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Romans 16:1-16, 21-24 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Well, good morning. Let me invite you to take your copy of God's Word and join me in Romans chapter 16.
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! Romans chapter 16.
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Romans chapter 16. Our text for today is Romans 16 verses 1 through 16 and verses 21 through 24.
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As we begin to consider chapter 16, we find ourselves coming to the beginning of the end of this glorious letter.
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I find in myself a bit of joy. It is always nice to complete a large task, and I am anticipating our next study.
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And I find in myself a bit of sadness, as I have really enjoyed preaching and hearing preached and studying and preparation this wonderful text.
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I have chose today to lead us in thinking about the first 16 verses of chapter 16 and those additional three verses,
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four verses, 21, 22, 23, and 24, because they contain all of Paul's concluding remarks concerning Christian people.
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He has a following warning as well as a doxology at the end, but this is all of that Christian people address found in these verses.
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These 19 or maybe 20, if my count was wrong there, verses mention 35 people by name,
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as well as the mention of groups of Christians in households and companions to people mentioned by name.
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This text is the longest such list in the New Testament, and it begs the question,
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what do we do with these kinds of verses?
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Often we read right past them as we're coming to the close or even in the opening sometimes of epistles.
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What do we do with them when we're given the task of preaching verse by verse through a text of Scripture?
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When I preach before the reading of the text for the sermon, I say,
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Beloved, this is God's Word to us, written for His glory and our good.
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We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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I do so as a means of drawing your attention to the weightiness of the task before us
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and to remind us of what we intend to accomplish together.
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It's no small deal to open up the Bible together and consider it each Lord's Day.
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However, we do not see any clearly expressed promises in today's verses.
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Neither do we see any clearly expressed commands.
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So what do we do with it?
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We do believe that this is an inspired text.
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It has God as its author.
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However, the inspiration of the Bible does not mean that God didn't use the culture and language and experience and personality of the human author of the text.
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Today's text is the place that we see this most readily.
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Paul was a real man, carried along by the Spirit in the writing of this letter to real people.
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There's a real context in which he's writing.
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That doesn't minimize the fact that it is God's Word for us today,
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but it needs to be understood in that light.
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Paul, in this closing chapter, who we see as giving dictation to a man named Tertius,
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expresses his affection and the affections of his companions for the Christians in Rome.
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I love these verses and names that are in these verses.
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So let's read together.
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Romans 16, verses 1-16, and then I'll jump to 21-24.
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But before I do, let me remind you, beloved,
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that this is God's Word to us,
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written for His glory and our good.
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And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises
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and obey its commands.
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I'm going to let you know before I read
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that the way I pronounce all of these names
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is not the official pronunciation,
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and you should not quote me.
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In fact, they're probably wrong the way I pronounce them,
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but I'm going to do my very best.
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So here we go.
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Romans 16, verse 1.
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I commend to you our sister Phoebe,
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a servant of the church at Kincrea,
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that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints
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and help her in whatever she may need from you,
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for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.
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Greet Prissa and Akilah,
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my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
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who risked their necks for my life,
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to whom not only I give thanks,
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but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
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Greet also the church in their house.
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Greet my beloved Epinetus,
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who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.
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Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.
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Greet Andernicus and Junia,
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my kinsmen and fellow prisoners.
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They are well known to the apostles,
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and they were in Christ before me.
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Greet Ampliatus,
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my beloved in the Lord.
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Greet Urbanus,
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our fellow worker in Christ,
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and my beloved Stachys.
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Greet Appelus,
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yep, not Apples,
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Appellus,
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let's try that,
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who is approved in Christ.
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Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus.
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Greet my kinsmen,
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Herodian.
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Greet those in the Lord
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who belong to the family of Narcissus.
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Greet those workers in the Lord,
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Trephana and Trephosa.
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Greet the beloved Persis,
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who has worked hard in the Lord.
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Greet Rufus,
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chosen in the Lord,
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also his mother,
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who has been a mother to me as well.
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Greet Asencritus,
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Phlegon,
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Hermes,
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Petrobus,
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Hermas,
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and the brothers who are with them.
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Greet Philologus,
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perhaps,
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Julia,
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Nereus,
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and his sister,
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and Olympus,
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and all the saints who are with them.
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Greet one another with a holy kiss.
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All the churches of Christ greet you.
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Timothy,
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my fellow worker,
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greets you.
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So do Lucius,
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and Jason,
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and Sosipater,
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my kinsmen.
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I,
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Tertius,
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who write this letter,
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greet you in the Lord.
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Gaius,
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who is host to me
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and to the whole church,
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greets you.
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Erastus,
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the city treasurer,
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and our brother,
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Cordus,
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greet you.
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Most of these people's names
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are found only in this place,
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and we know very little
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about them.
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We know Prissa,
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or Priscilla,
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and Achilla in verse 3.
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We read about them in Acts 18,
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and know that they were tent makers
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that Paul stayed with
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in Corinth.
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They now find themselves
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in Rome.
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We can be fairly certain
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that the Rufus of verse 13
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is the one mentioned
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in Mark 15 and verse 21.
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There it says,
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and they compelled a passerby,
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Simon of Cyrene,
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who was coming in from the country,
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the father of Alexander and Rufus,
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to carry his cross.
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So the one who carried
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the cross of Christ,
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it's most probable
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that this is his son.
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Otherwise,
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why would Mark have mentioned
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him being the father
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of Alexander and Rufus?
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Of course,
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we know the Timothy
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of verse 21.
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So Cepater,
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whose name is also mentioned
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in verse 21,
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is likely the Sopater
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of Acts 20,
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who meets Paul at Troas
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after he left Ephesus.
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If so,
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he was one of the Bereans
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who were more noble
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than those in Thessalonica,
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who received the word
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with all eagerness,
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examining the Scriptures daily
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to see if these things
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were so,
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many of whom believed.
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That's found in Acts 17.
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But the rest of these names
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are unknown elsewhere.
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So no mention anywhere else
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in the text.
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There is some evidence
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based on the actual names themselves
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that some of them
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may have been related to Paul,
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that some served
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in a noble's house,
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that others were slaves,
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but none of this is sure.
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It's on some level
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just some conjecture.
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What we can be sure of, though,
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is that Paul loved them.
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And that's what's so cool
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about this list of names.
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These 35 people
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mentioned by name
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plus some others
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who were around them.
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Paul used expensive
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writing material
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to send this tome
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of theological excellence
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to the church in Rome,
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and he spared no expense
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to take the space
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to mention
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these beloved Christians
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by name.
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And you might think,
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well, he had some extra room
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on the papyrus,
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so he thought,
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I might as well
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greet some others.
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But they used writing material
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in this day.
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He would have been
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doing them a service
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to send them
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extra writing material
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that he hadn't written on.
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They could cut it up
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and use it for something else.
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It was extremely expensive.
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And so Paul,
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by the power of the Spirit,
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thought it important
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to take the time
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to write down
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these people,
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for them to be commended
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and greeted.
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The Greek word
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translated greet
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is a good translation
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of that word.
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But it does mean
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more than just say hi.
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Somehow we use the term
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in that way often.
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It's so much more than that.
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It carries with it
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the meaning of
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welcoming,
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enfolding,
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or embracing.
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And so we can imagine
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that Paul is saying,
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give so and so
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a great hug from me.
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He is affectionate
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for these people.
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Why is it that he is
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so affectionate?
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Note what Paul mentions
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of them.
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He calls one a sister,
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others brothers,
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servants,
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saints,
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a patron,
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fellow workers
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in the Gospel,
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the church,
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the very people
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that Christ died for,
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first convert,
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likely under his ministry,
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kinsmen,
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fellow prisoners,
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beloved,
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approved in Christ,
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chosen,
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and a mother
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to me.
