Romans 15 | The Upward Way | Bible Study with A. Z. Adams — Transcript

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1. 0:00Romans chapter 15 [music]
2. 0:01verse 1.
3. 0:04Now we who are strong ought to bear the
4. 0:07weakness of those without [music]
5. 0:09strength and not just please ourselves.
6. 0:15This is Paul continuing the thought that
7. 0:18we need to live for love and not be so
8. 0:21focused on our liberties that we cause
9. 0:22[music]
10. 0:23weaker people to stumble.
11. 0:26Not just live for ourselves. Each of us
12. 0:29is [music] to please his neighbor
13. 0:32for his good to his edification.
14. 0:37For even Christ did not please himself,
15. 0:39but as it is written,
16. 0:41"The reproaches of those who reproached
17. 0:44you fell on me."
18. 0:47For whatever was written in earlier
19. 0:49times was written for our instruction,
20. 0:51so that through perseverance and the
21. 0:54encouragement of the scripture, we might
22. 0:56have hope.
23. 0:58Now may the God who gives perseverance
24. 1:01and encouragement grant you to be of the
25. 1:04same mind with one another according to
26. 1:07Christ Jesus.
27. 1:10So that with one accord, you may with
28. 1:12one voice glorify the God and Father of
29. 1:16our Lord Jesus Christ.
30. 1:19Paul's whole point is live for love.
31. 1:23Do not live just for your liberty.
32. 1:26Do not make this just about yourself.
33. 1:29You're part of a community and if you
34. 1:31ask the question as an individual only,
35. 1:34you're missing the point.
36. 1:37It's an important question, but you're
37. 1:39part of a community. Live for each
38. 1:41other.
39. 1:43Therefore, accept one another just as
40. 1:45Christ also accepted us to the glory of
41. 1:48God.
42. 1:49For I say that Christ has become a
43. 1:52servant to the circumcision on behalf of
44. 1:55the truth of God to confirm the promises
45. 1:58given to the fathers.
46. 2:00And for the Gentiles to glorify God for
47. 2:03his mercy, as it is written, "Therefore,
48. 2:06I will give praise to you among the
49. 2:08Gentiles, and I will sing to your name."
50. 2:10Again, he says, "Rejoice, oh Gentiles,
51. 2:14with his people." And again, "Praise the
52. 2:16Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the
53. 2:19peoples praise him." And again, Isaiah
54. 2:21says,
55. 2:22"There shall come the root of Jesse,
56. 2:26and he who arises to rule over the
57. 2:28Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles
58. 2:31hope."
59. 2:33So, Paul is still thinking in terms of
60. 2:36God blessing the Gentiles who were shown
61. 2:39mercy because of the Jews' rejection,
62. 2:42and he's still thinking in terms of them
63. 2:44being a witness to the Jews.
64. 2:48Now, may the God of hope fill you with
65. 2:52all joy and peace in believing,
66. 2:56so that you will abound in hope by the
67. 2:59power of the Holy Spirit.
68. 3:02And concerning you, my brethren, I
69. 3:05myself also am convinced that you
70. 3:07yourselves are full of goodness,
71. 3:10filled with all knowledge, and able also
72. 3:13to admonish one another. But,
73. 3:16I have written very boldly to you on
74. 3:19some points, so as to remind you again
75. 3:22because of the grace that was given me
76. 3:25from God
77. 3:26to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the
78. 3:29Gentiles, ministering as a priest the
79. 3:32gospel of God, so that my offering of
80. 3:36the Gentiles may become acceptable,
81. 3:39sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
82. 3:42Therefore, so Paul is saying, "I know
83. 3:44you've got liberty.
84. 3:46I know you've got knowledge. I know
85. 3:48you've got goodness. You've got the
86. 3:50right intentions. But, God also made me
87. 3:53a priest to serve you, His Grace, and
88. 3:55that's why I've written you. Therefore,
89. 3:58in Christ Jesus, I have found reason for
90. 4:00boasting in things pertaining to God.
91. 4:04I'm not going to boast about who I am.
92. 4:05I'm not going to boast about what I did,
93. 4:07but I'm going to boast in Christ about
94. 4:09what pertains to God, what He's done.
