Possessing Christ (LD 7; Romans 10:14-17)

Reformed & Expository Preaching · Apr 2, 2026 · 34m

Introduction

There's a phrase that can land in very different ways depending on who's saying it and what they mean: we belong to the Lord.

For some, that sounds like a threat. They hear a domineering God waiting to shame or diminish his people. Unfortunately, they are not hearing anything positive when we say, ‘We belong to the Lord!”

For others, it sounds like drudgery. It sounds like this is a life of straining to keep up with an impossible family name. This is the mindset that there is a mean God who is just waiting to shame you and destroy you.

But the catechism wants us to hear something…