Last week we looked at , and we are looking at the area of restoration of lives from sin. What we find is that we are to love someone enough to come up beside someone and walk along with them in gentilness to restore. We sometimes we find ourselves in two extremes. One extreme, the […]
As we progressed all the way through Romans, we have found that the very life of God in us will reflect in our obedience to God’s purposes and principles in our lives. And how does this look in the culture around us? The principles are eternal, but sometimes specific instances require us to ponder on […]
The people of Rome didn’t live in a world that didn’t have challenges. And even more so, there were experiences that the people of Rome had become accustomed to. Paul describes these experiences debauchery. So as we continue with , we see Paul remind that there are some areas of God’s standard that are fixed and […]
As we continue to move through Romans, we saw last week how Christians interact with authorities in our world. This isn’t just about government authority but relates to our boss at our job, officers of the law, and other authorities. And we do this because God has granted authority, and we want to acknowledge that. But sometimes […]
As we finish up , we look at the statement of “having everything together spiritually.” As Christians, being honest means that we don’t have everything figured out. But what we can say is that we are moving towards getting everything together spiritually. We are going to have the right mindsets and go after those things […]
When Jesus gave his sermon on the mount, he broke past those norms and comfortable positions. He said things that were not natural to people or society at the time. Paul in Romans pushed into those areas as well. When Paul spoke of unity, it went against the mindset of those who lived in Rome. […]
As we move forward, we read of Paul’s warnings to keep focused on God and His promises. Last week we saw Paul challenge us to outdo one another to show honor to one another. Paul warns us no to be “lacking in zeal.” This means don’t be lazy or don’t be slothful. But we are […]
When we run into Paul’s language that has an eternal perspective instead of a temporal perspective, we can find ourselves confronting the eternal when the temporal doesn’t make sense. When trouble and heartache hit us, we find ourselves asking, “Why?” What would it take for you to have everything temporal just right? Would your comfortable […]
Last week we asked, “What is reasonable worship?” And what we found wasn’t us doing some sort of organized meeting on Sunday morning. What we found is that the worship is us. You where you are, loving the Father, is the definition of worship. This week we will find that God is driving you for […]
Two weeks ago we were in the first two verses of . Paul was saying that if you do not move in your relationship and in truth, your growth in your Christian life will be in question. This is true because we aren’t just a number. This big, awesome God is looking right at each […]