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William Booth’s Passion
The story is told of General William Booth,
the founder of the Salvation Army, and the day Queen Victoria of England asked to meet with him.
Because she had heard so many favorable things about his work in the slums,
she asked him for the secret of his success.
“Your Majesty,” he replied,
“Some men have a passion for money.
Some people have a passion for things.
I have a passion for people.”
(Source Unknown) (Sermon Central 1/28/2023)
William Booth had a passion for people, and look at what he did?
The Salvation Army, founded in 1865 is still around today, trying to make a difference in peoples lives for Christ sake.
We will let that story by an introduction to today's scripture lesson from Rom 1:8-17
Ministry of Thankfulness
Paul begins all but one of his letters with Thanksgiving for what God is doing in the church he is writing to.
Galatians is the only letter that does not list his thankfulness.
It opens with Paul’s astonishment that they would so quickly desert the Gospel.
Gal 1:6
In the Book of Romans, Paul gives thanks for God’s work in their churches.
*Specifically, what does he give thanks for?
Their Faith.
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their faith is being reported all over the world
*How does he express his thanks?
In prayer
He prayed for them once!
No, continually.
As he proclaims in verse 9-10
the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you in my prayers at all times; (NIV)
He expreses his longing to minister to them inverse 11.
Why?
that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith
Established:
He wants to see them established in their faith.
Not tossed around by the lasted idea to hit town.
To be strong in the Lord
To be mutually encourage are important things.
Jesus prayed for guys like Simon to be strong and not fail
And Peter encouraged others with the Good News that God could make them strong.
Paul longed to see them, and minister to them.
Why?
It looks like God put the longing in his heart, but also
Paul’s calling was to share the Good News with everyone so as he says in 14-15 he felt obligated to share this good news everywhere
and specifically it had been on his heart to share it with the Churches in Rome for a long time.
In this prayer he expressed his longing to visit them and he felt restricted
Not Now
up to this point but he is hoping now to visit them on the way to Spain.
How did God answer Paul’s prayers to visit them in Rome?
He safely got to Rome by way of
Prison
Prisoner Transport ship
Shipwreck
Poisonous viper bite
And chains.
But he Safely got to Rome.
Did Paul get his prayer answered?
Yes
Did it happen anything like what he might have expected?
No.
Many times, God may answer our prays YES
But the timing and the method,
may not be at all what we expect or imagine.
Often it might be something better than we asked for,
In a way that sounds much worse.
Through Christ.
Thru Christ we receive the Fathers love and forgiveness
Thru Christ we send our thanks to God Romans 1:8
Romans 1:8 (NIV)
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
Paul’s Obligation:
Who is he Obligated to?
His calling was Apostle to the Gentiles
He feels an obligation
because of his calling
to share Christ with everyone
EVERYONE!
We too are saved by Grace
I wounder what our obligation is to our fellow men and women?
No Ashamed of the Gospel
Some people are ashamed of the gospel message,
because we have to confess our sin
because we have to admit that we are not perfect
A self made man or women,
is not good enough to satisfy the righteous demands of the law.
The idea that we can’t be good enough to please God, galls some people.
Their pride prevents them for confessing their faults, their sins
Some people will only accept Christ when they are old and feeble,
and loose some of their pride.
How tragic to miss out on the good life in Christ, until your life is nearly over.
Coming down the aisle
to talk to God at the altar rail used to be so hard for me.
But I’m no longer afraid to confess,
I’m a sinner saved by Grace
How about you?
Are you a sinner saved by Grace?
Yes
Some are ashamed of the Gospel because their science teacher or even science textbook has a different explanation of origins and
they don’t want to appear ignorant and superstitious.
To anyone in that camp, I recommend read about intelligent design.
Read about Creation theories
Read about definite flaws to macro evolution.
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