Romans 1:8–15 | I Long to See you

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Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
Scripture: Romans 1:8–15

1. FIRST, I THANK MY GOD
2. I MENTION YOU ALWAYS IN MY PRAYERS
3. UNCEASING PRAYER
4. PAUL’S PRAYERFUL DESIRE
5. MUTUAL ENCOURAGEMENT
6. THE OBLIGATION OF PROCLAMATION

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1 Corinthians 15:16–17 (ESV)
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

Question 55, Heidelberg Catechism:
What do you understand by “the communion of saints”?
First, that believers one and all, as members of Christ the Lord, have communion with him and share in all his treasures and gifts. Second, that each member should consider it a duty to use these gifts readily and joyfully for the service and enrichment of the other members.

Ephesians 2:8–9 (ESV)
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Romans 1:5-6
… we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you

Christopher Ash — Teaching Romans
Why is Paul ‘under obligation’? The metaphor of a monetary debt doesn’t capture the urgency. It is like a city being conquered by a new king, who entrusts to the herald the proclamation of his victory and the offer of his pardon. The herald therefore owes it to all the citizens to tell them urgently. If he does not, they will incur the anger of the new king by not bowing the knee to him and accepting his pardon. This urgency makes Paul ‘eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome’ (v. 15).