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Want to learn to enjoy everyday life? Just ask yourself this question: How do I get right with a holy God? Seems impossible doesn't it? Is righteousness something I have to earn? Or is it something that is given to me as a gift, when I put my faith in Christ? Did you know that The Book of Romans mentions righteousness 42 times? What is the Apostle Paul trying to tell us?

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Welcome to the Romans Podcast! Mike and Kevin share their insights from the Book of Romans as they dive into Romans 3:21-Romans 4:15.

21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in[h] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i] through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

4 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. 3 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a]

4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. 5 However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. 6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

7 “Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”[b]

9 Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12 And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.

Have you ever struggled with depression? Most of us have. Depression is made up of two key ingredients. Unrealistic expectations and misplaced dependencies. Listen in as Mike and Kevin talk about some of our unrealistic expectations, what the Bible says about them and how to overcome them.

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Each week in church, many Christians say the Lord's Prayer. Did you know this is an Old Covenant prayer for the disciples and not you? Listen in as Mike and Kevin read through The Lord's Prayer.

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The rapture is an event in which Jesus will come in the clouds and snatch away all people who are either born again and still living, or have already died. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 says that we will meet him in the air, and then be with him forever. How can you know for sure that you are born again and rapture ready?