Romans 15 16

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Romans 15 16

• GOSPEL LIVING

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Introductory RemarkA Brief Summary of Romans 14

• 2 distinct groups

2 distinct tendencies
The state of ones conscience determines who is
strong and who is weak
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A. Unity in Spite of Different Personal
Convictions (151-6)

• 2 questions to discuss here
• What are these convictions?
• Conviction about food issues (141-4 14-23)

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A. Unity in Spite of Different Personal
Convictions (151-6)

• 2 questions to discuss here
• How do we remain united?
• By bearing the infirmities of the weak (151)
• By pleasing our neighbours rather than ourselves
  (152)
• We should emulate the example of our Lord Jesus
  (153).

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B. Unity In Spite of Different Racial Backgrounds
(157-13)

• How do we maintain unity in the Body of Christ?
• By accepting one another without any prior
  conditions (157)
• By being filled with all joy and peace from the
  Holy Spirit (1513)
• God has already reconciled Jews and Gentiles in
  one body through the Cross
  (Ephesians 214-16)

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C. The Special Commission of Paul to the Gentiles
(1514-33)

• Paul was appointed by Jesus to be a servant to
  the Gentiles (1516)
• Paul relied on the power of the Holy Spirit to
  evangelise the Gentiles (1518-19)
• Paul wanted to proclaim the gospel to Gentiles
  who never heard of Jesus (1520)

Paul had a real compassion for the lost people.
What about us today?
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Romans 16 Personal Greetings and Doxology

• One striking aspect of the doxology (vv.25-27) is
  the phrase the obedience of faith.
• It is exactly the same phrase as in Romans 15.
• Why did Paul begin and conclude his epistle to
  the Romans with the same phrase?