In Paul's final statement we find three truths about God that prompt our hearts to worship Him.
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In Paul's final statement we find three truths about God that prompt our hearts to worship Him.
God's people do not have to live unstable lives, affected by the uncertainty of this world. God is able, through the gospel, to establish us so that we are settled, confident, and full of joy and hope.
The world's theory of self-love goes against the biblical perspective on a Christian's identity. In this passage we get a subtle glimpse into how Scripture says we should think about ourselves.
To effectively stay on guard against false teaching, and to be successfully discerning of truth and error, we need God's divine grace.
Before concluding his letter, Paul issues an urgent warning to vigilance against false teaching.
Though this appears to only be a list of names, these greetings from Paul to the saints at Rome give us a glimpse into the level of commitment that should be true of every Christian today -- commitment that centers on faithful service through the local church.
Paul gives us insight into the life and ministry of a wonderful woman in the early days of the church -- Phoebe. By her example we are challenged to be faithful servants of the Lord.
In the third and final sermon in this series, Paul models the necessary dependency on prayer.
The life and ministry of Paul illustrates a third requirement for living strategically to the glory of God.
Christians are to live strategically for God's glory. This insightful look into Paul's life and ministry provides four important requirements for accomplishing that goal.
In this short window into the ministry of Paul, we find three key commitments necessary for our own ministry to be effective as well.
In Paul's commendation of the church at Rome, and in the glimpse into his own role in ministry, we find two important marks of a solid, biblical church.
Regardless of the hopeless nature of the world we live in, in Christ it is possible to abound in hope if we trust Him.
God's gospel mission through Christ is to form a kingdom made up of people from all nations. And in this mission, His faithfulness and mercy is made evident. This passage allows an explanation of the gospel and what it means that Christ accepts sinners.
Unity in the body depends on three very important factors: divine example, divine truth, and divine power.
These verses provide the final two guidelines for helping Christians avoid both legalism and license.
Paul helps us understand that living by right, biblical priorities is an important key to both pleasing the Lord and being a good testimony to others.
Those strong of faith have the responsibility to avoid flaunting their liberty in Christ so that the weak of faith are not enticed into sinning against their conscience.
To maintain unity in the body, each Christian must cease judging other Christians who hold different preferences and convictions. Instead, we are to leave all judging in the hands of the Lord for the time when He, at the future judgment seat of Christ, renders a verdict on our lives.
Unity in the body depends on each Christian seeking to please the Lord with all his choices in life.
How do we maintain unity in the church when we all don't have the same preferences and convictions on many issues? This passage gives us the first of three keys for developing and guarding the unity that God expects of us.
Paul presents the second important truth to remember so that we live our lives in a way that pleases the Lord: remember the truth about the flesh.
There are two important truths we must remember in order to live the life of holiness that God expects. In this passage we find the first one: we must remember the truth about the times in which we live.
Though the Bible does not forbid incurring financial debt, we are to make sure we are satisfying our debts in a timely and responsible way. There is one debt, however, we can never pay off: the ongoing obligation we have to manifest love to all people.
Our required submission to the government should produce two practical results: paying taxes and giving respect.
God has not only established government, He has also empowered it to both promote good and punish evil. Therefore, we need to be submissive to the rulers the Lord has put over us.
In the clearest statement found in Scripture on this topic, the Apostle Paul provides us with God's expectation of Christians and their attitude toward the government: we are to willingly and joyfully submit to the authorities who rule over us.
The remaining four keys are discussed that help Christians respond biblically to unbelievers who are sources of persecution, hurt, frustration, and turmoil.
Do you have someone in your life that frustrates or irritates you? Maybe even someone who has sought to hurt you? How does God expect us to respond to these difficult people, especially when they are unbelievers? Romans 12:14-21 gives us the keys for dealing with them in a way that pleases the Lord.
In several rapid-fire injunctions, Paul presents the practical summary of how Christians should live among and relate to one another in the body of Christ.
The final spiritual gifts still in operation today are explained and applied to church life.
Two more of the spiritual gifts discussed in the passage are presented and explained -- the gifts of serving and teaching.
We must guard ourselves against the danger of independence -- an individualism that is focused only on our personal relationship with Christ at the expense of ministry in the body.
The world aggressively seeks to spread its agenda of self-love and self-esteem. And our flesh likes that. But Scripture nowhere teaches that we need to love ourselves. In fact, it teaches that we should stop our natural propensity to think more highly of ourselves than we ought.
This final installment of the series is an "appendix" to the discussion. Primarily, this is a reminder of four key attitudes that we must maintain as we wait for God's decretive will to unfold in our lives.
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