Romans 12:14 ~ “Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.” I often think of persecution as only relating to those who are outwardly suffering for their faith. While this is certainly one form of persecution, I have not much experienced it at this level....
“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.” (Romans 12:13) I believe to truly understand all that is being communicated to us in this verse there are a few important foundational things we need to define. First we need to define a term and then we...
Romans 12:10 “Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;” Part of the proper function of the body of Christ is the members of the body loving each other with brotherly love and the members showing...
“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.” Romans 12:9 (KJV) Love – what is it and how do we show it to others? We all know that 1 Corinthians 13 is the ultimate definition of love. “Love is patient, love is kind and...
“Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.” – Romans 12:8 So, what is this verse talking about, exactly? Well, if you’re reading this post, it probably...
Romans 12:7 “ if service, in his serving; or he who teaches in his teaching;” We need to see that we naturally look at most if not all scripture through the lens of man working for God, but the true secret and reality of the Christian life is Christ IN YOU AS YOUR...
“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy let us prophecy according to the proportion of faith.” Romans 12:6 Do you ever get discouraged about the gifts/talents God has given you? Like somehow they are just...
Today we get to meditate on our responsibility as part of the church. This aspect is normally not our favorite part of a relationship, huh? Responsibility. Feels like a weight sometimes. But in reality, responsibility is a privilege and a blessed calling. Verse 5 of...
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one Body, and...
“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned” (Romans 12:3). Let’s imagine for a minute that...
[Part II of Romans 12:1] “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” You and I are created spiritual beings; dwelling in physical...
(I am half excited and half terrified to be writing about this verse. It is so rich and, just as “a many-faceted diamond”, there is much that could be said on it (which is a contributing factor as to why this post will be in two parts). And so I pray that...