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All of these people
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are dear to Paul
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because they are all
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recipients of God's grace
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and pictures of God's grace
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as they have supported
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and labored alongside Paul
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for the sake
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of the Gospel.
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These are
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Christocentric relationships
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that Paul
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is expressing to us here.
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I think we can most
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readily draw
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application from today's text
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at this point
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in two ways.
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He asks,
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what do we do
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with a text like this?
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I think right here,
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on the forefront,
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let me give to you,
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I think,
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two applications
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of a text like this.
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First,
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we,
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like Paul,
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ought to know
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people
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by name
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and not just
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vaguely know them,
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right,
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not be able to just
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run down a list
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or point at a person
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and know their name,
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but know
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who they
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are.
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Know how God
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has shown them
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grace in Christ
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and how God
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is using them
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to love
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and serve the church
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and share
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the Gospel.
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We should know people
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and we have a limited
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capacity for that.
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We don't have to know
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all people,
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but we should
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know people
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and I don't think
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we should think
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that Paul had
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some special gift
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for names
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as we read
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a text like this.
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But he was affectionate
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towards these people,
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right?
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They were in his heart
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and he wanted
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the church in Rome
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to be sure
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that these people
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knew
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that he was thinking
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about them.
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We are a part
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of a family
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of faith.
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That church
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that is invisible,
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that we can't see,
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that's spread across
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the entirety
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of the world
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today
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and throughout
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time.
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We couldn't
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possibly know
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the names
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of all those people,
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but we do have
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a group.
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We're gathered
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together this morning
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that we could
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start that work
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of knowing people
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and knowing
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how it is
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that God
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has been gracious
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to them
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and how it is
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that they are
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working by His grace
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in the world
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in which they live.
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This is why
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Paul encourages
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greet one another
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with a holy kiss.
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It was culturally
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normative to greet
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a family member
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in this day
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by kissing them
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on the forehead
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or the cheek.
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And the early church
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had adopted the practice
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as many of its members
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were estranged
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from their families.
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They had adopted them
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into the life
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of the church.
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They were saying
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to one another,
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we are in Christ.
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Because of our faith
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in Christ,
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we are a family.
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And this practice
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had become known
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as a holy kiss.
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I know he's talking
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about there.
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Treat each other
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as family
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is what Paul
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is encouraging here.
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So don't kiss me
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on the forehead
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or the cheek
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next Sunday.
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But treat me
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as family.
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And there are other ways
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we do familial things
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together,
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are there not?
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We ought to be
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thankful for one another
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and recognize
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that when we see
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or think of one another,
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that we are beholding
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some measure
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of God's grace.
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Consider that
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as we gather together.
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A way that we are served
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when we gather
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as a church
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is to look around
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at people
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who as far as we know
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have been saved
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by the grace
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and mercy
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of our God.
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What a wonderful thing
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that we face to face
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can see people
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and shake hands
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and give hugs
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and be reminded
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that God is saving
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a people
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for his glory.
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Do you want
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to be encouraged
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that our God
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is kind-hearted
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toward you?
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I need that encouragement.
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Pay attention
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to how gracious
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he is
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to his people.
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Stop for a moment
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and think that maybe
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the gospel
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isn't powerful.
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Well,
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think about the way
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the gospel
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has been powerful
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in the life
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of others.
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There are manifold
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examples of that
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in the life
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of a local church.
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So we ought to know
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people
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and know how it is
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that God is working
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in them
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and through them.
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Secondly,
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we,
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like Paul,
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ought to recognize
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that God
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is advancing
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his kingdom
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through
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lots
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of people.
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Paul the apostle,
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right?
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the apostle
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to the Gentiles
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is recognizing
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that this church
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in Rome
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is about this work
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itself,
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right?
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And that there are
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people who are
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carrying it out
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by the grace of God.
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If you are a leader
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in any measure,
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this should humble you
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as a reminder
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that God
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doesn't
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need you.
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There's a list
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of people
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here in Romans 16
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that God
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is using,
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right,
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on top of
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the ministry
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of Paul.
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It should humble us.
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God doesn't
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need us.
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He's going to
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accomplish his task
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with or without
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us.
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If you don't
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know how to fit
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into the life
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of a church,
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you don't feel
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like you're useful,
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this should embolden
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you as a reminder
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that God
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uses people
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of various
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gifting
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and means
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to accomplish
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his purposes.
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seemingly
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insignificant
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people
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doing seemingly
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insignificant
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things
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is most
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normally
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the way
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that God
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brings about
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his reign
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in the hearts
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of his people.
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It doesn't
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feel like a big
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deal
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week in
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and week out
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to gather
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with the church.
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I'll say to you
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honestly,
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it doesn't feel
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like a big deal
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week in
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and week out
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to prepare
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and to
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preach
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sermons.
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I have the
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stage right now,
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everything happening
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in this church
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in a temporal
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sense.
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I'm doing it
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at the moment
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and yet
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I've been doing
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it for a lot
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of years.
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This sermon
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doesn't feel
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to me
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to be significant
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in any way
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whatsoever.
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It's just another
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sermon in a line
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of sermons,
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but we have
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seen the way
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God uses
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seemingly
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insignificant
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things to
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accomplish
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significant
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things in
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the hearts
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of his people.
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And so we
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press on
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and we do
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the thing
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that God
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has given
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us
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to do.
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So there's
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this beautiful
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thing going
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on that God
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is building
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his kingdom
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and he's
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doing it
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with lots
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and lots
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and lots
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of people.
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We see an
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example of
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that here
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at the
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beginning
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of chapter
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16.
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I want you
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to notice
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and pay
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special attention
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to the
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Christ-centered
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nature of
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how Paul
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speaks
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about these
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people.
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Here are
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just a
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handful
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examples
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if you
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look at
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the text.
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In verse
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2,
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Paul says,
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welcome her,
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speaking of
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Phoebe,
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in the
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Lord.
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As a
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Christian
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sister.
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Verse
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3,
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my
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fellow
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workers,
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Prissa and
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Akilah,
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in Christ
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Jesus.
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Verse
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5,
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the
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first
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convert
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to Christ
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in the area
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that's now
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known as
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Turkey.
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Verse
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7,
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they were
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in
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Christ
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before
18:59
me.
19:00
Verse
19:01
8,
19:01
my
19:02
beloved
19:02
in
19:03
the
19:03
Lord.
19:04
Verse
19:04
9,
19:05
my
19:05
fellow
19:06
workers
19:06
in
19:07
Christ.
19:08
Verse
19:08
10,
19:09
a palace
19:10
who is
19:10
approved
19:11
in
19:12
Christ.
19:13
Verse
19:14
11,
19:15
greet
19:15
those
19:15
in
19:16
the
19:16
Lord.
19:17
Verse
19:17
12,
19:17
greet
19:18
those
19:18
workers
19:18
in
19:19
the
19:20
Lord.
19:20
Verse
19:21
13,
19:22
Persis
19:23
who has
19:24
worked
19:24
hard
19:24
in
19:25
the
19:25
Lord.
19:26
Verse
19:26
14,
19:28
Rufus
19:28
chosen
19:29
in
19:30
the
19:31
Lord.
19:32
So we
19:32
see this
19:32
layered
19:33
up
19:33
language
19:34
of
19:35
Christ
19:35
sinness
19:36
as
19:37
Paul
19:37
speaks
19:38
about
19:38
these
19:39
people.
19:41
When
19:41
we feel
19:42
deeply
19:42
the
19:43
realities
19:43
of
19:44
the
19:44
gospel,
19:45
we
19:45
will
19:46
love
19:47
God's
19:48
people.
