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Introduction If the modern believer envied the apostle Paul in anything, it might be for the clarity of his life’s calling. He knew exactly what he was supposed to do as a disciple of Jesus. He was to proclaim the gospel to the Gentiles. Focusing on where it had not been preached by any other. Romans…

Romans 15:14-33 14 Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by…

Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified…

Introduction Have you ever heard of a laughing heir? I’m not talking about laughing gas, I’m talking about when someone gets a call from a lawyer saying, “your rich uncle passed away and left you all his money!” It’s when you didn’t realize you would inherit something, but suddenly someone tells you…

IRL Who here that is over 50 know what the three letters IRL stands for? In Real Life Now, I should perhaps mention I’m the type of person that writes all my words out in full, even in text messages, but my understanding is that when young people use IRL, it’s essentially an admission that the online…

Gospel Ambition BI: We are to be sold out for the Gospel by prayerfully proclaiming Christ everywhere 1. Introduction I wonder if you know this bloke. His name is Vito Iacopelli. sorry for the pronunciation to the all the Italians out there. This bloke is a youtube sensation. He teaches people how to…

Introduction Paul writing to the assembly in Rome. Finally in completely opposite fashion from the English way of Doing things is telling us why he wrote this letter. He hopes/trust/desires to travel through Rome getting there help as he goes to Spain to take the gospel to the people that had been separated…

1. The genre of the book is a Pauline epistle . An epistle is a letter. We can choose between general, pauline, and prison epistles. 2. Silas and Timothy had input as they were with Paul at the time of writing. We see the saturation of investment in people. Silas was already a church leader who was chosen…

Wrapping Up Romans We are coming to the last couple weeks of my current teachings from the Book of Romans. Today, I am looking at how Paul planned for his next ministry moves. Next week, I will return to the first verses of Chapter 13, and share about being a good Christian Citizen according to what…

Importance Romans is the most complete explanation of the Gospel. In the Old Testament we have the foundations for the Gospel. In the Gospels we have the life of Christ, culminating in the death and resurrection which are the basis for good news. Acts tells of the spread of the gospel. Romans explains…

Ever feel indebted Have you ever felt indebted to anyone, or obligated to someone? owing gratitude for a service or favor. bind or compel (someone), especially legally or morally . Personal indebtedness to J.T. Paul felt indebted ( Rom1:14-17 ) 14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians,…

What is your mission? Do you know your mission? Do you have a mission statement (read yours) God’s mission was to save sinful man Jesus mission was to reconcile sinful man to God Paul’s mission is laid out before us in the passage we have to look at today. Again I ask, do you know your mission? Can your…

Intro: Giving in the life of the Church is so important. It is one of the best ways to put what we know about God into practice. Some talk to much about giving and we have to question their hearts desires. Others, and I fall into this camp, talk to little about giving and leave the congregation underfeed…

You need a prayerfully focused plan to live an eternal meaningful life.

Because you’ve been chosen, trust the Truth Giver and the power of His Spirit to fill you with a personal purpose worth hoping in and boasting about!

Paul’s Testimony Paul is sharing his personal motivation for ministering to the Romans. Why would he do that? Remember that he did not start this church and he has not yet visited this church. But, he still want to give to them, he most definitely has something to offer them, and they should most definitely…

Infiltration The day of Pentecost is an event remembered by millions of Christians each year. Although Acts 2 is one of the more familiar passages in the New Testament outside the gospels, what the passage describes as happening that day definitely sounds strange. When the day of Pentecost arrived, they…

Exodus 27:20-30:10 Review In our last Torah Portions We have talked about different topics The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what you are doing. the yes, I do The unanimous and unhesitating response…

Tonight we will be gathering together - as a fellowship - for our church dinner… and because of the timing of the dinner... Normally we would have our church dinners in April - to more correspond to our fiscal year... BUT... This year we started thinking about that timing... And we thought that because…

14 I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to…

1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” 4 For whatever…

1 Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These gave evidence to the governor against Paul. 2 And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: “Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being…

The Blessing of Aspiration Aspiration can be positive and negative. The Bible provides many warnings about selfish ambition This type of ambition is a strong drive for personal success without moral inhibitions. What is Aspiration? To have ambition toward something. Aspiration is to make something ones…

The importance of discussing sin first when sharing the gospel, and the results of turning away from God.

Introduction: Have you ever tried to build/make something where you knew what the result was supposed to look like but did not know how to build/make it? Transition: Our mission is no different. Remind of our mission statement. Slide - Purpose & Mission Read : 14 How then will they call on Him in whom…