95. 4:13For I will not presume to speak of
96. 4:14anything except what Christ has
97. 4:16accomplished through me,
98. 4:19resulting in the obedience of the
99. 4:22Gentiles by word and deed.
100. 4:26So, what what did God accomplish in him?
101. 4:29God accomplished something in him
102. 4:32resulting in the obedience of the
103. 4:35Gentiles in word and deed,
104. 4:39in the power of signs and wonders, in
105. 4:42the power of the Spirit, so that from
106. 4:45Jerusalem and round about as far as
107. 4:48Iconium, I have fully preached the
108. 4:51Gospel of Christ.
109. 4:54What does the Gospel of Christ produce?
110. 4:56It produces the obedience of the
111. 4:59Gentiles in word and deed,
112. 5:02in signs and wonders, in the power of
113. 5:05the Spirit, from Jerusalem to Iconium.
114. 5:08That's what fully preaching the Gospel
115. 5:11looks like, obedience in word and deed,
116. 5:14power of the Spirit, signs and wonders.
117. 5:17Anything else is not the Gospel that
118. 5:19Paul is preaching.
119. 5:21And thus, I aspired to preach the Gospel
120. 5:24not where Christ was already named, so
121. 5:27that I would not build on another man's
122. 5:29foundation,
123. 5:30but as it is written,
124. 5:32they who had no news of him shall see,
125. 5:36and they who have not heard shall
126. 5:38understand.
127. 5:40For this reason, I have often been
128. 5:42prevented from coming [music] to you,
129. 5:44but now, with no further place for me in
130. 5:48these regions, and since I have had for
131. 5:50many years a longing to come to you,
132. 5:53whenever I go to Spain, [music] for I
133. 5:54hope to see you in passing,
134. 5:57and to be helped on my way there by you,
135. 6:01when I have first enjoyed your company
136. 6:03for a while.
137. 6:04>> [music]
138. 6:05>> But now, I am going to Jerusalem,
139. 6:07serving the saints. So, what is Paul
140. 6:09saying here? He's saying, "I didn't want
141. 6:10to build on another man's foundation,
142. 6:12and that's why I didn't come to you,
143. 6:13because he apparently didn't start the
144. 6:15church in Rome. Somebody else did."
145. 6:18But he's saying,
146. 6:20"I've longed to come to you for a while,
147. 6:22and so now I feel like it's time for me
148. 6:23to minister these insights to you."
149. 6:26For Macedonia and Achaia have been
150. 6:29[music] pleased to make a contribution
151. 6:31for the poor among the saints in
152. 6:32Jerusalem. Yes, they were pleased to do
153. 6:34so,
154. 6:35and they were indebted to them.
155. 6:37For if the Gentiles have shared in their
156. 6:39spiritual things, they are indebted to
157. 6:42minister to them also in material
158. 6:44things.
159. 6:46So, he's saying, "It We need to care for
160. 6:48each other. If we've received
161. 6:50spiritually, it's time that we give
162. 6:52financially, that we support each other
163. 6:55in practical things. Therefore,
164. 6:57when I have finished this, and have put
165. 6:59my seal on this fruit [music] of theirs,
166. 7:02I will go on by way of you to Spain.
167. 7:05I know that when I come to you, I will
168. 7:08come in the fullness of the blessing of
169. 7:09Christ.
170. 7:11Now, I urge you, brethren, by our Lord
171. 7:13Jesus Christ and by the love of the
172. 7:15Spirit,
173. 7:16to strive together [music]
174. 7:18with me in your prayers to God for me,
175. 7:23You can participate [music]
176. 7:24with me, he's saying. You can strive
177. 7:26with me
178. 7:27by praying for me.
179. 7:30Prayers to God for me, that I may be
180. 7:32rescued [music] from those who are
181. 7:34disobedient in Judea,
182. 7:37and that my service for Jerusalem may
183. 7:39prove acceptable to the saints,
184. 7:42so that I may come to you in joy by the
185. 7:45will of God and find refreshing rest in
186. 7:48your company.
187. 7:49Now the God of peace be with you all.
188. 7:52Amen.
189. 7:54>> [music]