Come Sojourn with Us
This is where you will find sermons and updates for our church. Our mission is to preach expository sermons focusing on the gospel of Christ. We are a church that is tied to the reformed tradition and seeks to submit to the scriptures so we walk in the Lord’s wisdom rather than our own.
We would love to have you join us on our Christian sojourn if you are in the Belgrade, MT area. If you are not in area then join us by listening to our bi weekly free sermon podcast.
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John 3:16 is a passage that seems to show the problem with a Reformed doctrine of salvation. It seems to be rather plain and simple that it is God who loves the world. So, if God loves the world then how can God only apply the blessings of Christ to His people? How would a Reformed person explain this text without explaining the whole text away?
If we are honest we want to think that we are a little better than what we are. Sin deceives all of us into thinking that we might be a little worthy of the Lord’s grace and favor. How do we know that the gift we receive from God is something that is forced upon us? What is the contrast of Romans 6:23 that drives home the gift that God has given to us? How do we know that we have not earned this free gift from the hand of God?
It would be nice if we could make ourselves a little worthy of grace or maybe earn some of God’s favor during our life. The reality is that we cannot earn the Lord’s favor no matter how hard we work at it. So, why do we continue to press forward if we cannot please God anyway? Or maybe we are just exaggerating and man is not that bad. So, is mankind really so sinful that we cannot work to receive grace?
So often we want to think that we are not really that bad or that we are pretty good to put it positively. In fact, in American culture we don’t like hearing that we are sinners because we want to think that we are pretty good or decent to say the least right? We want to believe that we are going to get better and at this point we are not perfect. How can we cope with life if we are really sinful and by sinful I mean bad enough to do things that would absolutely make us shudder? How do we overcome that struggle?
Why do we want to conform to the Lord if we are already secured in Christ? Do we want to conform to the Lord because it is better than facing the dread of not conforming to the Lord? What is the primary motivation for our desire to conform to the Lord? If you look at our confessions it seems that we do so because of what God has done or as we say, “Out of Gratitude.” It seems that we obey the Lord because of His grace. So, how can grace motivate us to conform to the Lord rather than just living selfishly in rebellion against Him?
We are a bible believing church in the Belgrade, MT. We are a Reformed Protestant church who desire to build one another up in love as we sojourn under the sun.
