The God, who is, is a holy God, so holy that he cannot bear to look at iniquity.

And so that there is a basic revulsion in the very character of God for those of us who are engaged in cosmic treason every day of our lives.

So we need reconciliation.

We need the end to that estrangement and what brings it is the good news of the gospel.

There is conflict all around us, sometimes in our families, in our workplaces. We see conflict

on the evening news and as we scroll through social media. But the greatest conflict, the

greatest war is not between you and your neighbor or nations warring against

nations. It's between fallen humanity and our holy and just creator.

Welcome to this Sunday edition of renewing her mind.

As each Lord's Day you hear a sermon from the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl.

Today's sermon is from Romans,

and I'd encourage you to continue your study of Romans

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It's because the war between God and sinful man is so great that the good news that through Christ we have peace with God

Reconciliation is so good to remind us of this here's RC Sproll preaching from Romans chapter 5.

Last week I touched lightly on the first verse of Romans 5 when I pointed out that it begins with the term

therefore indicating a conclusion that follows from what had preceded it where Paul had laid out for us in great detail and in great

depth the doctrine of justification by faith alone.

And sometimes when we look at concepts or doctrines such as these, we shrug

and say, so what? Well, here is the so what set forth for us in the conclusion of Paul's treatment when he says therefore having

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