Good morning Element Church! Hope you guys have had a great week so far!
I got the opportunity to preach this past week in Forest City and I
loved the thought that came out of the beginning of Romans 12 that I got
to share! The big phrase that really jumped
out to me was in verse one it says, "in view of God's mercy!" Paul then
goes on to say that we should give ourselves up, be transformed, and be
able to know God's will! It is amazing to me that Paul uses the word
mercy here; chapter 12 is a transition in the
book of Romans from the theological to the practical side of the
Christian faith! The first 11 chapters are all about what we believe in
as Christians and lays the foundation for our entire belief system! In
Chapter 12 he could have used anything to make this
transition, anything like the resurrection, the wrath of God, the sin
of ourselves, the cross, but instead he chooses mercy! This impacted me
this week, the fact that Jesus' mercy was for me as Romans 5 says, when I
was at my worse, when I could bring nothing
to the table, when I was an enemy of Jesus, that is when he died for
me, that is when he was spit on, that is when he was a servant! WOW! "In
view of this mercy" let's offer ourselves as empty vessels to do his
work Element Church, be people that are compassionate
and slow to anger! On a side note, often a good gauge of spiritual
temperature is how quickly someone gets irritated and how easily
discouraged they are! Let's be a church that has a long fuse and an
audacity to stick things out! I love you all and I am praying
for you guys! Walk in the Spirit today and choose mercy! Can't wait for
Sunday!
--Jeff Marburger
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