Josiah Nichols preaches his 5th trial sermon on Romans 1:5. This is his last trial sermon before he is voted on in the church. He primarily talks about the Grace and Apostleship that brings about the obedience of faith for the sake of Christ’s name among all nations. This sermon was preached at Porterville Congregational Christian Church June 23, 2019.
I am a pastor, teacher, and author of the Using Hermeneutics Series. I love the subjects of interpreting the Bible, apologetics, and evangelism. I love to use these subjects to help people know and love Jesus more.
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I’m not in charge of the decorations of the church, but, from their standpoint, they would say that it is not an actual image of Jesus but a representation of Christ in the same way that the cross is a representation of the substitutionary atonement for our sin. No one prays to or bows down to this representation of Jesus. I do understand and agree with the reformed position that these images that represent Jesus are dangerous and could be idolatrous. I will bring it up to the church to take the image down to keep brothers from stumbling. But I am not in charge of it.
Biblical Interpretation Through Demonstration 
Curious as to why there is a glaring violation of the Second Commandment and abomination hanging on the wall behind you. https://purelypresbyterian.com/2016/05/03/three-reasons-images-of-god-are-idolatrous/
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I’m not in charge of the decorations of the church, but, from their standpoint, they would say that it is not an actual image of Jesus but a representation of Christ in the same way that the cross is a representation of the substitutionary atonement for our sin. No one prays to or bows down to this representation of Jesus. I do understand and agree with the reformed position that these images that represent Jesus are dangerous and could be idolatrous. I will bring it up to the church to take the image down to keep brothers from stumbling. But I am not in charge of it.
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