attain
Said 33 times, in 25 of 378 sermons, across 9 Sundays. Spoken as 2 forms: attain 20, attained 13.
How our pastors defined it
Nobody defined this word. It was said 33 times and never explained. That is the honest answer — this site will not hand you a dictionary definition to fill the gap, because no one in this pulpit gave one.
Across the series
Where this word has been used, and how much. The entry itself is church-wide on purpose — a word is a word, whichever series it turned up in.
| Series | Times said | Sermons | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romans | 19 | 14 | |
| Let Us | 1 | 1 |
33 lines in context
Unassigned
onfidence. I just want you to know it's not that difficult to
attain
. The confidence that you have, that you have a keeper in the
let-us
romans
3:21-31 Righteousness
our response? The Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness,
attained
it. That is a righteousness that is by faith, but that Israel
say then that Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have
attained
, that is a righteousness that is by faith. But Israel who pur
ho did not pursue righteousness, they have somehow, they have
attained
salvation. They've attained righteousness. They've become saf
, apparently pursuing the law of righteousness, they have not
attained
to the law of righteousness. So last week we showed how the m
iles, meaning non-Jews, who did not pursue righteousness have
attained
it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith, but that Israe
iles, they never pursued righteousness, and yet they actually
attained
it through Jesus, Paul says. And his countrymen, the Jewish p
ays this, that Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have
attained
it. That is, a righteousness that is by faith. But that Israe
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