Romans 15:1-33
Please Others, Not Yourselves
1Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves. 2Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building him up. 3For even Christ did not please himself. Instead, as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”£ 4For everything that was written long ago was written for our instruction, so that we might have hope through the endurance and encouragement that the Scriptures give us.£
5Now may God, the source of endurance and encouragement, allow you to live in harmony with each other as you follow Christ Jesus£ 6so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ accepted you,£ for the glory of God. 8For I tell you that Christ became a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth in order to confirm the promises given to our forefathers 9so that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,
“That is why I will praise£ you among the Gentiles;
I will sing praises to your name.ӣ
10 Again he says,
“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people!”£
11And again,
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Let all the nations£ praise him.”£
12And again, Isaiah says,
“There will be a Root£ from Jesse. He will rise up to rule the Gentiles,
and the Gentiles will hope in him.ӣ
13Now may God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace as you believe, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Paul’s Desire to Take the Gospel to the Whole World
14I myself am convinced,£ my brothers, that you yourselves are filled with goodness and full of all the knowledge you need to be able to instruct each other. 15However, on some points I have written to you rather boldly, both as a reminder to you and because of the grace given me by God 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable because it has been sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17Therefore, in Christ Jesus I have the right to boast about my work for God. 18For I am bold enough to tell you only about what Christ has accomplished through me in bringing the Gentiles to obedience. By my words and actions, 19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit,£ I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem as far as Illyricum. 20My one ambition is to proclaim the gospel where the name of Christ is not known, lest I build on someone else’s foundation. 21Rather as it is written,
“Those who were never told about him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.”£
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
22This is why I have so often been hindered in coming to you. 23But now, having no further opportunities in these regions, I have the desire to come to you, as I have had for many years. 24Now that I am on my way to Spain, I hope to see you when I come your way and, after I have enjoyed your company for a while, to be sent on by you.
25Right now, however, I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 26For the believers in£ Macedonia and Achaia have been eager to share their resources with the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 27Yes, they were eager to do this, and in fact they are obligated to help them, for if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to be of service to them in material things.
28So when I have completed this task and have put my seal on this contribution of theirs, I will visit you on my way to Spain. 29And I know that when I come to you I will come with the full blessing of Christ.£
30Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit produces, to join me in my struggle, earnestly praying to God for me 31that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, that my ministry to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 32and that by the will of God I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.
Doxology
33Now may the God of peace be with all of you! Amen.
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524 If you accept the authority of Jesus in your life, then you accept the authority of his words.
Colin Urquhart (1940– )
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3641 A man can accept what Christ has done without knowing how it works; indeed, he certainly won’t know how it works until he’s accepted it.
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)
ADOPTION brings salvation
Adoption Is Used To Bring Salvation To Humanity
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Adoption…Chosen By Father God Almighty Unto Eternal Life Through His Eternal Son Jesus Christ
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adoption, privilege, relationship, benefit, classification
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Adoption, New Birth, Everlasting Life, Born Again……Indwelt By The LORD’S Holy Spirit
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adoption: Christ our Redeemer and God our Father forevermore
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Ephesians 1: 5-12
5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace ; 8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
AGREEMENT of obedience
Agreement
