THE MINI-GREAT COMMISSIONRomans 15.7-13Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 11 of 11 Romans 1.16 “… the gospel … is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes …” (esv) v. 7 “Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” (esv) 14.1 “Accept him whose faith is weak …. (niv) OUR WELCOMING IS A WITNESS BECAUSE IT DEMONSTRATES … THE Personal Difference JESUS MAKES John 7.37–38 “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me … ‘Out of his heart will…
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR UNITYRomans 15.1-6Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 10 of 11 Romans 12.9 “Let love be genuine.” (esv) v. 5 “… give you a spirit of unity among yourselves …” (niv) v. 6 “… with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” TOOLS FOR BUILDING UNITY: A PROPER Criterion For Goodness vv. 1–2 “… not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.” (esv) v. 1 “We who are strong … bear with the failings of the…
God Tests Us So We Will LearnExodus 15:22-27By: Pastor Chuck Henderson Why? Because it’s in the wilderness that we can be awakened to our weaknesses that are covered up when we only stay in our comfort zone; alerted to our distractions that keep us pushing empty carts around; we begin to “feel” something missing; in this case… Ever been there? If you have, you know exactly the feeling I’m talking about, and frankly, it can be exasperating, frustrating, maddening and even, when it lasts long enough, it can feel…