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Theme: We were made to be a part of God's family.
Theme: We were made to be a part of God's family.
Date: 07/23/17 File name: Romans48.wpd
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Date: 07/23/17 File name: Romans48.wpd
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This morning we arrive at chapter 16, the closing paragraphs of the Apostle’s letter to the Church that is in Rome.
All the way back in his salutation, Paul writes, “To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”
(, NIV).
He thanks God for them saying that “ ... your faith is proclaimed in all the world.”
He tells them “ ... I long to see you ... “ and that he’s praying for them.
Now, as he closes out his letter he begins naming names; 26 in all.
This morning we arrive at chapter 16, the closing paragraphs of the Apostle’s letter to the Church that is in Rome.
All the way back in his salutation, Paul writes, “To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”
(, NIV).
He thanks God for them saying that “ ... your faith is proclaimed in all the world.”
He tells them “ ... I long to see you ... “ and that he’s praying for them.
Now, as he closes out his letter he begins naming names; 26 in all.
Chapter 16 is essentially a P.S. — a postscript to the main body of his letter.
He ends chapter 15 saying, “The God of peace be with you all.
Amen.”
That sounds suspiciously like an conclusion, but this is Paul, and the apostle has a few more things to say.
In particular he needs to mention and commend some people.
A few are mentioned in other parts of the New Testament, but the vast majority of these names are lost to the annals of church history.
The exciting news is, if you’re a believer, there’s going to be a huge “meet-‘n-greet’ in heaven one day, and we will get a chance to greet these folks who are our brothers and sisters in Christ.
The key word in our text is greet.
It’s used 22 times in 16 verses ... Greet Prisca and Aquila ... Greet Epaenetus ... Greet Mary ... Greet Andronicus and Junia ... Greet Ampliatus, Urbanus, Stachys, Herodian, Rufus ... etc., etc., etc.
Now, if you’re like a lot of Christians, you get to chapter 16 and you probably read through it like you’re reading trough the genealogies of Jesus — that is you read quickly and probably superficially, and in doing so you miss some really important truths.
When Paul begins naming names we are reminded that the Apostle is writing to a real church, and to real people, in a real place, with real issues that need to be really settled.
As we arrive at chapter 16 we’re read a lengthy letter.
Paul has defined the Gospel — that we’re saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
He’s provided us a systematic theology and circumscribed basic Christian doctrines.
He’s given us a lengthy practical section on how confessing Christians ought to flesh out the gospel that they have received into their lives.
Now, in this last chapter, he’s going to lay down some essential ecclesiology — the theology of church life.
In this chapter we get something of an insider’s look of an early 1st century church.
We learn four things:
The Early Church Was Deeply Relational
The Early Church Was Ministry-Minded
• The Early Church Was Ministry-Minded
The Early Church Was Doctrinally Careful
• The Early Church Was Doctrinally Careful
• The Early Church Was Gospel-Centered
The Early Church Was Gospel-Centered
This morning, and for the first three Sundays of August, I will flesh out these four points.
I. THE EARLY CHURCH WAS DEEPLY RELATIONAL
1. we learn from this chapter that the Church is family
a. we are part of a family of faith
1) to be a sister or a brother is not just an honorary title for a fellow believer
2) it is descriptive of the believer’s relationship with fellow Christian
ILLUS It’s one of the reasons I’ve always preferred Brother David to Reverend Krueger.
The later infers an emotional distance and a cold formality.
The former implies that I am in a relationship with you.
Just last Sunday we baptized two new believers in the Body of Christ.
When I baptized KayLynn you heard me say, “I baptize you my sister ... and when I baptized Jackson you heard me say, “I baptize you my brother ... “ We use that formula, not merely because it is traditional, but because it is descriptive of the fundamental nature of the Church ... we are a family.
Krueger.
The later infers an emotional distance and a cold formality.
The former implies that I am in a relationship with you.
Just last Sunday we baptized two new believers in the Body of Christ.
When I baptized KayLynn you heard me say, “I baptize you my sister ... and when I baptized Jackson you heard me say, “I baptize you my brother ... “ We use that formula, not merely because it is traditional, but because it is descriptive of the fundamental nature of the Church ... we are a family.
2. what looks like a hodgepodge of names we can’t pronounce, interspersed with a few random thoughts of the Apostle, actuality paints for us a picture of what a healthy congregation looks like
random thoughts of the Apostle, actuality paints for us a picture of what a healthy congregation looks like
a. one of the characteristics of a healthy congregation is that they live in relationship with each other
with each other
b. and why wouldn’t we consider each other as family considering that we all have the same Heavenly Father?
same Heavenly Father?
A. PAUL IS WRITING TO PEOPLE HE LOVES
A. PAUL IS WRITING TO PEOPLE HE LOVES
1. the Letter to the Romans is not a doctrinal thesis
a. it is a letter to fellow believers who he knows and is in a relationship with
1) some of these people he has known for decades
2) some of them may have been praying for his conversion!
b.
Paul speaks of how they loved him, and how he loved them, and how they loved each other
each other
1) the Apostle singles out four from this list as being so dear to him that he called them his beloved
them his beloved
“ ... Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.” (, ESV)
• “Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.”
(, ESV)
“Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.”
(, ESV)
• “Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.”
(, ESV)
“Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.”
(, ESV)
• “ ... Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.”
(, ESV)
“ ... Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.”
(, ESV)
c. not only does Paul send his greetings, but so do those who are with him
“Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
22 I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.
23 Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you.
Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.”
(, ESV)
ILLUS.
People want to go to a church where they feel a sense of community.
A man will get up, dress, drive past fifty other churches, and travel all the way across town if he knows that a warm experience awaits him with love and true fellowship in the house of God.
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