"That Part!" Pastor Albert Almore
Recap from last week:
“For by the merit of observing the law NO ONE earns the status of being declared righteous before God, for it is the law that fully exposes AND UNMASKS THE REALITY OF SIN.”
Romans 3:20 TPT
The CLOSER you get to God, you begin to realize how FAR AWAY from God you once were.
Until you clearly see your SINS, you’ll never clearly see your need for a SAVIOR.
This week, we step into even greater GOOD NEWS!
Romans 3:21…
“But now God has shown us a way TO BE MADE RIGHT WITH HIM without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago.”
Romans 3:21 NLT
KEY VERSE
“WE ARE MADE RIGHT WITH GOD by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, NO MATTER WHO WE ARE.”
Romans 3:22 NLT
“For EVERYONE HAS SINNED; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.”
Romans 3:23 NLT
“Yet God, in his grace, freely MAKES US RIGHT IN HIS SIGHT. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.”
Romans 3:24 NLT
“For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. PEOPLE ARE MADE RIGHT WITH GOD when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,”
Romans 3:25 NLT
“for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, AND HE MAKES SINNERS RIGHT IN HIS SIGHT when they believe in Jesus.”
Romans 3:26 NLT
This my friends, IS THE GOOD NEWS. 5 times, in 6 short verses, we’ve been told that…
WE’VE BEEN MADE RIGHT WITH GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
Isn’t it amazing, that out of all of the things that Satan brings up, and brings to our attention, he never brings up Romans 3:21-26. He’s quick to bring up our past. He’s quick to bring up our sins, and weaknesses, but he’s not quick to bring up Romans 3:21-26. I WONDER WHY IS THAT!
He loves to leave the most valuable part out.
He doesn’t want you and I to know that we’re MADE FOR MORE!
The next time he tries to bring up your guilt and your shame, YOU BRING UP Romans 3:21-26, and say to Him….THAT PART!!!
In fact, that’s our sermon title for today…
THAT PART!
Solomon was telling the truth when he said in Ecclesiastes 1:9…
…THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV
The moment that Adam & Eve sinned, we find the immediate after effects of sin in Genesis 3:7…
“At that moment their eyes were opened, AND THEY SUDDENLY FELT SHAME at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together TO COVER THEMSELVES.”
Genesis 3:7 NLT
Nothing is new under the sun. We all know about that shame apart from Jesus Christ as well.
It doesn’t matter the name brand, it doesn’t matter the perfume, or the cologne, you can’t cover up guilt on your own. You can’t cover up shame on your own. You weren’t created to cover yourself. This is why Genesis 3:21 says…
“And THE LORD GOD MADE CLOTHING from animal skins for Adam and his wife.”
Genesis 3:21 NLT
📝 You weren’t created to cover yourself, and here’s why—there’s HOLES in your coverings.
No matter how much I try to cover myself from guilt and shame, no matter how much I try to clothe myself in good works, or good deeds, my coverings, my self made righteousness will never be good enough. There will always be holes in my coverings. This is why Jesus Christ came, so that we could be made right with God. Only Jesus Christ can cover you.
Romans 3:22…
“WE ARE MADE RIGHT WITH GOD by placing our faith IN JESUS CHRIST. And this is true for everyone who believes, NO MATTER WHO WE ARE.”
Romans 3:22 NLT
But just like Adam & Eve, here comes that old slew foot devil. Let’s look at Genesis 3:1…
“Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “CAN IT REALLY BE THAT GOD HAS SAID, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”…
Genesis 3:1 AMP
CAN IT REALLY BE THAT GOD HAS SAID you can be forgiven? CAN IT REALLY BE THAT GOD HAS SAID He can really use you? Come on now. You? YOU!? All of that bad stuff? Over and over again? Maybe God’ll forgive that person. Maybe God can use that person, BUT CERTAINLY NOT YOU.
When these moments happen, and they wil happen, Ephesians 6:14 says…
“STAND FIRM THEN, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, WITH THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN PLACE,”
Ephesians 6:14
The enemy loves nothing more than to attack our hearts. This is why we must keep the breastplate of righteousness IN PLACE. In similar fashion, Proverbs 4:23 says,
“Above all else, GUARD YOUR HEART, for everything you do flows from it.”
