Genuine Love for Enemies

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Written By Olivia Zurawski

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Romans 12:14, 17-21 | Paul comes to what we call a "rapid fire" section of his letter.  A series of commands and instructions that come quickly and pointedly in Romans 12:9-21.  Though it is rapid fire, they aren't entirely disconnected.  Verse 9 serves as a proper header for these verses around the theme of genuine love. Last week we looked at what genuine love for one another in the body of Christ looks like. This week we tackle what genuine love for our enemies looks like.

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Genuine Love for Enemies
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Genuine Love for Enemies
Unashamed, Brock Graham

Paul comes to what we call a "rapid fire" section of his letter.  A series of commands and instructions that come quickly and pointedly in Romans 12:9-21.  Though it is rapid fire, they aren't entirely disconnected.  Verse 9 serves as a proper header for these verses around the theme of genuine love. Last week we looked at what genuine love for one another in the body of Christ looks like. This week we tackle what genuine love for our enemies looks like.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
Genuine Love for One Another
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Genuine Love for One Another
Unashamed, Brock Graham

Paul comes to what we call a "rapid fire" section of his letter. A series of commands and instructions that come quickly and pointedly in Romans 12:9-21. Though it is rapid fire, they aren't entirely disconnected. Verse 9 serves as a proper header for these verses around the theme of genuine love. This week we look at what genuine love for one another in the body of Christ looks like. Next week we will tackle what genuine love for our enemies looks like.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
Humble &amp; Gifted
Unashamed, Mitch Green
Humble & Gifted
Unashamed, Mitch Green

Lord, keep me low. Lord, build your church. Lord, use me.

Unashamed, Mitch Green
A Living, Holy, Acceptable Sacrifice (Part 2)
Unashamed, Brock Graham
A Living, Holy, Acceptable Sacrifice (Part 2)
Unashamed, Brock Graham

As Paul moves to his instructions for what a life shaped by the gospel looks like, he begins with an appeal.  His appeal is that his readers would live as sacrifices to God.  What kind of sacrifices are we to be?  How does this define for us what true worship is?  What would prevent us from becoming these sacrifices?  What is the catalyst that leads us to this kind of gospel-shaped sacrifice?  All this is answered in two really important verses of this book.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
A Living, Holy, Acceptable Sacrifice
Unashamed, Brock Graham
A Living, Holy, Acceptable Sacrifice
Unashamed, Brock Graham

As Paul moves to his instructions for what a life shaped by the gospel looks like, he begins with an appeal.  His appeal is that his readers would live as sacrifices to God.  What kind of sacrifices are we to be?  How does this define for us what true worship is?  What would prevent us from becoming these sacrifices?  What is the catalyst that leads us to this kind of gospel-shaped sacrifice?  All this is answered in two really important verses of this book.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
All Israel Will Be Saved
Unashamed, Mark Wiley
All Israel Will Be Saved
Unashamed, Mark Wiley

In Romans 11:25-36, Paul reveals the fuller picture of God’s plan of salvation by explaining the “mystery” that in the end, “all Israel will be saved.” He goes on to focus on the centrality of God’s mercy in the salvation of all the elect, both Jew and Gentile. Finally, in concluding this section of his letter to the Romans, Paul writes a doxology in which we are reminded that this entire plan of salvation is designed specifically for God’s glory. Our salvation isn’t the ultimate goal; God’s glory is. 

Unashamed, Mark Wiley
A Grafting God
Unashamed, Brock Graham
A Grafting God
Unashamed, Brock Graham

God's ways are not our ways. We see this throughout this section of Romans.  God is doing a great work for maximum redemption of both Jew and Gentile, and he is carrying that out in a way he knows is best. Paul says a remnant of Israel has been chosen by grace, the rest have been hardened, but we see in this week's passage how God is using even that hardening for greater salvation for Jew and Gentile alike.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
A Remnant of Grace
Unashamed, Brock Graham
A Remnant of Grace
Unashamed, Brock Graham

Romans 10 ends a bit heavy with these words Paul quotes describing Israel's heart, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people." This leads him to begin chapter 11 with a really important question: Has God rejected his people? The answer to that is an emphatic no. God is redeeming a remnant of grace from within Israel while he is hardening the rest. But even God's hardening has redemptive purposes of which we will uncover as we make our way through Romans 11. This Sunday we sit in the glorious realities of grace and, Lord willing, will leave with deeper gratitude for the grace of God.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
No Excuses
Unashamed, Jeremy Hendon
No Excuses
Unashamed, Jeremy Hendon

