursuit of righteous dominion on earth (14b-15)

By: Elder Steven Morris

Text: Romans 2:1-5

Outline:

I. Observations

A. Two types of judgment (condemnation) – God’s righteous judgment vs Satan’s unrighteous judgment

B. Two types of idolatry – Overt (paganism/Gentiles) vs Covert (moralism/Jews-Christians?)

II. Applications

A. Have you reckoned yourself dead to sin/self-righteousness and alive to Christ?

B. Take heed not to deceive yourself about God’s true judgment of yours/others’ sins.

C. Take heed not to despise the riches of God’s goodness/grace to yourself or others. Rather, repent of all self-righteousness/justification and lay hold of God’s grace.

D. Take heed to pursue sanctification/righteousness in the Spirit, not by the flesh/law (Gal 3:3), lest you “fall from grace” (Gal 5:4-6).

E. Seek to bear much good fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23) by God’s transforming power mediated through the Spirit of Christ in answer to prayer and by abiding in Jesus’ word (John 15:1-8ff). Our fruit must be full of Christ to be “good”, not full of self.

F. Take heed to openly expose yourself to the light/glory/truth of God in Jesus Christ, and do not harden your heart in impenitence, storing up present and future wrath.

G. As children of God and disciples of Jesus, take heed to foster and maintain a heart that is “established by grace” (Heb 13:9b), rooted in God’s love (1 Cor 13:4-7a), reflecting God’s heavenly wisdom (James 3:13-18) and true humility (James 4:6-12), overflowing with words of grace/edification (Ephesians 4:29, Colossians 4:6)

By: Elder Gary Duff

Text: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Outline:

v1 Evangelism: how and what to speak.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God.

v2 Evangelism through our simple, focused gospel.

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

- Jesus Christ - His person

- Jesus Christ crucified - His work

v3 Evangelism through our weakness and humility.

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

2 Corinthians 12.9, 10:

- in infirmities

- in reproaches

- in needs

- in persecutions

- in distresses

v4 Evangelism by speaking and preaching in the Spirit.

And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

v5 Evangelism by His power and for His glory

that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Date: 6/4/23

Text: Romans 1:28-32

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. Principles of God’s righteous wrath against man in His judgment [v28-29]

A. Judgment in kind (quality) – “even as…” [28]

B. Judgment by degrees (quantity) – “being filled with all…full of…” [29]

II. Portrait of man’s unrighteous wrath against God under His judgment [29-32]

A. Debased displays of “all unrighteousness” [29-31]

B. Destructive doom of “all unrighteousness” [32]

Date: 5/21/23

Text: Psalm 16:1-11

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. The just will live & seek joy by faith: Perseverance & Preservation of the saints

A. Call upon God in believing prayer for your present preservation (1)

B. Talk your soul about the goodness of the LORD (2)

C. Walk with excellent Saints and separate from idolaters (3-4)

D. Thank the LORD for His covenant faithfulness and grace (5-6)

E. Seek the LORD’s counsel and bless/rejoice in the LORD for His guidance (7-9a)

F. Hope in the LORD for future/final preservation (9b-10)

G. Delight yourself in abide in the LORD’s joy-full presence and life-imparting path (11)

Date: 5/14/23

Text: Romans 1:18-23

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. Idolatrous refusals (21a)

A. Refusal to glorify God as God in His greatness and virtue

B. Refusal to thank God for His good providences/gifts

II. Idolatrous replacements (23, 25)

A. Exchanging God’s incorruptible glory for an image likened to corruptible man/creatures

B. Exchanging God’s truth for the lie, worshiping/serving the creature rather than Creator.

III. Idolatrous ruin (21b-22, 24)

A. God gives man over to mental futility and affectional folly/darkness

B. God gives man up to fleshly lust, ‘uncleanness’, bodily dishonor/objectification

Date: 5/7/23

Text: Romans 1:18-20

By: Elder Steven Morris

Outline:

I. The righteous wrath of God revealed from heaven (1:18a)

A. Why is understanding God’s wrath so important?

B. What is the wrath of God that is being revealed?

C. Against what/whom is God’s wrath being revealed?

II. The reality of God’s revealed glory concealed by unrighteousness (1:18b-20)

A. God’s righteous wrath is being revealed because men blaspheme and misrepresent His glorious character and name by concealing, twisting His glory in their unrighteousness

B. God’s righteous wrath is being revealed because God zealously desires to save men from His wrath, glorify Himself, and make men eternally glad in Him through His Son.

Text: 1 Peter 2:5, 9

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 4/30/23

Text: Romans 1:16-17

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 4/23/23

Text: Romans 1:14-17

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 4/16/23

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 4/9/23

Text: Romans 1:16

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 4/2/23

Text: Romans 1:14-16

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 3/26/23

Text: Romans 1:8-13

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 3/19/23

Text: Psalm 15:1-5

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 3/12/23

Text: Romans 1:5-7

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 3/5/23

Text: Romans 1:1c-4

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 2/26/23

Text: Romans 1:1, 6-7a

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 2/19/23

Text: Psalm 14:1-7

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 2/12/23

Text: overview of Romans

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 2/5/23

Text: Luke 10:1-9, 16-22

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 1/29/23

Text: Matthew 5:9, 23-24; 18:15-17

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 1/15/23

Text: Psalm 13:1-6

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 1/8/23

Text: John 1:17-18

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 12/25/22

Text: John 1:14, 16

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 12/18/22

Text: Matthew 2:1-11

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 12/11/22

Text: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 12/4/22

Text: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 11/27/22

Text: Psalm 12

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 11/20/22

Text: Matthew 8:2-3; 9:35-38

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 11/13/22

Unfortunately the first part of the sermon wasn't recorded but the second part is included in the sermon here. Outline for the first part:

1. Jesus’ Affectionate Heart

• He is gentle in heart
• He is lowly in heart
• He earnestly offers rest for laboring and heavy laden “souls”
• He offers a yoke that is easy (a non-yoke) and a burden that is light (a non-burden)

Text: Matthew 11:28-30 

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 11/6/22

Text: Matthew 16:17-19, 18:15-20

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 10/23/22

Text: Psalm 11

By: Elder Steven Morris

Date: 10/16/22