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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Bill Bush · Jan 13, 2025
In Ephesians 2:1–10, Paul exposes the bankruptcy of 'goodyism' — the universal human instinct to earn God's approval through good deeds — and replaces it with grace. We are fully dead in sin and cannot earn life; but God, rich in mercy, makes us alive together with Christ. The proper response is not striving for approval but resting in the love already given, and from that rest, freely walking in the good works God prepared for us as His masterpiece.
Pastor Bill Bush · Dec 13, 2021
In Romans 4, Paul uses Abraham as an illustration to show that no amount of good works, religious ritual, or law-keeping can make a person right with God. Like Batman trying to outrun Superman, our best human efforts fall hopelessly short of God's perfection. The only path to righteousness is the same one Abraham walked: simply believing God — not merely believing in God — and trusting in the grace and power that raised Jesus from the dead and makes us entirely new.
Pastor Bill Bush · Oct 25, 2020
Drawing from Galatians 1, Pastor Bill argues that the true gospel is entirely grace to us and glory to God — not a system of ritual performance that earns divine reward. The Judaizers twisted this gospel in Paul's day, and subtle versions of the same twist still trap people today, leaving them either stuck in guilt when they fail or stuck up in pride when they succeed. Embracing the true gospel — that God loves us because of who He is, not what we do — is not merely the entry point to faith but the ongoing foundation for every relationship and every aspect of life in the kingdom.