19:50
Now
19:50
I say
19:50
feel
19:51
deeply
19:51
because
19:52
many
19:52
of
19:52
us
19:53
have
19:53
a
19:53
lot
19:53
of
19:53
mental
19:54
knowledge.
19:56
We
19:56
can
19:56
carefully
19:57
articulate
19:58
the
19:59
doctrines
19:59
of
20:00
grace.
20:00
Many
20:01
of
20:01
you
20:02
could
20:02
have
20:02
taught
20:02
us
20:03
through
20:03
the
20:03
book
20:03
of
20:04
Romans.
20:04
I
20:04
am
20:05
quite
20:05
sure.
20:07
But
20:07
if
20:07
these
20:07
doctrines
20:08
don't
20:08
permeate
20:09
our
20:09
hearts
20:10
and
20:10
inform
20:10
our
20:10
every
20:11
thought
20:11
and
20:12
action
20:12
and
20:13
emotion,
20:14
then
20:14
we
20:14
have
20:14
failed
20:15
to
20:15
understand
20:16
them
20:16
rightly.
20:18
Jesus
20:19
tells
20:19
us,
20:20
in
20:20
John
20:21
13
20:21
and
20:22
verse
20:22
35,
20:24
by
20:24
this
20:24
all
20:26
people
20:26
will
20:26
know
20:27
you
20:28
are
20:28
my
20:29
disciples.
20:30
We
20:30
ought
20:30
to
20:30
be
20:30
really
20:30
paying
20:30
attention
20:31
to
20:31
what
20:31
Jesus
20:32
is
20:32
saying.
20:32
By
20:32
this
20:32
thing
20:33
I'm
20:33
about
20:33
to
20:33
tell
20:33
you,
20:34
all
20:34
people
20:34
will
20:34
know
20:35
you
20:35
are
20:35
my
20:35
disciples.
20:35
If
20:36
you
20:36
can
20:36
articulate
20:37
the
20:37
doctrines
20:38
of
20:38
grace,
20:39
it's
20:39
not
20:39
what
20:40
follows
20:40
that
20:41
statement.
20:41
It's
20:41
not
20:42
what
20:42
he
20:42
says.
20:42
I'm
20:42
not
20:42
saying
20:43
it's
20:43
not
20:43
important,
20:50
for
20:50
one
20:51
another.
20:52
So all
20:52
of that
20:53
doctrine
20:53
that is
20:53
so
20:54
incredibly
20:54
important
20:55
should
20:55
be
20:56
leading
20:56
us
20:56
to
20:57
this
20:57
place.
20:58
And I
20:58
love
20:58
chapter
20:58
16
20:59
because
20:59
Paul
21:00
expresses
21:00
this
21:00
great
21:01
affection
21:01
and
21:01
love
21:01
for
21:02
the
21:02
church
21:02
and
21:03
then
21:03
it
21:03
ends
21:03
with
21:03
the
21:03
doxology,
21:04
his
21:04
praise
21:05
of
21:06
God.
21:07
It's
21:08
where
21:08
all
21:08
of it
21:09
should
21:09
lead.
21:12
Recall
21:13
that Paul
21:13
spent
21:14
the first
21:14
11
21:14
chapters
21:15
of this
21:15
letter
21:16
carefully
21:16
outlining
21:17
how it
21:18
is that
21:18
we are
21:19
accepted
21:19
by
21:20
God.
21:21
We are
21:21
justified
21:22
by grace
21:23
alone
21:24
through
21:24
faith
21:24
alone
21:25
in the
21:25
person
21:26
and
21:26
work
21:26
of
21:26
Jesus
21:27
Christ
21:27
alone.
21:29
And now
21:30
having been
21:30
accepted
21:31
by God
21:31
what a
21:32
life of
21:32
faith
21:33
looks like
21:33
and what
21:34
the
21:34
doctrine
21:34
of
21:34
justification
21:35
means
21:35
for the
21:36
nations.
21:37
That's
21:37
where we
21:37
end
21:38
chapter
21:39
11.
21:40
The
21:41
beginning
21:41
in
21:41
chapter
21:41
12
21:42
he gives
21:42
specific
21:43
application
21:44
with a
21:44
particular
21:45
emphasis
21:45
on
21:46
Christian
21:47
love.
21:49
He
21:49
makes
21:49
statements
21:50
like
21:51
Romans
21:52
13
21:52
verse
21:52
8
21:53
no
21:53
one
21:53
anything
21:54
except
21:54
to
21:55
love
21:55
each
21:56
other
21:56
for
21:56
the
21:56
one
21:56
who
21:57
loves
21:57
another
21:57
has
21:58
fulfilled
21:59
the law.
22:00
I
22:02
love
22:02
these
22:03
verses
22:03
chapter
22:04
16
22:05
and
22:05
names
22:06
therein
22:06
because
22:06
Paul
22:07
is not
22:07
just
22:08
telling
22:08
us
22:08
how
22:09
we
22:09
ought
22:09
to
22:09
feel
22:10
toward
22:10
one
22:11
another
22:11
but
22:11
he
22:12
is
22:12
modeling
22:13
it
22:13
for
22:14
us.
22:14
Here
22:15
he's
22:15
not
22:15
just
22:15
saying
22:16
you
22:16
ought
22:16
to
22:16
love
22:17
others
22:17
he's
22:17
actually
22:18
showing
22:18
us
22:18
that
22:18
he
22:19
loves
22:20
others.
22:22
It's
22:22
so
22:22
good
22:23
to see
22:24
it
22:24
on
22:24
display
22:24
in
22:25
this
22:25
way.
22:25
All
22:27
of
22:27
the
22:27
things
22:28
that
22:28
Paul
22:28
is
22:28
taught
22:28
in
22:29
this
22:29
letter
22:29
lead
22:30
him
22:30
to
22:30
these
22:30
affections
22:31
and
22:31
ought
22:32
to
22:32
do
22:32
the
22:33
very
22:33
same
22:33
for
22:34
us.
22:36
So
22:37
I
22:38
want
22:39
to do
22:39
something
22:39
a bit
22:39
different
22:40
at this
22:40
point.
22:42
If you're
22:43
interested
22:44
I would
22:44
encourage
22:45
you to
22:45
read
22:45
some
22:46
of
22:46
it.
22:46
There's
22:47
some
22:47
good
22:47
guesses
22:48
about
22:48
who
22:48
these
22:48
people
22:49
actually
22:50
were.
22:51
The
22:52
character
22:52
of each
22:53
of them
22:53
is
22:54
pretty
22:55
plain.
22:55
You can
22:55
read
22:56
through
22:56
there
22:56
and
22:56
see
22:57
the
22:57
way
22:57
Paul
22:58
is
22:58
showing
22:59
us.
22:59
These
22:59
are
22:59
people
23:00
worth
23:00
emulating
23:01
for what
23:02
we can
23:02
know
23:02
about
23:03
them.
23:05
We
23:05
could
23:06
spend
23:06
some
23:06
time
23:06
talking
23:07
about
23:07
Phoebe
23:08
and
23:08
the
23:08
nature
23:08
of
23:09
what
23:09
Paul
23:09
means
23:09
and
23:10
calling
23:10
her
23:10
a
23:11
servant
23:11
of
23:12
the
23:13
church.
23:14
But I
23:15
think
23:15
that's
23:15
best
23:15
for
23:16
another
23:17
time.
23:19
I
23:19
have
23:19
given
23:19
to
23:20
you
23:20
the
23:20
application.
23:21
First
23:21
we
23:21
ought
23:21
to
23:21
know
23:21
God's
23:22
people
23:22
by name
23:22
and be
23:23
thankful
23:25
God's
23:26
grace.
