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Paul’s heart for the Roman’s
Have you ever had a heart for someone, or people that you had not met?
Paul did for the church at Rome and we are going to start seeing that in our passage today.
He had qualified himself (vv.1-2)
A bondservant, called to be an apostle
He had given the one who gave the authority (vv.3-6)
It was all about Jesus who was the Son of God who gave grace and apostleship for obedience of faith for all the nations.
He name the recipients (v.7)
To the citizens, the believers, the beloved, the saints who are in Rome.
Those who are beloved of God - so the church, the body of believers that were in Rome.
That leads to today
Paul’s heart in thanksgiving for them (v.8)
Paul’s heart in prayer for them (vv.
9-10)
Paul’s heart in love for them (vv.
11-12)
Paul’s heart indebted to them.
(vv.13-14)
Paul’s heart to visit them (v.15)
Before getting to the sections, first we need to look and glean from the passage
What observations do you make from the passage?
Why is Paul thanking God for them (v.8)?
For their known faith being proclaimed throughout the whole world
What is Paul’s prayer (v.10)?
That it would be the will of God that he would succeed in coming to them.
What is Paul’s desire (v.11, 13, 15)?
To Impart some spiritual gift
Obtain some from among them
To preach the gospel
Heart of thanksgiving
Now that his authority had been established now his heart is coming into place.
A heart of thanksgiving.
Most he did not know.
Paul’s heart in thanksgiving for them (v.8)
Paul’s heart in prayer for them (vv.
9-10)
Paul’s heart in love for them (vv.
11-12)
Paul’s heart indebted to them.
(vv.13-14)
Paul’s heart to visit them (v.15)
A heart that was thankful, prayerful for their known faith.
Faith that was known to the whole world, meaning the whole Roman Empire.
They all knew the faith of the Christians.
Faith in Jesus Christ vs. the plethora of God’s the Roman’s believed in.
Due to the Pax Romana travel on roads was made much easier at this time, and the saying “all roads lead to Rome” was common.
So carrying the message from town to town within the empire was easier than it had been.
The church was growing abroad as it had in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and into Macedonia.
From the visitors from Rome on Pentecost to the believers like Aquila and Priscilla the church in the Roman Empire was established and growing.
Is your faith known?
What ways can we improve in sharing our faith in our world?
Heart of prayer
Paul had a prayer warriors heart.
And it is clearly declared his prayers, intercession for the church at Rome.
Paul’s heart in thanksgiving for them (v.8)
Paul’s heart in prayer for them (vv.
9-10)
Paul’s heart in love for them (vv.
11-12)
Paul’s heart indebted to them.
(vv.13-14)
Paul’s heart to visit them (v.15)
Have you ever had people praying for you and you did not know about it until much later?
The church at Rome did not know of Paul’s prayer warrior heart for them.
God knew, and God made the way for Paul to get to Rome all expenses paid in the near future.
Paul under the witness of God says he mentioned them in prayers.
Paul under the witness of God prayed to be able to find a way in the will of God to make it to them.
Remember Paul was writing from Corinth on his way to Jerusalem to carry the special gift for the poor saints in Jerusalem.
This is a special gift from the Gentile churches to the Jewish Christians.
Then his intentions were to come to Rome then onto Spain to open the door there.
Well, things did not go as planned in Jerusalem, he was arrested, accused, and then requested an audience with Caesar, and as a Roman citizen he had the right to do that.
Speaking of prayer warriors and Paul’s heart for prayer
He asked them to pray for him (Rom15:30-33) Let’s turn there together
Hey, it was good that they prayed wasn’t it?
He needed the prayers for the journey to get to them.
That included beatings, ship wreck, snake bites and a long journey in chains to get there.
So, he did make it, just not how he planned
Heart of love
When you love someone you want to spend time with them.
Paul had a heart of love for the Romans and wanted to be able to spend time with them.
Paul’s heart in thanksgiving for them (v.8)
Paul’s heart in prayer for them (vv.
9-10)
Paul’s heart in love for them (vv.
11-12)
Paul’s heart indebted to them.
(vv.13-14)
Paul’s heart to visit them (v.15)
Paul had the heart of a pastor (shepherd) who longed to be with them.
We too can have a heart of love for one another, longing to be with one another and to share God’s gifts with them and watch them grow and flourish right before our eyes
(Insert growth story of men I’m working with right now)
Some of the saints were known to Paul.
Those who risked their lives for Paul like Priscilla and Aquila
Rom16:3-4 “3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;”
or look at Rom16:12 “12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord.
Greet Persis the beloved, who has worked hard in the Lord.”
Paul heart, love, his desire was to impart spiritual gift
A spiritual gift to help establish them.
Purpose of the gift was to prove what they were saying, teaching was true, this more than likely was a miraculous gift.
Paul’s heart was fellowship, encourage the church
It was not just for them but it would be an encouragement to him too.
(insert returning to Idalou story)
Paul’s heart was for faith to be exchanged
Does it excite you when someone shares a faith story with you?
It does me, I love to hear what God is doing in someone’s life, or how they are exercising their faith.
(Transition) A life of fellowship in faith will result in bearing fruit, new fruit and maturing fruit for the kingdom.
Paul’s desire, Paul’s heart, Paul’s love was purposed and planned but the plan had not happened yet.
Though he felt indebted to them.
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