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Verse Romans 12:7. _OR MINISTRY_] διακονια simply means the
_office_ of a _deacon_; and what this office was, _see in Clarke's
note on "_Acts 6:4_"_, where the subject is largely discussed.
_OR HE T...
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OR MINISTRY - διακονίαν diakonian. This word properly means
service of any kind; Luke 10:40. It is used in religion to denote the
service which is rendered to Christ as the Master. It is applied to
a...
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III. EXHORTATIONS AND THE CONCLUSION.
Chapter s 12-16.
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. The Body as a Willing Sacrifice. (Romans 12:1 .)_
2. Service. (Romans 12:3 .)
3. The Daily Walk in Holiness. (Romans 12:9 .)...
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IN THE CHRISTIAN TEMPER, _modesty_ is the first desideratum.
Romans 12:3. I tell everyone that is among you not _to_ be high-minded
above a right mind, but to be of a mind to be sober-minded (Sp.). Th...
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THE TRUE WORSHIP AND THE ESSENTIAL CHANGE (Romans 12:1-2)...
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For, through the grace that has been given to me, I say to everyone
among you, not to have a mind proud beyond that which a mind should
be, but to have a mind directed towards wisdom, as God has given...
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MINISTRY. ministering. App-190....
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_ministry ministering_ Lit. WHETHER SERVICE, IN THE SERVICE. The word
rendered "_ministry_" is _diaconia;_(same word as Romans 11:13, where
it means the _apostolic_service). It is a largely inclusive...
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ΔΙΑΚΟΝΊΑ (G1248) служение. Это слово
обозначает личное служение одного
человека другому (TDNT). Здесь, вероятно,
относится к подаче милостыни и
вниманию к телесным нуждам (SH). Может
также обозначать...
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DISCOURSE: 1907
CHRISTIANS ARE ALL MEMBERS OF ONE BODY
Romans 12:4. As we have many members in one body, and all members have
not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and
every...
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_TEXT_
Romans 12:3-16. For I say, through the grace that was given me, to
every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than
he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly,...
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Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on
teaching;
OR MINISTRY [LET US WAIT] ON (OR 'BE OCCUPIED WITH') OUR MINISTERING
[ diakonia (G1248)] The familiar OR MINISTRY [LET...
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Conciliation-National
22 Nothing shows the blindness of Christendom more than their severe
denunciation of faithless Israel, yet they are following precisely the
same course and have not the slig...
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PARAPHRASE. '(1) God's redeeming love should be answered by the true
sacrifice and spiritual ritual service of a life of purity and
self-denial and work for God. (2) Do not follow the fashions and
cus...
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MINISTRY] i.e. the service of others: cp. Mark 10:45 sometimes any
Christian office: cp. Romans 11:13 sometimes, as here, attendance on
temporal wants: cp. Acts 6:1;...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 12
TRUE *WORSHIP 12:1-2
V1 *Brothers and *sisters, God has shown you his kindness. Therefore
I am appealing to you. Of...
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MINISTRY. — The word used is the technical term for the discharge of
the office of deacon. The institution of this office is described in
Acts 6:1. Its object was to provide for the practical business...
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CHAPTER 25
CHRISTIAN CONDUCT THE ISSUE OF CHRISTIAN TRUTH
Romans 12:1
AGAIN we may conjecture a pause, a long pause and deliberate, in the
work of Paul and Tertius. We have reached the end, generall...
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The duties of members of the Church as such: avoidance of
self-exaltation, and mutual service in the measure of the gift
bestowed on each. λέγω γάρ : the γὰρ indicates that
“humility is the immediate...
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DEVOTING SELF AND USING GIFTS
Romans 12:1
_ Therefore_ links this practical appeal to the whole of the sublime
argument, which reaches its climax in the previous chapter. It is
easier to die once for...
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The word "therefore" links all that is now to be said with everything
that has gone before. Because of the grace of God, the believer is
called to certain attitudes and actions. The very first of thes...
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Or ministry, [let us wait] on [our] ministering: or he that (m)
teacheth, on teaching;
(m) Whose office is only to expound the scriptures....
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“ _Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given
to us [let us exercise them], whether prophecy, according to the
proportion of faith; or ministry, in ministering; or he that teache...
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The natural tendency of man is to exalt himself. Here is the first
point at which the will of God, discerned by the renewed mind of the
believer, impresses on his conduct a completely opposite charact...
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TWENTY-FIFTH PASSAGE (12:3-21). THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER AS A MEMBER
OF THE CHURCH.
The notion of consecration is still the prevailing one in this
passage. This consecration is realized in life: 1st,...
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Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to
us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of
faith; (7) Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he t...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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The apostle resumes the thread of his instructions, by taking up as he
does in all his epistles the moral consequences of his doctrine. He
places the believer at the outset on the ground of God's merc...
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OR MINISTRY, [LET US WAIT] ON OUR MINISTRY,.... The word
διακονια sometimes signifies the whole ecclesiastical
ministry, even the office of apostleship, as well as the ordinary
ministration of the Go...
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Or ministry, _let us wait_ on _our_ ministering: or he that teacheth,
on teaching;
Ver. 7. _Or ministry_] Take it either largely for the whole ministry,
as 1 Corinthians 12:5; Acts 1:24,26; or more s...
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_For as we have many members_ The apostle proceeds to illustrate his
advice by a comparison taken from the members of the human body. _All
members have not the same office_ But different members are a...
