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October 27 - Romans 15 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is, the 27th of October.
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  Goodness me, how are we almost at the end of October?
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  November will be upon us before the week is out.
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  Wow. Anyway, we are not only
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  finishing this month, but we are also drawing the book of Romans
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  to a close. We have got two more chapters
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  where Paul will continue laying out his plans to draw this
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  church together, Jews and Gentiles, focusing on their
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  dedication and living for Christ as their centre point rather
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  than their cultural identity. And then we're going to dive
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  straight into the book of James, that most practical of books
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  that will take us into next week, but that is yet to come.
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  For now, let us continue to read through and bring to an end this
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  book of Romans, as Paul writes to these Jewish Christians,
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  returning to Rome, finding a church very Gentile, and working
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  out how do we do community together.
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  And the first half of this chapter is about living not to
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  please yourself, but to please others, which is always very
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  helpful advice no matter what part of history we find
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  ourselves in. So friends, let's dive straight
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  into it. Reading together Romans chapter
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  15. We who are strong must be
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  considerate of those who are sensitive about things like
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  this. We must not just please
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  ourselves. We should help others do what is
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  right and build them up in the Lord.
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  For even Christ didn't live to please himself, as the
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  Scriptures say. The insults of those who insult
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  you, O God, have fallen on me. Such things were written in the
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  Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope
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  and encouragement as we wait patiently for God's promises to
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  be fulfilled. May God, who gives this patience
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  and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each
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  other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus.
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  Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving
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  praise and glory to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you,
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  so that God will be given glory. Remember that Christ came as a
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  servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises He
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  made to their ancestors. He also came so that the
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  Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercies to them.
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  That is what the psalmist meant when he wrote for this.
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  I will praise you among the Gentiles.
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  I will sing praises to your name, and in another place it is
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  written, Rejoice with his people, you Gentiles, and yet
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  again praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, praise him, all you
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  people of the earth. And in another place, Isaiah
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  said, the heir to David's throne will come, and he will rule over
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  the Gentiles. They will place their hope on
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  him. I pray that God, the source of
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  hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you
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  trust in Him. Then you will overflow with
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  confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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  I'm fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters, that you
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  are full of goodness. You know these things so well,
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  you can teach each other all about them.
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  Even so, I've been bold enough to write about some of these
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  points, knowing that all you need is a reminder.
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  For by God's grace, I am a special messenger from Christ
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  Jesus. To you, Gentiles, I bring you
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  the good news so that I might present you as an acceptable
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  offering to God, made holy by the Holy Spirit.
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  So I have reason to be enthusiastic about all Christ
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  Jesus has done through me in my service to God.
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  Yet I dare not boast about anything except what Christ has
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  done through me, bringing the Gentiles to God by my message
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  and by the way I worked among them.
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  They were convinced by the power of miraculous signs and wonders
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  and by the power of God's Spirit.
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  In this way I have fully presented the good news of
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  Christ from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum.
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  My ambition has always been to preach the good news where the
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  name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a
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  church has already been started by someone else.
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  I've been following the plans spoken of in the Scriptures,
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  where it says those who have never been told about Him will
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  see, and those who have never heard of him will understand.
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  In fact, my visit to you has been delayed so long because
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  I've been preaching in these places.
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  But now I have finished my work in these regions and after all
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  these long years of waiting, I am eager to visit you.
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  I'm planning to go to Spain, and when I do, I will stop off in
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  Rome. And after I've enjoyed your
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  fellowship for a little while, you can provide for my journey.
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  But before I come, I must go to Jerusalem to take a gift to the
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  believers there. For you see, the believers in
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  Macedonia and Ikaya have eagerly taken up an offering for the
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  poor among the believers in Jerusalem.
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  They were glad to do this because they feel they owe a
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  real debt to them. Since the Gentiles received the
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  spiritual blessings of the good news from the believers in
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  Jerusalem, they feel the least they can do in return is to help
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  them financially. As soon as I have delivered this
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  money and completed this good deed of theirs, I will come to
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  see you on my way to Spain, and I'm sure that when I come,
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  Christ will richly bless our time together.
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  Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord
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  Jesus Christ, to join in my struggle by praying to God for
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  me. Do this because of your love for
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  me, given to you by the Holy Spirit.
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  Pray that I will be rescued from those in Judea who refuse to
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  obey God. Pray also that the believers
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  there will be willing to accept the donation I'm taking to
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  Jerusalem. Then, by the will of God, I will
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  be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and we will be an
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  encouragement to each other. And now May God, who gives us
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  his peace, be with you all. Amen.
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  Oh Jesus, thank you for this encouragement.
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  Thank you for this teaching about putting the needs of
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  others before ourselves by living with generosity and big
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  hearts. And Lord, I just pray this
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  blessing that Paul prays on those believers in Rome, that
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  you, Lord, the source of hope, would fill us completely with
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  joy and peace because we trust in You.
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  Then we will overflow with confident hope through the power
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  of the Holy Spirit. Oh, Father, let that confidence,
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  let that hope be ours. Let that joy and that peace be
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  ours because we trust in you. So shape our hearts to lean ever
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  more closely into you and to your provision for us, so that
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  our trust won't find its foundation in the things of this
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  world, but would extend deep into you and our lives in you
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  and your provision for us, our wonderful saving provider.
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  God, we pray all of this in your name, Jesus, Amen.