Scripture at Sunrise 04.20.2021

“The just shall live by faith.” -Romans 1:17

I shall not die, I can, I do, believe in the Lord my God, and this faith will keep me alive. I would be numbered among those who in their lives are just; but even if I were perfect I would not try to live by my righteousness; I would cling to the work of the Lord Jesus and still live by faith in Him and by nothing else. If I were able to give my body to be burned for my Lord Jesus, yet I would not trust in my own courage and constancy, but still would live by faith.

Were I a martyr at the stake
I’d plead my Saviour’s name;
Intreat a pardon for His sake,
And urge no other claim.

To live by faith is a far surer and happier thing than to live by feelings or by works, The branch, by living in the vine, lives a better life than it would live by itself, even if it were possible for it to live at all apart from the stem. To live by clinging to Jesus, by deriving all from Him, is a sweet and sacred thing. If even the most just must live in this fashion, how much more must I who am a poor sinner! Lord, I believe. I must trust Thee wholly. What else can I do? Trusting Thee is my life….

[from Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon]

Scripture at Sunrise 10.23.2018

“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.” -Psalm 97:11

Righteousness is often costly to the man who keeps to it at all hazards, but in the end it will bear its own expenses and return an infinite profit. A holy life is like sowing seed: much is going out, and apparently it is buried in the soil, never to be gathered up again. We are mistaken when we look for an immediate harvest; but the error is very natural, for it seems impossible to bury light. Yet light is “sown,” says the text. It lies latent: none can see it; it is sown. We are quite sure that it must one day manifest itself.

Full sure are we that the Lord has set a harvest for the sower of light, and they shall reap it, each man for himself. Then shall come their gladness. Sheaves of joy for seeds of light. Their heart was upright before the Lord, though men gave them no credit for it, but even censured them: they were righteous, though those about them denounced them as censorious. They had to wait, as husbandmen wait for the precious fruits of the earth: but the light was sown for them, and gladness was being prepared on their behalf by the Lord of the harvest.

Courage, brothers! We need not be in a hurry. Let us in patience possess our souls, for soon shall our souls possess light and gladness.

[from Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon]

Scripture at Sunrise 12.11.2017

“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.^” -Romans 10:4

The law cannot make anybody righteous, but Christ can. The law cannot make anybody alive, but Christ can. The law cannot make anybody perfect, but Christ can. The law cannot justify anyone, but Christ can.

We don’t trust in anything we can do to get to Heaven. God accepts you, not because of what you do, but because of what Christ has done for you. In Christ, you are forever loved. –excerpts from Steve Wainright’s Sunday Morning Sermon

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This Week’s SERMON AUDIO

Sunday Morning 12/10 – Romans 10:4-10
The Righteousness of Faith Personified
Sunday Evening 12/10 – John 8:30-38
Temporal Faith
Wednesday Evening 12/6 – 2 Kings 8:16
Evil’s Influence & Demise

Scripture at Sunrise 12.4.2017

“Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” -Romans 10:1-4
You must be sure you have the righteousness God requires to get to Heaven. You can’t make yourself good enough for God. You’re a sinner in need of the righteousness of Christ. –excerpts from Steve Wainright’s Sunday Morning Sermon

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This Week’s SERMON AUDIO
Sunday Morning 12/3 – Romans 10:1-4
Is Your Righteousness Perfect?
Sunday Evening 12/3 – John 8:21-30
Knowing & Trusting in the Great I Am
Wednesday Evening 11/29 – 2 Kings 8:7-15
Desperately Wicked

Scripture at Sunrise 11.27.2017

“What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written, ‘Behold, I am laying in Zion ya stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame.'” -Romans 9:30-33

To the Jews, Jesus was a stumbling block, but to those of us who believe, He is our foundation. If you’re not careful, you’ll miss grace because of your morality and religiosity. Christ Jesus’ righteousness is the only righteousness that will get us into Heaven. –excerpts from Steve Wainright’s Sunday Morning Sermon

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This Week’s SERMON AUDIO
Sunday Morning 11/26 – Romans 9:30-33
A Stumbling Block or a Foundation?
Sunday Evening 11/26 – John 8:12-20
The Authority of Christ

Scripture at Sunrise 3.20.2017

Sunday Morning Sermon Audio – Overabounding Grace | Romans 5:12-21 (Steve Wainright)
“Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” -Romans 5:20-21

The law causes sin to increase. The law cannot change a person’s heart. The law shines the light on your disobedience. Sin might bring pleasure for a season, but what sin is actually doing is working death in you.

The grace of God is greater than all our sin. Where sin was overflowing, grace overflowed exceedingly above and beyond. If you believe He died for your sins, there should be nothing in your past that can haunt you. It’s not about where you’ve been, but where you’re at.

-excerpts from Pastor Steve Wainright’s Morning Sermon

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This Week’s Sermon Audio:
Wednesday Evening – Never Disappointed | Ezekiel 17 (Steve Wainright)
Sunday Morning – Overabounding Grace | Romans 5:12-21 (Steve Wainright)
Sunday Evening – Giver of Life (audio coming soon!) | John 5:24-30 (Anthony Vance)

Scripture at Sunrise 10.5.2016

“…the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction…” -Romans 3:22

God demands righteousness and God provides righteousness. What His justice demanded, His love has provided in His Son!

-excerpts from Steve Wainright’s Morning Sermon

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Sunday Morning Sermon: No Difference | Romans 3:22-24 | Steve Wainright
Sunday Evening Sermon: Christ’s Superiority | John 3:31-36 | Anthony Vance

Scripture at Sunrise 9.26.2016

Sunday Morning Sermon: Dressed in His Righteousness | Romans 3:21-23 | Steve Wainright
“But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction…” -Romans 3:21-22

There is a great division between man and God, but God has solved this problem! The law was given so it could warn man that he needed a sacrifice for his sins. At the same time God gave the law in the Old Testament, He provided the sacrificial lamb to give the righteousness of God. The law wasn’t good enough. The righteousness we need comes to us by faith in Christ.

-excerpts from Steve Wainright’s Morning Sermon

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Sunday Morning Sermon: Dressed in His Righteousness | Romans 3:21-23 | Steve Wainright
Sunday Evening Sermon: Transitions in Ministry | John 3:22-30 | Anthony Vance

Scripture at Sunrise 9.21.2016

“But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—” -Romans 3:21

“But now” is the hinge in this chapter. It’s the turning point from looking at the radical sinfulness of man and looking to the radical righteousness of God.

The righteousness God requires righteousness of us and this passage shows us how to have that righteousness.

What matters is not your past, but where you are right now.  

-excerpts from Steve Wainright’s Sunday Morning Sermon

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Sunday Morning Sermon: But Now | Romans 3:21 | Steve Wainright [Sermon Audio Failed to Record]
Sunday Evening Sermon: Why Some Hate the Light | John 3:19-21 | Anthony Vance

 

Scripture at Sunrise 9.12.2016

Sunday Morning Sermon: Your Righteousness Isn’t Good Enough | Romans 3:19-22 | Steve Wainright
“Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in His sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.” -Romans 3:19-20

While the law is perfect, righteous and good, it is weak in the flesh. It brings condemnation. What’s the answer? Faith and trust in Christ! There’s an absolute necessity of trust in Christ’s perfect righteousness.

-excerpts from Steve Wainright’s Morning Sermon

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Sunday Morning Sermon: Your Righteousness Isn’t Good Enough | Romans 3:19-22 | Steve Wainright
Sunday Evening Sermon: Not Condemned | John 3:18 | Anthony Vance