Believing Matters - July 6, 2025

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Believing Matters

Jon Fredricks

Today's Scripture: Romans 1:16-17 NIV

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Romans 1:16-17 NIV

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith."

 

Romans 1:16 AMPC

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ, for it is God’s power working unto salvation [for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek,

 

Matthew 17:20 NIV

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

 

1) CHANGE MY BIAS

Romans 1:16 NIV

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel...

 

1 Thessalonians 5:21 NIV

21 but test them all; hold on to what is good

 

1 John 4:1 NIV

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

 

2) DIG FOR THE TRUTH

Romans 1:17 NIV

17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed...

 

2 Corinthians 4:4 NIV

4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

 

John 16:13 NIV

13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

 

Jeremiah 29:13 NIV

13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

 

John 8:31-32 NIV

31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

 

3) CHOOSE YOUR STEPS

Romans 1:16-17 NIV

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes...

 

John 3:16 NIV

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

 

Romans 10:9-10 NIV

9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

 

4) TRUST GOD'S CERTAIN WORK

Romans 1:17 NIV

17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

 

1 John 1:9 NIV

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify