Romans 15

You need to know the rhythm to build by.

So how did how did I come up with this? Well, this morning I was studying in Romans chapter 15, Romans chapter 15.

And in verse 12, it brings something up.

So first, the first seven verses of chapter 15 of Romans is called the example of Jesus Christ.

And so he's talking about the servanthood of Christ and how to pattern ourselves after Christ as a servant.

And I love this for kingdom builders because one of the things that you've got to remember, and I'm going to give you a little sneak peek into the three things that need to be in your foundation, okay? So one of the things that you need to know before you launch a business is you need to know that there is a people group that God has called you to serve.

So if he's given you a business to build and launch in the earth for him, then there is going to be a particular people that you're called to serve.

And so first and foremost in that, you need to have a servant heart.

Going to leave you with a benediction.

This is Romans 15:5-6.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

The fruit of the Spirit is what? Love, joy, and then number three is peace.

I think I quoted last week from Romans 14 where it talks about believers having peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Or we could go to Romans 15 where Paul prays that God, the God of hope, would fill you with all joy and peace in believing.

Peace is a virtue that everybody wants to have.

Whether you are a Christian or not, I'm pretty certain that you would like to have peace.

We are about acceptance.

And so we're going to look in Romans 15.

We're going to camp in Romans 15 today.

Romans 15 verse 7.

Accept one another then just as Christ accepted you in order to bring praise to God.

Let's pray.

We're going to walk through this together.

We're going to walk through this.

All right, take your Bibles today and turn with me to the book of Romans.

Chapter number 15, please.

Please keep your Bibles open today as we study the word of God together.

Romans chapter number 15.

Romans chapter number 15, please.

The Bible says in verse number one, he says, we then that are strong, he's referring to spiritual strength here, not physical strength, talking about maturity in the Lord, we then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak.

And the weak that he's referring to is found in chapter 14, verse number 1, refers to those who are weak in the faith.

Those people I have no patience for.

For as much as thou art sure and hast an evident token through such persecution that it is the true word of God, which word is ever hated of the world, neither was ever without persecution, as thou seest in all the stories of the Bible, both of the New Testament and also of the Old, neither can be no more than the sun can be without his light.

And for as much as contrary-wise thou art sure that the pope's doctrine is not of God, which, as thou seest, is so agreeable unto the world, and is so received of the world, or which rather so receiveth the world and the pleasures of the world, and seeketh nothing but the possessions of the world, and the authority in the world, and to bear a rule in the world, and persecuteth the word of God, and with all willingness driveth people from it, and with false and sophistical reasons maketh them afraid of it, yea, curseth them and excommunicateth them, and bringeth them in belief that they be damned if they look on it, and that it is but doctrine to deceive men, and moveth the blind powers of the world to slay with fire, water, and sword all that cleave unto it.

For the world loveth that which is his, and hateth that which is chosen out of the world to serve God in the Spirit, as Christ saith to his disciples, John 15, If ye were of the world, the world would love his own, but I have chosen you out of the world, and therefore the world hateth you.

Another comfort hast thou, that as the weak powers of the world defend the doctrine of the world, so the mighty power of God defendeth the doctrine of God, which thing thou shalt evidently perceive if thou call to mind the wonderful deeds which God hath ever wrought for his word in extreme necessity since the world began, beyond all man's reason, which are written, as Paul saith, Romans 15, for our learning and not for our deceiving, that we, through patience and comfort of the Scripture, might have hope.

The nature of God's word is to fight against hypocrites.

It began at Abel, and hath ever since continued, and shall, I doubt not, until the last day.

For the Jews take it for a sure token of everlasting damnation if a man be hanged, for it is written in their law, Deuteronomy 21, Cursed is whosoever hangeth on a tree.

Moses also in the same place commandeth, if any man be hanged, to take him down the same day and bury him, for fear of polluting or defiling the country, that is, lest they should bring the wrath and curse of God upon them.