Sources & further reading
This topic is drawn from a communion sermon and Scripture. Read and watch for yourself — "they searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so" (Acts 17:11).
The sermon
- Primary · Sermon
Communion sermon on "Righteousness" (Matthew 5:6) — preached at a communion / year-end renewal service. The message moves from hungering and thirsting, through the Laodicean condition and the call to "buy gold," to the resolution that righteousness comes only by faith in Christ, sealed at the Lord's table.
Watch the sermon (YouTube)
Key Scripture passages
- Scripture · Hunger & the gift Matthew 5:6 · Revelation 3:17-18 · Isaiah 55:1
- Scripture · None righteous Psalm 14:2-3 · Psalm 53:2-3 · Isaiah 64:6 · Romans 3:10-23
- Scripture · Righteousness by faith Hebrews 11:7 · Romans 4:1-5 · Romans 3:28
- Scripture · Both ditches James 2:17-26 (against cheap grace) · Galatians 2:16 (against legalism) · Titus 2:11-12 (grace that teaches)
Related topics on this site
- Companion Christ Our Righteousness (Pastor Bill Lehman) — the same gift-righteousness message in depth.
- Contrast — the legalism ditch Last Generation Theology — the furthest extreme of "earn it." See how it argues against this.
- Foundation Conversations About God (Graham Maxwell) — who God really is, under all of it.
Sam says
A note on sources, friend: this topic quotes Scripture in context and links you to the full sermon so you can check everything. The speaker's name is on the video itself — we just kept it off the title slides, as he wished. Be a good Berean and search it all out!