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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE VICTORY (4 OF 4)
by Chuck Booher
The Good, The Bad and The Victory (4 of 4)
Series: How to Make Great Decisions
Chuck Booher
Romans 16
John Douglas at a seminar that turned into a heated debate at Cal Poly Pomona…
So, I accept the good, but I see so much bad in what is called Christianity…the fighting, the divisiveness…the anger, the hurt…
Seeing how some who call themselves Christians act and talk makes me want nothing to do with any of this…
Paul in this last Chapter of Romans deals with both issues…and the truth may surprise you…
Pray
The Big Idea: Christianity has amazing good and yet there is the really bad but in the end there is the victory that is worth choosing.
So I will make Great Decisions in my life when I…
1. Recognize the Good
We see the good in what Paul tells us about Phoebe
Romans 16:1-2 (NASB)
1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;
Servant: diakonos- an attendant, i.e. (genitive) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially a Christian teacher and pastor (technically a deacon or deaconess) :- deacon, minister, servant.
Strong's Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary.
Woman were and are valued by God
Every place Christianity has influenced, women's rights and value has risen.
The Early Church stood for this in a hostile climate.
Galatians 3:26-29 (NASB)
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise.
Note how Paul commands they treat her…
2 that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, and of myself as ...
Series: How to Make Great Decisions
Chuck Booher
Romans 16
John Douglas at a seminar that turned into a heated debate at Cal Poly Pomona…
So, I accept the good, but I see so much bad in what is called Christianity…the fighting, the divisiveness…the anger, the hurt…
Seeing how some who call themselves Christians act and talk makes me want nothing to do with any of this…
Paul in this last Chapter of Romans deals with both issues…and the truth may surprise you…
Pray
The Big Idea: Christianity has amazing good and yet there is the really bad but in the end there is the victory that is worth choosing.
So I will make Great Decisions in my life when I…
1. Recognize the Good
We see the good in what Paul tells us about Phoebe
Romans 16:1-2 (NASB)
1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;
Servant: diakonos- an attendant, i.e. (genitive) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially a Christian teacher and pastor (technically a deacon or deaconess) :- deacon, minister, servant.
Strong's Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary.
Woman were and are valued by God
Every place Christianity has influenced, women's rights and value has risen.
The Early Church stood for this in a hostile climate.
Galatians 3:26-29 (NASB)
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise.
Note how Paul commands they treat her…
2 that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, and of myself as ...
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