23:27
And
23:27
secondly
23:28
we
23:28
ought
23:28
to
23:28
recognize
23:29
that
23:30
God
23:32
uses
23:33
people
23:33
many
23:34
of
23:34
them
23:34
for
23:34
the
23:34
advance
23:35
of
23:36
his
23:36
kingdom.
23:38
So
23:39
what
23:39
are
23:39
we
23:39
to
23:39
do
23:39
with
23:41
the
23:41
rest
23:41
of
23:41
our
23:41
time?
23:43
I
23:44
think
23:44
we
23:44
could
23:44
stop
23:44
at
23:44
that
23:45
point.
23:45
I
23:45
think
23:45
the
23:45
text
23:46
has
23:46
been
23:46
lead
23:48
us
23:49
through
23:49
a
23:50
reading
23:50
of
23:50
Paul's
23:51
letter
23:51
to
23:52
the
23:52
Romans.
23:52
I
23:52
have
23:53
made
23:53
this
23:53
case
23:53
that
23:53
this
23:53
is
23:54
his
23:54
conclusion
23:55
how
23:55
did
23:56
he
23:56
get
23:56
here
23:56
doctrinally?
23:58
As
23:59
we
23:59
prepare
23:59
ourselves
24:00
to
24:00
finish
24:00
our
24:01
study
24:01
of
24:02
Romans
24:02
in
24:02
the
24:02
coming
24:02
weeks
24:03
let's
24:03
be
24:03
reminded
24:04
of
24:04
the
24:04
glories
24:05
that
24:06
it
24:06
contains.
24:08
Let's
24:08
consider
24:09
what
24:09
Paul
24:09
lays
24:12
out
24:12
that
24:13
builds
24:13
the
24:13
foundation
24:14
for
24:14
his
24:15
affectionate
24:16
closing
24:17
words.
24:19
Now
24:19
to read
24:19
this
24:19
letter
24:20
in
24:20
its
24:20
entirety
24:20
would
24:21
take
24:21
about
24:22
an
24:22
hour
24:23
and
24:23
we're
24:23
not
24:23
going
24:23
to
24:23
do
24:23
that.
24:25
So I
24:25
have
24:26
abridged
24:26
it
24:27
for our
24:27
remaining
24:28
time.
24:29
I
24:29
made
24:29
choices.
24:30
Don't
24:30
be mad
24:31
at me
24:31
about
24:31
my
24:31
choices.
24:32
Please
24:32
don't
24:33
come
24:33
ask me
24:33
why I
24:33
left
24:34
one
24:34
thing
24:34
out
24:34
and not
24:35
another.
24:36
I
24:36
did the
24:36
best I
24:36
could
24:37
to
24:37
work
24:38
through
24:38
the
24:38
letter
24:39
and give
24:39
the
24:39
summary
24:40
of it.
24:40
You'll
24:40
find
24:41
there
24:41
will
24:41
be
24:42
full
24:42
chapters
24:42
read
24:43
because
24:43
I
24:43
can't
24:44
not
24:44
read
24:44
some
24:44
of
24:45
these
24:45
chapters
24:45
together
24:46
and
24:46
some
24:46
things
24:47
that
24:47
will
24:47
definitely
24:47
be
24:48
bounced
24:48
across.
24:49
But my
24:50
hope,
24:50
my prayer
24:51
for us
24:52
this morning
24:52
is that
24:53
we'll see
24:53
the beauty
24:54
of all
24:54
this
24:54
doctrine
24:54
and
24:55
where
24:55
it
24:56
leads
24:57
us.
24:58
So I'm
24:58
going to
24:59
begin
24:59
in chapter
25:00
1 and
25:00
verse 1.
25:01
So if you'll
25:02
join me
25:02
there,
25:02
chapter 1
25:03
and verse
25:03
1.
25:04
and I'm
25:06
going to
25:06
conclude
25:07
at chapter
25:08
15 and
25:09
verse 9
25:10
and I
25:11
will give
25:11
you
25:11
instruction
25:12
as I
25:12
proceed.
25:13
So be
25:13
ready to
25:13
jump and
25:14
skip with
25:14
me as
25:15
we move
25:16
through
25:17
this.
25:19
Romans
25:20
chapter
25:21
1 and
25:23
verse 1.
25:26
Paul,
25:27
a servant
25:28
of Christ
25:28
Jesus,
25:29
called to
25:29
be an
25:29
apostle,
25:30
set apart
25:31
for the
25:31
gospel of
25:32
God,
25:32
which he
25:33
promised
25:33
beforehand
25:34
through his
25:34
prophets
25:35
and the
25:35
holy
25:35
scriptures,
25:37
concerning
25:37
his son
25:38
who was
25:38
descended
25:38
from David
25:39
according to
25:40
the flesh
25:40
and was
25:41
declared to
25:42
be the
25:42
son of
25:42
God
25:43
in power
25:43
according
25:44
to the
25:44
spirit
25:44
of
25:45
holiness
25:45
by his
25:45
resurrection
25:46
from the
25:47
dead,
25:47
Jesus
25:48
Christ,
25:49
our
25:49
Lord,
25:50
through
25:50
whom we
25:51
have
25:51
received
25:51
grace
25:52
and
25:52
apostleship
25:52
to bring
25:53
about
25:53
the
25:53
obedience
25:54
of
25:54
faith
25:55
for the
25:55
sake
25:56
of his
25:56
name
25:56
among
25:57
all
25:57
the
25:57
nations,
25:58
including
25:58
you who
25:59
were called
25:59
to belong
26:00
to Jesus
26:01
Christ.
26:02
To all
26:02
those in
26:03
Rome,
26:03
who are
26:04
loved by
26:04
God
26:04
and called
26:05
to be
26:05
saints,
26:06
grace to
26:06
you and
26:07
peace from
26:07
God our
26:07
Father and
26:08
the Lord
26:09
Jesus
26:09
Christ.
26:11
First,
26:11
I thank my
26:12
God through
26:12
Jesus Christ
26:13
for all of
26:13
you,
26:14
because your
26:14
faith is
26:15
proclaimed in
26:15
all the
26:16
world.
26:17
For God is
26:17
my witness,
26:18
whom I serve
26:19
with my
26:19
spirit in
26:19
the gospel
26:20
of his
26:20
Son,
26:21
that without
26:21
ceasing I
26:22
mention you
26:23
always in
26:23
my prayers,
26:25
asking that
26:25
somehow by
26:26
God's will
26:26
I may now
26:27
at last
26:27
succeed in
26:28
coming to
26:29
you.
26:29
For I
26:30
long to
26:31
see you,
26:31
that I
26:32
may impart
26:32
to you some
26:33
spiritual gift
26:34
to strengthen
26:34
you,
26:35
that is,
26:35
that we
26:35
may be
26:36
mutually
26:36
encouraged by
26:37
each other's
26:38
faith,
26:38
both yours
26:39
and mine.
26:41
I do not
26:41
want you to
26:42
be unaware,
26:42
brothers,
26:42
that I have
26:43
often intended
26:43
to come to
26:44
you,
26:45
but thus far
26:45
have been
26:45
prevented,
26:46
in order that
26:47
I may reap
26:48
some harvest
26:48
among you as
26:49
well as among
26:50
the rest of
26:51
the Gentiles.
26:52
I am under
26:53
obligation both
26:54
to Greeks
26:54
and to
26:55
barbarians,
26:56
both to the
26:56
wise and to
26:57
the foolish,
26:58
so I am
26:59
eager to
26:59
preach the
27:00
gospel to
27:00
you also
27:01
who are in
27:01
Rome.
27:02
For I am
27:03
not ashamed
27:03
of the
27:04
gospel,
27:04
for it is
27:05
the power
27:05
of God
27:06
for salvation
27:07
to everyone
27:07
who believes,
27:08
to the Jew
27:09
first and
27:10
also to the
27:11
Greek.
