Sunday, August 23, 2020 - Romans 12:1-8

 

Yesterday's sermon was not a sermon I wanted to give... it was not a day that I want to preach at all.  I'm not at liberty to discuss why I am so very upset, disgusted, disappointed, and frankly angry... but, no matter what is going on in my life my calling is to preach the word of the Lord.  That was and is the point of the message that I found at this time in Paul's letter to the church in Rome.  Please take a listen, hopefully, you will find a blessing within the words.

I was told that it was my best message ever, I don't honestly know what to think of that... I certainly pray that on someday I deliver a message that blesses when I am feeling blessed myself.

Be a blessing to someone today.

In Christ,

Roy

Romans 12:1-8 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

The New Life in Christ

12 I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world[a] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[b]

3 For by the grace given to me I bid every one 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 which God has assigned him. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Footnotes:

1. Romans 12:2 Greek age
2. Romans 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God