Feb
05
2012

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace (Romans 8:1-11)

Pastor Jeff RaffaufPastor Jeff Raffauf, February 5, 2012
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Romans 8:1-11

8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. (ESV)



About Pastor Jeff Raffauf: The Reverend Jeffery A. Raffauf was appointed Senior Pastor of the West Lawn United Methodist Church on July 1, 2000. He is an elder in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of The United Methodist Church. He previously served the Jonestown UMC in Lebanon County (1982-1992) and the Columbia UMC in Lancaster County (1992-2000). Pastor Jeff grew up in the West Lawn area, and specifically, in the West Lawn UMC. He considers it both a great privilege and a great challenge to minister in the community that played such an important role in his life. He is a graduate of Wilson High School, Penn State University (’77, BA in Sociology), and Wesley Theological Seminary (’82, M.Div.) in Washington, D.C. Jeff is married to Cheryl Flynn Raffauf, of Baltimore, MD. They have two grown children, Justin and Andrea, who are now serving the community in their own careers of education and counseling, respectively. Jeff and Cheryl have long felt a strong commitment to ministry in the community as a part of all they do in the Church. They are enthusiastic about working together to fulfill the vision of this church, which is β€œto invite, embrace, and empower all to be the family of God in Christ.” If you would like to share with them in this exciting ministry, please be in touch with the Raffaufs by contacting them at the church, or join them in worship this Sunday. Email Pastor Jeff at jeff@westlawnumc.org
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