27:12
For in it
27:12
the righteousness
27:13
of God
27:14
is revealed
27:14
from faith
27:15
for faith,
27:16
as it is
27:17
written,
27:18
the righteous
27:18
shall live
27:19
by faith.
27:21
For the wrath
27:22
of God
27:22
is revealed
27:23
from heaven
27:23
against all
27:24
ungodliness
27:25
and unrighteousness
27:26
of men,
27:26
who by their
27:27
unrighteousness
27:28
suppress the
27:29
truth.
27:30
For what can
27:30
be known
27:31
about God
27:31
is plain to
27:32
them,
27:33
because God
27:33
has shown it
27:34
to them.
27:35
For his
27:36
invisible attributes,
27:37
namely his
27:38
eternal power
27:39
and divine
27:39
nature,
27:40
have been
27:40
clearly perceived
27:41
ever since the
27:42
creation of the
27:43
world and the
27:44
things that have
27:44
been made.
27:45
So they are
27:46
without excuse.
27:48
For although
27:49
they knew God,
27:50
they did not
27:50
honor him as
27:51
God or give
27:52
thanks to him,
27:52
but they became
27:53
futile in their
27:54
thinking,
27:54
and their
27:55
foolish hearts
27:56
were darkened.
27:58
Claiming to be
27:58
wise,
27:59
they became
28:00
fools,
28:01
and exchanged
28:02
the glory of
28:02
the immortal
28:03
God for images
28:04
resembling mortal
28:04
man and birds
28:06
and animals
28:06
and creeping
28:07
things.
28:09
Therefore God
28:09
gave them up
28:10
in the lust
28:10
of their hearts
28:11
to impurity,
28:12
to the dishonoring
28:13
of their bodies
28:13
among themselves,
28:15
because they
28:15
exchanged the
28:16
truth about God
28:17
for a lie,
28:17
and worshipped
28:18
and served the
28:19
creature rather
28:20
than the creator,
28:21
who was blessed
28:22
forever.
28:23
Amen.
28:23
For this reason
28:25
God gave them
28:26
up to dishonorable
28:26
passions.
28:28
For their women
28:28
exchanged natural
28:29
relations for those
28:30
who were contrary
28:31
to nature,
28:32
and the men
28:33
likewise gave up
28:33
natural relations
28:34
with women
28:35
and were consumed
28:35
with passion
28:36
for one another,
28:37
men committing
28:38
shameless acts
28:39
with men
28:39
and receiving
28:40
in themselves
28:41
the due penalty
28:41
for their error.
28:43
And since they
28:44
did not see fit
28:44
to acknowledge God,
28:45
God gave them
28:46
up to a debased
28:47
mind to do
28:47
what ought not
28:48
be done.
28:49
They were filled
28:50
with all manner
28:51
of unrighteousness,
28:52
evil,
28:52
covetousness,
28:54
malice.
28:55
They are full
28:56
of envy,
28:57
murder,
28:58
strife,
28:58
deceit,
28:59
maliciousness.
29:01
They are gossips,
29:02
slanderers,
29:03
haters of God,
29:05
insolent,
29:05
haughty,
29:06
boastful,
29:07
inventors of evil,
29:08
disobedient to parents,
29:11
foolish,
29:12
faithless,
29:13
heartless,
29:14
ruthless.
29:15
Though they know
29:16
God's righteous decree
29:17
that those who practice
29:18
such things deserve
29:19
to die,
29:19
they not only do them,
29:21
they give approval
29:22
to those
29:23
who practice them.
29:25
Therefore you have
29:26
no excuse,
29:27
O man,
29:28
every one of you
29:28
who judges.
29:29
For in passing judgment
29:30
on another
29:31
you condemn yourself
29:32
because you,
29:33
the judge,
29:33
practice the very
29:34
same things.
29:36
We know that
29:37
the judgment of God
29:37
rightly falls on those
29:39
who practice such things.
29:40
Do you suppose,
29:41
O man,
29:42
you judge those
29:43
who practice such things
29:44
and yet do them yourself
29:46
that you will escape
29:47
the judgment of God?
29:50
Skip to verse 12.
29:52
For all who have sinned
29:53
without the law
29:53
will also perish
29:55
without the law
29:55
and all who have sinned
29:57
under the law
29:57
will be judged
29:58
by the law.
30:00
For it is not the hearers
30:01
of the law
30:01
who are righteous
30:02
before God
30:02
but the doers of the law
30:04
who will be justified.
30:06
For when Gentiles
30:07
who do not have the law
30:08
by nature do
30:08
what the law requires,
30:10
they are a law
30:10
to themselves
30:11
even though they do
30:12
not have the law.
30:14
They show that
30:15
the work of the law
30:16
is written on their hearts
30:17
while their conscience
30:18
also bears witness
30:20
and their conflicting thoughts
30:21
accuse
30:22
or even excuse them.
30:24
On that day
30:25
when according to my gospel
30:26
God judges
30:28
the secrets of men
30:29
by Christ Jesus.
30:31
Chapter 3
30:32
and verse 10.
30:34
None is righteous.
30:36
No, not one.
30:38
No one understands.
30:39
No one seeks for God.
30:41
All have turned aside.
30:42
Together they have
30:43
become worthless.
30:44
No one does good.
30:46
Not even one.
30:48
Their throat is an open grave.
30:50
They use their tongues
30:51
to deceive.
30:52
The venom of asps
30:53
is under their lips.
30:54
Their mouth is full
30:55
of curses and bitterness.
30:57
Their feet are swift
30:58
to shed blood.
30:59
In their paths
30:59
are ruin and misery.
31:01
In the way of peace
31:02
they have not known.
31:04
There is no fear of God
31:05
before their eyes.
31:08
Now we know
31:08
that whatever the law says
31:09
it speaks to those
31:11
who are under the law
31:12
so that every mouth
31:12
may be stopped
31:13
and the whole world
31:14
may be held accountable
31:15
to God.
31:17
For by works of the law
31:18
no human being
31:19
will be justified
31:19
in a sight
31:20
since through the law
31:21
comes knowledge
31:22
of sin.
31:24
But now the righteousness
31:24
of God
31:25
has been manifested
31:26
apart from the law
31:27
although the law
31:28
and the prophets
31:29
bear witness to it.
31:30
The righteousness of God
31:32
through faith
31:33
in Jesus Christ
31:34
for all who believe
31:35
for there is no distinction
31:37
for all have sinned
31:39
and fall short
31:39
of the glory of God
31:41
and are justified
31:42
by his grace
31:43
as a gift
31:44
through the redemption
31:45
that is in Christ Jesus
31:46
whom God put forward
31:47
as a perpetuation
31:49
by his blood
31:49
to be received
31:51
by faith.
31:52
This was to show
31:53
God's righteousness
31:54
because in his divine
31:55
forbearance
31:55
he had passed over
31:56
former sins.
31:58
It would show
31:58
his righteousness
31:59
at the present time
32:00
that he might be just
32:01
and the justifier
32:02
of the one
32:03
who has faith
32:04
in Jesus.
32:06
Then what becomes
32:07
of our boasting?
32:07
It is excluded.
32:09
By what kind of law?
32:11
By a law of works?
32:12
No,
32:13
but by the law
32:14
of faith.
32:16
For we hold
32:16
that one
32:17
is justified
32:18
by faith
32:19
apart from works
32:20
of the law.
32:22
Chapter 4
32:23
and verse 4.
32:24
Now to the one
32:25
who works
32:25
his wages
32:26
are not counted
32:27
as a gift
32:27
but as his due.
32:29
And to the one
32:29
who does not work
32:30
but believes
32:31
in him
32:32
who justifies
32:32
the ungodly
32:33
his faith
32:34
is counted
32:35
as righteousness.
