Title I urge you (Romans 15:28-33)
Romans 15 is written about the lives of perfect saints and mature saints.
The faithful life of the saints
1. Do not please yourself, but help the weak. (15:1)
2, please your neighbor, but do good and build up (15:2)
3. Fulfill your hopes with patience (15:4)
4. Imitate Christ and agree with one another (15:5)
There is a life of grace that you will receive if you lead a perfect life of faith.
(15:13) May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I want you to overflow with hope."
In other words, if you want to live a lively life full of joy, peace, and hope, you need self-satisfaction and self-esteem.
Take care of your neighbors rather than your self-fulfillment.
Whatever happens, keep waiting patiently and make your wish come true.
Rather than my claim, my will, my stubbornness, or my convenience, imitate Christ and agree in Christ.
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If you do, you will be filled with joy, peace, and the will to live.
Paul did his missionary mission to practice this life.
"(15:17) Therefore I have something to boast about the works of God in Christ Jesus."
“(15:25) But now I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints.”
"(15:29) I know that when I go out to you, I will carry the full blessings of Christ with me."
Paul boasted about God's work wherever he went, and what about serving the saints and caring for neighbors?
He went all the way to D, and wherever he went, he became a preacher of the full blessings of Christ.
However, it is not easy for us to live like this.
There are times when we encounter unexpected difficulties in doing good works, and in preaching the gospel and the kingdom of God.
sometimes encounters unexpected persecution and adversary.
Therefore, for the expansion of the kingdom of God, for a life worthy of the gospel, Paul
There is one thing I asked the saints to do, and that is a prayer request.
No matter how confident you are, how strong you are, and how capable you are, you must seek God's help.
Even if you have the conditions to do anything on your own, you must receive the grace of God.
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God's guidance over my will, my thoughts, my judgment, my decisions, God's protection, God's filling
Poetry must be by grace.
So, in the Bible we read today, Paul makes a sure request.
1. Please gather your strength in prayer, please share your heart in prayer.
(15:30) Brethren, I exhort you through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Holy Spirit.
I beg you, join me in your prayers and pray to God for me."
If we want to comfort each other, share courage, and live well together, we must share our hearts in prayer and
We must gather our strength
The world we live in is still a cry.
Conflicts and confrontations due to national pride and religion Conflicts and strife arising from social discord
Natural disasters such as idolatry caused by water, rain, wind, floods, volcanoes, tsunamis, and storms are still fearful and nothing to us.
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On the other hand, danger, crisis, and sudden death all of these things are terrifying to us.
The collapse of our lives due to disease, we live in front of all these things.
Therefore, we must pray for one another and be of the same mind.
The saints are sometimes lethargic and exhausted.
Sometimes, while fulfilling the mission of the church, there are times when we are disappointed and discouraged.
There are times when I feel sad and lonely, and there are times when I feel empty and empty.
However, we have the power of prayer and we have co-workers who share our hearts in prayer.
A prayer that makes the impossible possible, a prayer that makes what is not exist, a prayer that raises the dead and builds up the broken
We have prayer.
When I cannot pray, there is a prayer that the Holy Spirit prays for us in our weakness.
With the power of that prayer, Paul has been carrying out his missionary work until now.
2. Make my service acceptable to the saints.
Whether we are doing God's work, work, business, or school, we should not try to make it easy.
In particular, it is not difficult to work at the forefront.
In particular, it is even more difficult to do missionary work or do the gospel work.
It's hard to please everyone, and it's the same for everyone with different knowledge, life and consciousness.
It is not easy to understand from a point of view and for the same purpose.
Our duties and missions are different, and the way and content of our lives are different.
But it is the same that we live to serve one another, to meet each other's needs, to comfort and encourage each other.
The different parts have to be dealt with in their own way within the given circumstances in the field of life, but God
In the community and the church community, the members who serve with the same heart as the people they serve are received by faith
Furthermore, we must work together to serve and serve the church together.
The people who serve in the church community are people who work hard and work differently.
3. Let me follow God's will and go forward with joy.
“(32) Let me come to you with joy, after the will of God, that I may rest with you.”
While carrying out his missionary mission, Paul had to live many days in persecution and hardship,
I never thought of stopping the gospel.
Whether suffering or persecution comes, even if tribulation, famine, nakedness, threats, or swords come
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Therefore, wherever Paul goes, in everything he does, the only place where he can be comforted is the saints who have become the Lord's people together.
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There will be tribulation in the world, but be of good cheer. I have conquered the world
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
“The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.
(Psalm 29:11) "
“Surely goodness and kindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
(Psalm 23:6) "
In this way, the place where we can rest is in the grace of God, and the place where we can rest is in the love of God.
Therefore, the saints who have received God's grace and love are able to make each other feel comfortable and joyfully
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How hard and tired must Paul have been?
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"(32) Let me come to you with joy, according to the will of God, that I may rest at ease with you."