Romans 16: 8-11 8 Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. 9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. 10 Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus. 11 Greet my kinsman Herodion. You have made it through Romans! Almost. At first glance, Romans 16 seems to be…

Romans 15: 1-2 1We 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. Paul wrote these words to the church in Rome to address again the issue of the Jewish Christians neglecting the Gentile new…

Romans 14:10 10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.   The Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary reports as of 2019 that there are 45,000 Christian denominations worldwide. The Universal Church is more unified…

Romans 13:12 12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. In 386 AD, Augustine was living in darkness as a wild child. Then he read this chapter in Romans. He was suddenly filled with light and was baptized the following…

Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. This verse begins chapter 12 and most Christians would say they do this quite well. Read the whole chapter though and you will see that you need Jesus. It…

Romans 11 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!  Read chapter 11 and you will see a lot about branches. Paul used this illustration to show that the Jews are the original branches because God chose them but they rejected his Son. The Gentile…