32:38
Chapter 5
32:39
verse 1.
32:40
Therefore since
32:41
we have been justified
32:42
by faith
32:42
we have peace
32:43
with God
32:43
through our Lord
32:44
Jesus Christ.
32:46
Through him
32:46
we have also obtained
32:47
access by faith
32:48
into this grace
32:49
in which we stand
32:50
and we rejoice
32:51
in hope
32:52
of the glory of God.
32:54
Not only that
32:54
but we rejoice
32:55
in our sufferings
32:56
knowing that
32:56
suffering produces
32:57
endurance
32:58
and endurance
32:58
produces character
32:59
and character
33:01
produces hope
33:01
and hope
33:02
does not put us
33:03
to shame
33:04
because God's love
33:05
has been poured
33:06
into our hearts
33:07
through the Holy Spirit
33:08
who has been given
33:09
to us.
33:11
For while we were
33:11
still weak
33:12
at the right time
33:13
Christ died
33:14
for the ungodly.
33:15
For one would scarcely
33:16
die for a righteous person
33:17
though perhaps
33:18
for a good person
33:19
one would dare
33:20
even to die.
33:21
But God shows
33:22
his love for us
33:23
and that while we
33:24
were still sinners
33:25
Christ died
33:26
for us.
33:27
Since therefore
33:28
we have been justified
33:29
by his blood
33:30
much more
33:30
shall we be saved
33:31
by him
33:32
from the wrath
33:32
of God.
33:34
For while we were
33:34
enemies
33:35
we were reconciled
33:36
to God
33:36
by the death
33:37
of his son
33:37
much more
33:38
now that we
33:39
are reconciled
33:40
shall we be saved
33:41
by his life.
33:43
More than that
33:43
we also rejoice
33:44
in God
33:45
through our Lord
33:45
Jesus Christ
33:46
through whom
33:47
we have now
33:47
received
33:48
reconciliation.
33:50
Therefore
33:50
just as sin
33:51
came into the world
33:52
through one man
33:53
and death
33:53
through sin
33:54
so death
33:55
spread to all men
33:56
because all sinned.
33:58
For sin indeed
33:58
was in the world
33:59
before the law
34:00
was given
34:00
but sin is not
34:01
counted
34:02
where there is
34:02
no law.
34:03
Yet death
34:04
reigned
34:04
from Adam
34:05
to Moses
34:05
even over those
34:06
whose sinning
34:07
was not like
34:07
the transgression
34:08
of Adam
34:09
who was a type
34:10
of the one
34:10
who was to come.
34:12
But the free gift
34:13
is not like
34:14
the trespass.
34:15
For if many
34:16
died through
34:16
one man's trespass
34:18
much more
34:18
have the grace
34:19
of God
34:19
and the free gift
34:20
by the grace
34:21
of that one man
34:22
Jesus Christ
34:22
abounded
34:23
for many.
34:25
And the free gift
34:26
is not like
34:26
the result
34:27
of that one man's sin.
34:28
For the judgment
34:29
following one
34:30
trespass
34:30
brought condemnation
34:31
but the free gift
34:32
following many
34:33
trespasses
34:34
brought justification.
34:36
For if
34:37
because of
34:38
one man's
34:38
trespass
34:39
death
34:39
reigned
34:40
through that
34:40
one man
34:41
much more
34:41
will those
34:42
who receive
34:42
the abundance
34:43
of grace
34:44
and the free
34:44
gift of righteousness
34:45
reign in life
34:46
through the one man
34:47
Jesus Christ.
34:49
Therefore
34:50
as one trespass
34:51
led to condemnation
34:52
for all men
34:53
so one act
34:54
of righteousness
34:54
leads to justification
34:55
and life
34:56
for all men.
34:58
For as by the
34:58
one man's
34:59
disobedience
35:00
the many
35:00
were made
35:00
sinners
35:01
so by the
35:02
one man's
35:02
obedience
35:03
the many
35:03
will be
35:04
made
35:04
righteous.
35:05
Now the law
35:06
came in
35:06
to increase
35:07
the trespass
35:08
but where sin
35:09
increased
35:10
grace abounded
35:10
all the more
35:11
so that
35:12
as sin
35:13
reigned in death
35:14
grace also
35:14
might reign
35:15
through righteousness
35:16
leading to
35:16
eternal life
35:17
through Jesus
35:18
Christ
35:18
our Lord.
35:20
What shall
35:21
we say then?
35:22
Are we to
35:22
continue in sin
35:23
that grace
35:24
may abound?
35:25
By no means.
35:27
How can we
35:27
who died to sin
35:28
still live in it?
35:30
Do you not
35:30
know that all
35:31
of us have
35:32
been baptized
35:32
into Christ
35:33
Jesus
35:33
were baptized
35:33
into his
35:34
death?
35:35
We were
35:36
buried therefore
35:36
with him
35:37
by baptism
35:37
into death
35:38
in order that
35:39
just as Christ
35:40
was raised
35:40
from the dead
35:41
by the glory
35:41
of the Father
35:42
we too might
35:43
walk in
35:44
newness of
35:44
life.
35:45
For if we
35:46
have been
35:46
united with
35:47
him in a
35:47
death like
35:47
his we
35:48
shall certainly
35:49
be united
35:49
with him
35:50
in a
35:50
resurrection
35:50
like his.
35:52
We know
35:52
that our
35:53
old self
35:53
was crucified
35:54
with him
35:54
in order that
35:56
the body
35:57
of sin
35:57
might be
35:57
brought to
35:58
nothing
35:58
so we
35:59
would no
35:59
longer be
36:00
enslaved to
36:00
sin.
36:01
For one who
36:02
has died
36:02
has been
36:02
set free
36:03
from sin.
36:04
Now if we
36:04
have died
36:05
with Christ
36:05
we believe
36:06
that we
36:06
will also
36:06
live with
36:07
him.
36:08
We know
36:08
that Christ
36:09
being raised
36:09
from the dead
36:10
will never
36:10
die again.
36:11
death no
36:12
has dominion
36:13
over him.
36:15
For the
36:15
death he
36:15
died to
36:16
sin once
36:17
for all
36:18
but the
36:18
life he
36:19
lives he
36:19
lives to
36:20
God.
36:20
So you
36:21
also must
36:21
consider
36:22
yourselves
36:22
dead to
36:23
sin and
36:23
alive to
36:24
God in
36:25
Christ
36:25
Jesus.
36:27
Chapter
36:27
6
36:27
verse 20
36:29
When you
36:31
were slaves
36:31
of sin
36:32
you were
36:33
free in
36:34
regard to
36:34
righteousness.
36:35
But what
36:36
fruit were
36:36
you getting
36:37
at that
36:37
time from
36:37
the things
36:38
of which
36:38
you are
36:38
now ashamed
36:39
for the
36:40
end of
36:41
those things
36:42
is death.
36:43
But now
36:44
that you
36:44
have been
36:44
set free
36:45
from sin
36:45
and have
36:45
become
36:46
slaves of
36:46
God
36:47
the fruit
36:47
you get
36:48
leads to
36:48
sanctification
36:49
and its
36:49
end
36:50
eternal
36:51
life.
36:52
For the
36:53
wages of
36:53
sin
36:53
is death
36:54
but the
36:55
free gift
36:56
of God
36:56
is eternal
36:56
life in
36:57
Christ
36:57
Jesus
36:58
our Lord.
37:00
Chapter
37:00
7
37:01
verse 15
37:02
I do
37:03
not
37:03
understand
37:04
my own
37:04
actions
37:05
for I
37:05
do not
37:05
do what
37:06
I want
37:07
but I
37:07
do the
37:08
very thing
37:08
I hate.
