The Unhindered Harvest Acts: The Unhindered Harvest
Romans 1-8 All the major doctines The full message of the gospel Breadth equaled by its depth
Romans 9-11 All about Israel Promises and assurances
Romans 12-16 Key Verse…12:1-2 Paul’s main point The primary point of the gospel is devotion God to His holiness God to us Us to God
Romans 12:1-2 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. New American Standard Bible : 1995 Update. LaHabra, CA : The Lockman Foundation, 1995
Romans 12-16 Present our bodies Willful Purposeful Specific
Romans 12-16 A living sacrifice As opposed to dead Continual Unknown duration Unknown context Its our service to die
Romans 12-16 Holy and acceptable to God Perfect, spotless, without blemish Pleasing to God By God’s mercy Only through Christ
The Sacrificial Life Chapter 12 Humility in serving one another Love one another Devotion to one another
The Sacrificial Life Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Subjection to authority Subjection to others Chapter 14 Not being a stumbling block Peace-keeping
The Sacrificial Life Chapter 15 Bearing others burdens Accepting others
Gospel Brackets Romans 12:1 Urged by God’s Mercies To present an acceptble offering to God
Gospel Brackets Romans 15:30-31 Urged Christ’s lordship Urged by the Spirit’s love for us To present a ministry acceptable to others
Reaping the Harvest Gospel life is a devoted life Gospel life is a painful life Gospel life is a sacrificial life Gospel life is a fruitful life Reaping the Harvest
Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
Romans 8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ Romans 8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 8:37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. New American Standard Bible : 1995 Update. LaHabra, CA : The Lockman Foundation, 1995