This is the third lesson of a series seeking to explain the basics of who we are as a church, what we believe, how we worship, and what it means to belong to Cornerstone Reformed Church. We are a Reformed church within the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), and in this series we will…
Romans 7:13-25 (ESV) 13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but…
This is the second lesson of a series seeking to explain the basics of who we are as a church, what we believe, how we worship, and what it means to belong to Cornerstone Reformed Church. We are a Reformed church within the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), and in this series we will…
Romans 7:7-12 (ESV) 7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing…
This is the first lesson of a series seeking to explain the basics of who we are as a church, what we believe, how we worship, and what it means to belong to Cornerstone Reformed Church. We are a Reformed church within the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), and in this series we will…
Romans 7:1-6 (ESV) 1 Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the…
Isaiah 12 (ESV) 1 You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. 2 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength…
Isaiah 9:2-7 (ESV) 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. 3 You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when…
Isaiah 2:1-5 (ESV) 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all…
Introduction Years ago, when I was a young Christian helping with the youth group, the leader at the time was teaching the Ten Commandments—and it made me furious. I protested, “Why are we teaching the law? Aren’t we under grace? Didn’t Jesus fulfill the law for us? Aren’t we New Covenant, gospel people? What do…