Worship Service 08/24/2025

Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme:

Text: Romans 15:14

Notes:

1. “Full of goodness”
   • Christlike character
     • moral excellence
     • 1 Peter 3:10
   • Goodness delights in the character of Christ
   • Goodness is developing the character of Christ
     • God expects progression, not perfection
       • Progress in Christlikeness will require intentionality and effort
       • The world is always pushing against us–if we are not pushing forward we will be pushed back
       • As God works in each of our lives, He uses our respective strengths to help one another’s respective weaknesses
     •  Goodness is defending the goodness of Christ
       • We seek for God to be glorified and turn away from and seek to change those things that dishonor Him
       • “…Christ could not sit idly by while God’s character was impugned”, –Jerome
       • Galatians 6:1-2
       • Jude 1:20-23
       • Hebrews 10:24-25
2. “Filled with all knowledge”
   • specifically, gospel knowledge
3. “Able to instruct one another”
   • able to counsel, confront, and encourage

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