37:10
If I
37:10
do what
37:11
I do
37:11
not want
37:11
I agree
37:12
with the
37:12
law that
37:13
it is
37:13
good.
37:14
So now
37:15
it is no
37:15
longer I
37:16
who do
37:16
it but
37:16
sin that
37:17
dwells
37:17
within me.
37:18
For I
37:18
know that
37:19
nothing good
37:19
dwells in
37:20
me that
37:20
is in
37:20
my flesh.
37:22
For I
37:22
have the
37:22
desire to
37:23
do what
37:23
is right
37:23
but not
37:24
the ability
37:24
to carry
37:25
it out.
37:26
For I
37:26
do not
37:26
do the
37:27
good I
37:27
want but
37:27
the evil
37:28
I do
37:28
not want
37:29
is what
37:29
I keep
37:29
on doing.
37:30
If I
37:31
do what
37:32
I do
37:32
not want
37:32
it is no
37:33
longer I
37:33
who do
37:34
it but
37:34
sin that
37:34
dwells
37:35
within me.
37:36
So I
37:37
find it to
37:37
be a law
37:38
that when I
37:38
want to
37:38
do right
37:39
evil lies
37:39
close at
37:40
hand.
37:41
For I
37:41
delight in
37:41
the law
37:42
of God
37:42
in my
37:42
inner
37:43
being
37:43
but I
37:44
see in
37:44
my
37:44
members
37:44
another
37:45
law
37:45
waging war
37:46
against
37:46
the law
37:47
of my
37:47
mind
37:47
and making
37:48
me
37:48
captive
37:48
to the
37:49
law
37:49
of sin
37:49
that
37:50
dwells
37:50
in
37:51
my
37:51
members.
37:52
Wretched
37:53
man
37:53
that I
37:54
am
37:54
who will
37:55
deliver me
37:56
from this
37:57
body of
37:57
death?
37:58
Thanks be
37:59
to God
37:59
through
37:59
Jesus
38:00
Christ
38:00
our
38:01
Lord.
38:02
So
38:02
then I
38:03
myself
38:03
serve
38:03
the
38:04
law
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of
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God
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with
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my
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mind
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but
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with
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my
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flesh
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I
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serve
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the
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law
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of
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sin.
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There
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is
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therefore
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now
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no
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condemnation
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for those
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who are
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in
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Christ
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Jesus.
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For
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the
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law
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of
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the
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spirit
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of
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life
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has
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set
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you
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free
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in
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Christ
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Jesus
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from
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the
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law
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of
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sin
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and
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death.
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For
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God
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has
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done
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what
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the
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law
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weakened
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by
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the
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flesh
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in
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the
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is
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death
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but
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the
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mind
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on
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the
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spirit
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is
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life
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and
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peace
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for
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the
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mind
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that
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is
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set
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on
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the
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flesh
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is
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hostile
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to
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God
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for
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it
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does
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not
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submit
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to
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God
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law
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indeed
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it
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cannot
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those
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who are
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in
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the
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flesh
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cannot
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please
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God
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You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit,
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if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.
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Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him.
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But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin,
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the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
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If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
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He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead
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will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
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So then, brothers, we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh,
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for if you live according to the flesh, you will die.
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But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
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For you do not receive the Spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,
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but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons,
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by whom we cry, Abba, Father.
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The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
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And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,
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provided we suffer with Him in order that we also may be glorified with Him.
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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time
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are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us,
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objected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it,
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in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption
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and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
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For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in pains of childbirth until now.
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And not only the creation, but we ourselves,
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who are the first fruits of the Spirit,
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groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons,
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the redemption of our bodies.
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For in this hope we were saved.
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Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?
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But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
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Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.
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For we do not know what to pray for as we ought,
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but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
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And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit,
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because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
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And we know that for those who love God,
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all things work together for good,
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for those who are called according to His purpose.
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For those whom He foreknew,
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He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,
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in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.
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And those whom He predestined, He also called.
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And those whom He called, He also justified.
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And those whom He justified, He also glorified.
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What then shall we say to these things?
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If God is for us, who can be against us?
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He did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all.
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For how will we not also with Him graciously give us all things?
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Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?
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It is God who justifies.
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Who is to condemn?
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Christ Jesus is the one who died.
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More than that, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God,
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who indeed is interceding for us.
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
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Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
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or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
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As it is written,
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For your sake were you being killed all the day long,
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we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
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through Him who loved us.
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For I am sure that neither death, nor life,
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nor angels, nor rulers,
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nor things present, nor things to come,
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nor powers, nor height, nor depth,
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nor anything else in all creation
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will be able to separate us from the love of God
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in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
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I am speaking the truth in Christ.
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I am not lying.
42:38
My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit
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that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
42:45
For I could wish that I myself were accursed
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and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,
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my kinsmen, according to the flesh.
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They are Israelites,
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and to them belong the adoption,
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the glory, the covenants,
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the giving of the law,
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the worship, and the promises.
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To them belong the patriarchs,
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and from their race,
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according to the flesh,
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is the Christ,
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who is God over all,
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blessed forever.
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Amen.
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But it is not as though
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the word of God has failed,
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for not all who are descended from Israel
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belong to Israel.
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Verse 16.
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It depends not on human will or exertion,
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but on God who has mercy.
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Chapter 10 and verse 1.
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Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them
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is that they may be saved.
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For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God,
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but not according to knowledge.
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For being ignorant of the righteousness of God
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and seeking to establish their own,
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they did not submit to God's righteousness.
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For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness
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to everyone who believes.
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In verse 11.
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For the scripture says,
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Everyone who believes in Him
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will not be put to shame.
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For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek.
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For the same Lord is Lord of all,
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bestowing His riches on all who call on Him.
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For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
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will be saved.
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How then will they call on Him
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in whom they have not believed?
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And how are they to believe in Him
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of whom they have not heard?
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And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
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And how are they to preach unless they are sent?
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As it is written,
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How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news.
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But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
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For Isaiah says,
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Lord, who has believed what He has heard from us?
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So faith comes from hearing,
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and hearing through the word of Christ.
44:41
Chapter 11, verse 1.
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I ask then,
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Has God rejected His people?
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By no means.
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For I myself am an Israelite,
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a descendant of Abraham,
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a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
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God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew.
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Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah,
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how he appeals to God against Israel?
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Lord, they have killed your prophets,
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they have demolished your altars,
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and I alone am left,
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and they seek my life.
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But what is God's reply to him?
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I have kept for myself 7,000 men
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who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
45:14
So too at the present time,
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there is a remnant chosen by grace.
45:19
But if it is by grace,
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it is no longer on the basis of works.
45:21
Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
45:25
What then?
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Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking.
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The elect obtained it,
45:29
but the rest were hardened.
45:32
As it is written,
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God gave them a spirit of stupor,
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eyes that would not see,
45:36
and ears that would not hear,
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down to this very day.
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Chapter 11 and verse 19.
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Then you will say,
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Branches were broken off
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so that I might be grafted in.
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They were broken off because of their unbelief.
45:50
But you stand fast through faith,
45:52
so do not become proud,
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but fear.
45:55
For if God did not spare the natural branches,
45:57
neither will he spare you.
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Note then the kindness and the severity of God,
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severity toward those who have fallen,
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but God's kindness to you,
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provided you continue in his kindness.
46:10
Otherwise, you too will be cut off.
46:13
And even if they do not continue in their unbelief,
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will be grafted in,
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for God has the power to graft them in again.
46:19
For if you were cut,
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for if you were cut from what is by nature
46:24
a wild olive tree,
46:25
and grafted contrary to nature
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into a cultivated olive tree,
46:29
how much more will these,
46:31
the natural branches,
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be grafted back into their own olive tree?
