S46 E2 | Living in Real Freedom | Pastor Joel Rainey | Covenant Church

The letter of Romans strengthened the ancient church, brought reformation to the dark ages, has brought hope for 2000 years, and can change your life!This week Pastor Joel continues Part 2 of his message series in the book of the Bible called Romans, “Bold Faith That Wins”. Paul's going to teach us that victory over “that thing that dogs you” starts with recognizing and choosing to live in the new identity that God has given you. Our enemy whispers in our ear, “Are you really sure that you are who God says you are?” And then, of course, the really fun part for him is once it's all over and done and we have failed miserably, he gets in our ear and he gets louder and he says, “I told you you were not who He said you were.” Here are four practices to fight your sin and live in freedom: receive the power of grace, repeat the habits of grace, refuse to depart from grace, and renew obedience under grace.This is a special four part series that will span the year of 2025.LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:• Recommended reading for this series• John Owen“Be killing sin, or sin will be killing you.”• St Augustine• Download the free study guide by visiting and clicking on the button "Download Study Guide"⁠• Find a complete transcript here• Scripture References: Romans chapter 6, verse 15 – chapter 7, verse 6; 1 John; Romans 7, verse 24• Find out more about Covenant Church at ⁠covenantexperience.com