Transform — Week Six

OCTOBER 29 / 30, 2022
Romans 15

THE COUNTER-INTUITIVE GUIDE TO
FINDING REAL ENDURANCE
AND ENCOURAGEMENT

CONTEXT 

ROMANS 15:1-9a

1We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” 4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

5May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had 6so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. 8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed 9and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. 

If You Want to be Encouraged and Have Endurance …

1. your neighbor 

“Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.”  (v. 2)

2. your Bible

“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”  (v.4)

3. believers

“Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.”  (v. 7)

A PRAYER FOR YOU …

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”  (v. 13)

Fill-in Answers:

Build up

Be in

Believe in other