We are continue to talk about “new” view of justification by God. And today we will look at Abraham. Why Abraham Why Abraham? Well, I think it is fare to say that with Abraham begins the story of “God’s special people”. The story of salvation and Abraham is one of the key figures. He is the forefather of Jewish nation. And not only that, but he also considered a forefather of all who believes God.

As always we will start from a little recap from previous weeks. In case you haven’t been here last time, we are going through the Book or Romans and we are up to a chapter 3. Last few Sundays we spent talking about the state of the world. The state of the church and the problem that exited at the time, which by the way even though changed it’s form, still remains relevant.

Just as a recap. Last week we started on chapter 2 of the book of Romans. We read that what’s in my heart is more important then what’s on the surface. What’s in my heart will render out, it WILL effect my appearance, my conduct, my moral standards. And instead of focusing on the visible side of things, we should promote inner change, which come though our faith in Jesus Christ.

God is the righteous judge. We continue our journey through the book of Romans. And today we up to chapter two. The issues that we will discuss today, are very old but in the same time still very relevant. You see, apparently not everything improves over time. Even with science and psychology rapidly advancing, today we face the same issues people have had over 2000 years ago. Because our hearts are fundamentally broken and without God and his guidance we never gonna be able to overcome those issues.

Intro Last time we spent a lot of time looking at the context of the book and less time reading the scriptures. Today we will try to do the opposite. There are still few important historical mentions that we need to consider in order to better understand the application and the meaning of the scriptures. In case you were not here last Sunaday let me quickly summarize what we talked about.

Introduction to the book of Romans Greetings, we finally finished first letter of John, and today we going to open up a new book of the bible. All Scriptures are inspired by God and good for learning, so no matter were we settle there is some important truth for us! God always speaks to our lifes if we willing to listen, so for the some time we will anchor into the Pauls letter to the church in the city of Rome.

Easter (1 Corinthians 15) 1 Corinthians 15:1,2 ¹Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,²and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you — unless you believed in vain. Today apostol Paul reminds us of THE GOSPEL. Gospel that we’ve heard, and believe. At least most us did. Gospel But you might wounder what is “GOSPEL”.

1 John 5:6-13 ⁶This is he who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.⁷For there are three that testify:⁸the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.⁹ If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.

1 John 5:1-6 ¹ Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.² By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.⁴For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world.

Last Sunday we started our conversation about the reality of spiritual world. We discussed how modern notion of science vs spirit influences us to disbelieve into the reality of a spiritual realm. We uncovered that actually science and spirit are not in opposition to each other. And believing in the reality of the spiritual world does not mean the rejection of science, return to a stone age, tribal life in caves and hunting mammoths with handcrafted spears.