46:35
Lest you be wise in your own sight,
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I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery,
46:39
brothers.
46:39
A partial hardening has come upon Israel
46:41
until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
46:44
And in this way,
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all Israel will be saved.
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As it is written,
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the Deliverer will come from Zion,
46:49
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.
46:51
And this will be my covenant with them
46:53
when I take away their sins.
46:56
As regards the gospel,
46:57
they are enemies for your sake.
46:59
But as regards election,
47:00
they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
47:03
For the gifts and the calling of God
47:04
are irrevocable.
47:06
For just as you were at one time disobedient to God,
47:09
but now have received mercy
47:10
because of their disobedience,
47:12
so they too have now been disobedient
47:14
in order that by the mercy shown to you,
47:16
they also may now receive mercy.
47:19
For God has consigned all to disobedience,
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that he may have mercy on all.
47:24
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom
47:27
and knowledge of God!
47:29
How unsearchable are his judgments,
47:31
and how inscrutable his ways!
47:33
For who has known the mind of the Lord,
47:36
or who has been his counselor,
47:38
or who has given a gift to him
47:40
that he might be repaid?
47:43
For from him, and through him,
47:45
and to him are all things.
47:48
To him be glory forever.
47:51
Amen.
47:52
Justification by grace, through faith,
47:54
and the personal work of Jesus Christ alone.
47:57
Chapter 12, verse 1.
47:58
I appeal to you, therefore, brothers,
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by the mercies of God,
48:01
to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,
48:04
holy and acceptable to God,
48:06
which is your spiritual worship.
48:08
Do not be conformed to this world,
48:10
but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
48:12
that by testing you may discern
48:13
what is the will of God,
48:14
what is good and acceptable and perfect.
48:18
For by the grace given to me,
48:19
I say to everyone among you,
48:21
not to think of himself more highly
48:22
than he ought to think,
48:23
but to think with sober judgment,
48:25
each according to the measure of faith
48:27
that God has assigned.
48:28
For as in one body we have many members,
48:30
and the members do not all have the same function,
48:33
so we, though many,
48:34
are one body in Christ,
48:36
and individually members one of another.
48:40
Having gifts that differ
48:40
according to the grace given to us,
48:42
let us use them,
48:43
if prophecy in proportion to our faith,
48:45
if service in our serving,
48:46
the one who teaches in his teaching,
48:48
the one who exhorts in his exhortation,
48:50
the one who contributes in generosity,
48:52
the one who leads with zeal,
48:54
the one who does evil,
48:55
hold fast to what is good.
48:58
Love one another with brotherly affection,
49:00
outdo one another in showing honor.
49:03
Do not be slothful in zeal,
49:04
though be fervent in spirit,
49:06
serve the Lord.
49:08
Rejoice in hope,
49:09
be patient in tribulation,
49:11
be constant in prayer.
49:13
Contribute to the needs of the saints
49:14
and seek to show hospitality.
49:17
Bless those who persecute you,
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bless and do not curse them.
49:20
Rejoice with those who rejoice,
49:22
weep with those who weep.
49:24
Live in harmony with one another.
49:26
Do not be haughty,
49:27
but associate with the lowly.
49:29
Never be wise in your own sight.
49:31
Repay no one evil for evil,
49:34
but give thought to do what is honorable
49:36
in the sight of all.
49:37
If possible,
49:38
so far as it depends on you,
49:40
live peaceably with all.
49:42
Beloved,
49:42
never avenge yourselves,
49:43
but leave it to the wrath of God,
49:45
for it is written,
49:46
vengeance is mine,
49:47
I will repay,
49:48
says the Lord.
49:50
To the contrary,
49:51
if your enemy is hungry,
49:52
feed him.
49:53
If he is thirsty,
49:54
give him something to drink,
49:55
for so by doing,
49:56
you will heap burning coals on his head.
49:59
Do not be overcome by evil,
50:02
but overcome evil with good.
50:05
Chapter 13, verse 1,
50:06
Let every person be subject
50:07
to the governing authorities,
50:09
for there is no authority
50:10
except from God,
50:11
and those that exist
50:12
have been instituted by God.
50:15
And verse 8,
50:16
O no one anything
50:17
except to love each other,
50:19
for the one who loves another
50:20
has fulfilled the law.
50:22
For the commandments,
50:23
you shall not commit adultery,
50:24
you shall not murder,
50:25
you shall not steal,
50:25
you shall not covet,
50:26
and any other commandment
50:28
are summed up in this word,
50:30
you shall love your neighbor
50:31
as yourself.
50:33
Love does no wrong to a neighbor,
50:34
therefore love is fulfilling the law.
50:37
Besides this,
50:38
you know the time
50:38
that the hour has come
50:40
for you to wake from sleep,
50:42
for salvation is nearer to us now
50:44
than when we first believed.
50:46
The night is far gone,
50:48
the day is at hand,
50:49
so then let us cast off
50:50
the works of darkness
50:51
and put on the armor of light.
50:55
Chapter 14, verse 1,
50:56
As for the one who is weak in faith,
50:59
welcome him,
51:00
but not to quarrel over opinions.
51:04
And verse 7,
51:05
For none of us lives to himself
51:06
and none of us dies to himself.
51:08
For if we live,
51:09
we live to the Lord,
51:09
and if we die,
51:10
we die to the Lord.
51:11
So that whether we live
51:12
or whether we die,
51:13
we are the Lord's.
51:15
For to this end,
51:16
Christ died and lived again,
51:18
that he might be Lord
51:21
both of the dead
51:22
and of the living.
51:23
Why do you pass judgment
51:24
on your brother?
51:25
Or why do you despise your brother?
51:27
For we will all stand
51:28
before the judgment seat of God.
51:30
For it is written,
51:31
As I live, says the Lord,
51:32
every knee shall bow to me
51:33
and every tongue shall confess to God.
51:36
So then each of us
51:36
will give an account of himself to God.
51:39
Therefore, let us not pass judgment
51:41
on one another any longer,
51:42
but rather decide never to put
51:44
a stumbling block or hindrance
51:45
in the way of a brother.
51:48
Chapter 15, and verse 1.
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We who are strong
51:52
have an obligation
51:53
to bear with the failings
51:55
of the weak
51:55
and not to please ourselves.
51:57
Let each of us please his neighbor
51:59
for his good
52:00
to build him up.
52:01
For Christ did not please himself,
52:03
but as it is written,
52:03
the reproaches of those
52:05
who reproached you
52:06
fell on me.
52:07
For whatever was written
52:08
in former days
52:09
was written for our instruction
52:10
that through endurance
52:11
and through the encouragement
52:12
of the scriptures
52:13
we might have hope.
52:15
May the God of endurance
52:17
and encouragement
52:17
grant you to live
52:18
in such harmony
52:19
with one another
52:20
in accord with Christ Jesus,
52:22
that together you may
52:23
with one voice glorify
52:25
the God and Father
52:26
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
52:28
Therefore, welcome one another
52:29
as Christ has welcomed you
52:30
for the glory of God.
52:32
For I tell you
52:33
that Christ became
52:34
a servant to the circumcised
52:35
to show God's truthfulness
52:37
in order to confirm
52:38
the promises given
52:39
to the patriarchs
52:41
and in order that the Gentiles
52:42
might glorify God
52:44
for his mercy.
52:47
Right?
52:49
I hope some measure
52:51
that serves you
52:52
to see the arc
52:54
of where Paul is going.
52:57
Justification by grace alone
52:58
through faith alone
52:59
in Christ alone.
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We're not saved as individuals.
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We're saved as a people.
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He means for us
53:06
to be a people
53:07
who love one another
53:08
for our good
53:10
and for his glory.
53:11
Let's pray together.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.