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OR MINISTRY; that is, or having ministry for his gift. Ministry is
here ministering to the wants of the brethren, as distinct from
prophesying and teaching.
LET US WAIT ON OUR MINISTERING; occupy our...
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OR MINISTRY, LET US WAIT ON OUR MINISTERING; OR HE THAT TEACHETH, ON
TEACHING;...
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The proper use of God's gifts of mercy:...
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PRACTICAL RESPONSE IN BELIEVERS
Now Paul has completed his treatment of the subject of God's counsel
in reference to salvation - counsel accomplished by a hand of mercy.
What then is to be the proper...
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Many members - segments, parts, organs, structures, components,
elements
We are still one body - not many bodies
Office = function, job, objective, purpose, use to the body, role,
duty
5 We = the c...
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OR MINISTRY, LET US GIVE OURSELVES TO OUR MINISTRY; OR HE THAT
TEACHETH, TO HIS TEACHING;
'ministry' -this word covers. lot of different jobs. 'Of service in
general, including all forms of christia...
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3-8 Pride is a sin in us by nature; we need to be cautioned and armed
against it. All the saints make up one body in Christ, who is the Head
of the body, and the common Centre of their unity. In the...
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MINISTRY; under this word are comprehended all ordinary ecclesiastical
functions, which afterwards divideth into two sorts; the first
relating to the word; the second, to other pious works. LET US WAI...
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or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that
teacheth, to his teaching [Most of the spiritual gifts of Paul's day
were either wholly supernatural or shaded into the miraculous, and,...
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Romans 12:7 or G1535 ministry G1248 in G1722 ministering G1248 G1535
teaches G1321 (G5723) in G1722 teaching...
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1). CHRISTIAN LIVING (12:1-13:14).
In this passage Paul calls on God's people so to present their bodies
as a living offering to God, through their having died with Christ and
risen with Him (Romans 6...
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A CALL TO MAKE REAL IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED (12:1-15:33).
This section moves from the indicative to the imperative. Having
outlined the ways of God i...
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EACH MEMBER IS TO PLAY HIS APPROPRIATE PART IN BUILDING UP CHRIST'S
BODY (12:3-8).
In Romans 11:16 God was seen as ministering to His people in
establishing and building up the olive tree which repres...
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‘Or ministry, (let us give ourselves) to our ministry, or he who
teaches, (let him give himself) to his teaching,'
All Christians are to keep themselves to what they do best in
accordance with the gif...
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1. _Practical Theme; Duties according to special Gifts._
The theme is fully stated in Romans 12:1-2; then follows an
exhortation to humility (Romans 12:3-5), which introduces the special
reference to...
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Romans 12:7. OR MINISTRY. The second gift. Some refer this to all the
permanent offices of a single church, taking the five following terms
as included under it. The change of construction in the next...
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LET US GIVE OURSELVES
. There is no verb in the Greek. We must supply δÂωμεν
εαυτους or some such phrase.OR HE THAT TEACHETH
(ειτε ο διδασκων). Here the construction changes and no
longer do we ha...
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Romans 12:1. _I beseech you therefore, brethren,_
Paul is a calm reasoner. He is a bold starer of truth, but here he
comes to pleading with us. I think that I see him lift the pen from
the paper and...
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CONTENTS: Christian life and service. Consecration to Christ.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Since we have been justified through grace, by faith in
Christ, it is our first duty to surren...
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Romans 12:1. _I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God._ Under the form of entreaty he now tenderly exhorts them, in
return for all the glory of redeeming love, to present their bodies...
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OR IF IT IS TO SERVE. Acts 6:2-3. IF IT IS TO TEACH. A church
leader/elder was supposed to be a teacher....
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_Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to
us._
GIFTS OF GRACE
1. Their common source.
2. Diverse character.
3. Liberal distribution.
4. Faithful exercise.
5. Happy inf...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:7 Christians should use the gifts God has
given them, whether in SERVING others, TEACHING God’s Word, or in
EXHORTATION and encouragement....
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:1 God’s Righteousness in Everyday Life.
The gift of God’s saving righteousness leads to a new life. Paul
explains some practical results of God’s saving mercy....
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 12:5.—We are knit together in Christ, as the head in the
organic life.
Romans 12:6.—Prophesying is both foretelling and forthtelling. Hence
preaching and expounding make the p...
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EXPOSITION
VER. 1–CH. 14:23
III. HORTATORY. It is St. Paul's way to supplement his doctrinal
treatises with detailed practical directions as to the conduct that
should of necessity ensue on belief in...
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I beseech you therefore, brethren (Romans 12:1),
Because God has grafted you in, because you are partaking of the
fullness of that good tree. I beseech thee, because of these things,
that ye present...
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1 Peter 5:1; 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Timothy 2:7; 1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timoth
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Ministering [δ ι α κ ο ν ι α]. Let us wait on is supplied.
Lit., or ministry in our ministry. The word appears in the New
Testament always in connection with the service of the Christian
Church, excep...
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GOD'S CALL TO CONSECRATION
Romans 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Permit me to enlarge upon the expression, "THEREFORE." Our chapter
opens thus: "I beseech you THEREFORE, brethren, by the mercies of
God....
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Ministering — As deacons. He that teacheth — Catechumens; for whom
particular instructers were appointed. He that exhorteth — Whose
peculiar business it was to urge Christians to duty, and to comfort...