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
The enemy loves nothing more than to attack our hearts. This is why we must keep the breastplate of righteousness IN PLACE. Don’t. Allow. The. Enemy. To. Move. It! Keep the breastplate of righteousness IN PLACE.
The next time the enemy tries to replace the breast plate of righteousness, with the breastplate of lies, you take him to Romans 3:22 and say to him, “THAT PART!”
I WAS MADE RIGHT WITH GOD by placing my faith in Jesus Christ—THAT PART! And this is true for everyone who believes, NO MATTER WHO WE ARE—THAT PART!
From this day forward, I will not allow the righteousness of God to be misplaced. Through Romans 3:22 I will put the enemy back in his place by saying, “That Part!”
CAN IT REALLY BE THAT GOD HAS SAID I CAN BE FORGIVEN? CAN IT REALLY BE THAT GOD HAS SAID THAT I’M CHOSEN? CAN IT REALLY BE THAT GOD HAS SAID THAT HE CALLS ME BY NAME? CAN IT REALLY BE THAT GOD HAS SAID THAT I’M HIS?
📝 • He SAID IT.
📝 • He MEANT IT.
📝 • I’m COVERED!
I’m covered in His blood. I’m covered in His grace. I’m covered in His mercy. I’m covered in His righteousness. I’m covered in His goodness. All my life He’s been faithful. All my life, even when I didn’t recognize it, He’s been so, so good. Why would he stop now? HE CAN’T STOP NOW. HE WON’T STOP NOW. I’M COVERED! THAT PART!
Solomon said there’s nothing new under the sun, and man He wasn’t lying. Just ask Joshua the high priest. Zechariah 3:1…
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right side TO ACCUSE HIM.”
Zechariah 3:1 NIV
“The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! IS NOT THIS MAN A BURNING STICK SNATCHED FROM THE FIRE?””
Zechariah 3:2 NIV
“The angel said to those who were standing before him, “TAKE OFF HIS FILTHY CLOTHES.” Then he said to Joshua, “SEE, I HAVE TAKEN AWAY YOUR SIN…””
Zechariah 3:4 NIV
The next time the enemy tries to accuse you of your past, and of who you used to be, and what you used to do, kindly take him to Zechariah 3:4 and say to him two words, “That Part!” My sins have been taken away. My filth has been removed. My shortcomings have been dealt with. My history has been rewritten—THAT PART!
“The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I WILL PUT FINE GARMENTS ON YOU.””
Zechariah 3:4
For us, it doesn’t get any finer than the garments I’m about to show you. Galatians 3:26…
“For you are all children of God THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.”
Galatians 3:26 NLT
“And all who have been united with Christ in baptism HAVE PUT ON CHRIST, LIKE PUTTING ON NEW CLOTHES.”
Galatians 3:27 NLT
For this reason, and this reason alone, you need to say to the enemy the same thing that the angels said to the women at Jesus’s grave in Luke 24:5….
“…WHY DO YOU SEEK THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD? HE IS NOT HERE; he has risen!…”
Luke 24:6 NIV
Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard? I’ve been made alive through Jesus Christ. Why are seeking the new me, the alive me, among the old me, the past me, the dead me? He’s not here. He was buried with Him in baptism in the likeness of His death, and raised to walk in the newness of life!
The song says it best:
Cause I weren’t made to be tending a grave.
So why would I make a bed in my shame
When a fountain of grace is running my way
I know I am Yours
AND I WAS MADE FOR MORE!
You were made for more than sin. You were made for more than guilt. You were made for more than condemnation. You were made for more than addiction. You were made for more than bondage, secrets and shame.
📝 You were made BY Him.
📝 You were made FOR Him.
📝 You were made to REPRESENT Him.
📝 You were made to GLORIFY Him.
You were made for MORE!
So what Jesus said to Mary and Martha, and to the crowds that day, as he raised Lazarus from the dead, I now say to you. John 11:44 says…
“…TAKE OFF THE GRAVE CLOTHES and let him go.””
John 11:44 NIV
Take off the grave clothes.
Sin, guilt, and shame must let you go.
Put on Christ, like putting on new clothes.
“But now God has shown us a way TO BE MADE RIGHT WITH HIM without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago.”
Romans 3:21 NLT
“WE ARE MADE RIGHT WITH GOD by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, NO MATTER WHO WE ARE.”
Romans 3:22 NLT
THAT PART.
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