FOLLOWING CHRIST IN PLEASING OTHERS Romans 15:1 This chapter is remarkable for its threefold designation of God. The God of patience and comfort, Romans 15:5; the God of hope, Romans 15:13; and the God of peace, Romans 15:33. Our character may be deficient in these things, but His fullness is ther... [ Continue Reading ]
A PREACHER WHO FOUND HIS OWN FIELD Romans 15:14 A superficial judge of the Apostle's life at the time to which he refers might have supposed him to be a mere Jewish traveler, hurrying to and fro, under circumstances of extreme poverty and with no special results. But, in fact he was laying the fou... [ Continue Reading ]
AMBITIOUS TO RENDER SERVICE Romans 15:22 The Apostle felt that it was in the line of the divine will that he should visit Rome, Romans 1:10. Relying, as he did, on the efficacy of prayer, it is not surprising to find him urging his Roman friends to unite with him in asking, as in Romans 15:31, that... [ Continue Reading ]