Romans 12 is filled with so many lessons for us. We are going to split it into two weeks. This week we start out with Paul speaking about how we are called to be transformed and use the gifts God has given for the betterment of the Body of Christ- the Church. Have we given our lives entirely? Are we using the gifts God has given us for the betterment of the Church?

Paul gives us this image of an olive tree in Romans chapter 11. He talks about how the church, the image of the church is with Jewish and Gentile believers. The Jewish aren’t hopelessly lost, and the Gentiles should understand their place.

Roman’s 10 Paul is still drawing to this point that neither the Jewish nor the Gentile should get arrogant. Paul speaks in Romans 10 that the heart and the mind/ mouth should be in alignment. Drawing that thought out farther how will people know about God if they aren’t being the Kingdom of Priests they are called to be?

Romans 9 Paul is telling the Israelites they might have thought about this wrong. They might have missed the larger story of what God is doing. They shouldn’t get arrogant. We should take that same lesson.

We are more than conquerors! Not because things will go wonderfully in our life, but even when things aren’t going well, we are more than conquerors! Praise God!

The middle section of Romans chapter 8 Paul gives us this image of adoption. Adoption in his time was into a family by a male that would become an heir. When we think about our adoption into sonship in that way it shapes the way we should see the Gospel message.

Romans chapter 8 is a theologically rich chapter so we will take it in small bites. Paul is still following this line of thought that we are either living life in the flesh or life in the Spirit. We will be chained to one or the other. We can’t live in an in between.

Romans Chapter 7 what is Paul talking about? I do what I don’t want to do and don’t do what I want to do? Join us today and learn what the Wesleyan tradition tells us this passage means.

Chapter 6 in Roman’s Paul tells the church in Rome that they are either instruments of wickedness or instruments of righteousness. There is no in between. We have to ask ourselves are we trying to live in this in between? Are we being used as instruments of righteousness or instruments of wickedness?

In Chapter 5 Paul is expanding his argument. Going back through and pulling in some “strings” that he has already talked about. He states that because of all these things we have talked about before we should boast in this hope. God has a plan and He will continue this plan forward of reconciliation. Amen!