{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"New Song Students OKC","title":"Converting The Church - Gospel Is Given - Molly Ratliff","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2063,"description":"“1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.’ 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.” Romans 4:1-5.\n\n\n\nReligion says earn. Gospel says given.\n\n\n\n“ …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you, shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces.” Matthew 23:13\n\n\n\n1. We aren’t convinced of the gospel’s claims of our depravity; we think we could earn.\n2. We aren’t convinced of the gospel’s claims of God’s goodness; we think we have to earn. \n\n\n\nImputation: the act of attributing, charging, or crediting something to a person, source, or account.\n\n\n\n#1. Imputation of sin: the guilt/penalty of a human being’s sins are put on Jesus. \n\n\n\n“For the wages of sin is death…” Romans 6:23\n\n\n\n“We have all become like one who is unclean, and our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.” Isaiah 64:6\n\n\n\n“4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows…6 The Lord has hung on Him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:4,6\n\n\n\n#2. Imputation of righteousness: the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ is put on us.\n“…but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23\n\n\n\n“For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21\n\n\n\nThe glorious exchange stands to convince us salvation is not earned; it’s given!\n\n\n\n1. We don’t trust God’s giving\n\n\n\n“God so loved the world he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16\n\n\n\n“11 Out of the anguish of His soul He shall see and be satisfied; by His knowledge shall the righteous one, My...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BjiZxrt0a9mZ2dDE8857wRItwuk9xfgMH36A4JE3q70/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3OTc4LzE2OTMw/NzI5MzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}