Romans 10:14-21 | Romans 10:14-21 helps us learn our next step in rightly responding to the good news. This passage is pivotal in shaping our understanding of what must take place in order for lost sinners to be saved by God. It is also a crucial text for supplying believers with passion and urgency to share the gospel. Through this passage, we see how God graciously breaks down the excuses we tend to make to neglect our next steps of obedience. He does this to lead us into the delight of obedience so that He may be glorified. God, be magnified through our obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Unashamed, Jeremy Hendon
God's Righteousness or Self-Righteousness?
Unashamed, Brock Graham
God's Righteousness or Self-Righteousness?
Unashamed, Brock Graham

The anthem over all of Romans is that the gospel is the power of God to save all who believe, both Jew and Gentile. As we come to Romans 9, we see Paul's burden for the Jewish people who are still lost and have not believed the gospel. He raises an important question: Has God's word somehow failed? Is God's promise to save not powerful enough to save so many Jews still lost? Paul's answer to this is massive as it teaches us in some of the clearest language in all the Bible of the power and beauty of God's providence to save those he is calling to himself.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
God's Promise Keeping Providence (Part 2)
Unashamed, Brock Graham
God's Promise Keeping Providence (Part 2)
Unashamed, Brock Graham

The anthem over all of Romans is that the gospel is the power of God to save all who believe, both Jew and Gentile. As we come to Romans 9, we see Paul's burden for the Jewish people who are still lost and have not believed the gospel. He raises an important question: Has God's word somehow failed? Is God's promise to save not powerful enough to save so many Jews still lost? Paul's answer to this is massive as it teaches us in some of the clearest language in all the Bible of the power and beauty of God's providence to save those he is calling to himself.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
God's Promise Keeping Providence
Unashamed, Brock Graham
God's Promise Keeping Providence
Unashamed, Brock Graham

The anthem over all of Romans is that the gospel is the power of God to save all who believe, both Jew and Gentile. As we come to Romans 9, we see Paul's burden for the Jewish people who are still lost and have not believed the gospel. He raises an important question: Has God's word somehow failed? Is God's promise to save not powerful enough to save so many Jews still lost? Paul's answer to this is massive as it teaches us in some of the clearest language in all the Bible of the power and beauty of God's providence to save those he is calling to himself.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
More Than Conquerors
Unashamed, Cory Freeman
More Than Conquerors
Unashamed, Cory Freeman

Romans 8:31-39 | In Christ, we are more than conquerors. But how? As we find in Romans 8:31-39, we are more than conquerors because of God, and four specific things he has done for us.

Unashamed, Cory Freeman
God's Help in Our Present Groaning
Unashamed, Brock Graham
God's Help in Our Present Groaning
Unashamed, Brock Graham

There is no denying that this world is filled with heartaches that give us a heavenly homesickness. Last week we saw that in the groaning of our heartaches, the Lord lifts our eyes to the splendor of future glory. This week we see that not only does the Lord lift our eyes to future glory in our present groanings, but he is also so kind and good to give us very tangible help in our present sufferings. What are these helps and assurances that the Lord gives his people in the present groaning of life? Let's look at these together in Romans 8:26-30.

Unashamed, Brock Graham
Suffering and Future Glory
Unashamed, Jeremy Hendon
Suffering and Future Glory
Unashamed, Jeremy Hendon

How do believers press on in the midst of suffering? Romans 8:18-25 provides us with great insight on this question. This text fills us as hope as we long together for God to make all things right in glory. As believers, we can allow our suffering to fuel our hope in the future glory that is to be revealed. God, we want to behold more of your glory. Show us your glory, Lord.

Unashamed, Jeremy Hendon
The Holy Spirit, Life, and Adoption
Unashamed, Brock Graham
The Holy Spirit, Life, and Adoption
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Unashamed, Brock Graham
A Mind Set On The Spirit
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A Mind Set On The Spirit
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Unashamed, Brock Graham
No Condemnation In Christ
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No Condemnation In Christ
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Unashamed, Brock Graham
The War Within
Unashamed, Mark Wiley
The War Within
Unashamed, Mark Wiley
Unashamed, Mark Wiley
Good Law, Bad Sin, Great Savior
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Good Law, Bad Sin, Great Savior
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Unashamed, Brock Graham
Dead to Law &amp; Wedded to Christ
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Dead to Law & Wedded to Christ
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Slaves To Righteousness
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Slaves To Righteousness
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Dead To Sin, Alive to God
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Dead To Sin, Alive to God
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Unashamed, Brock Graham
A New Life Through Death
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A New Life Through Death
Unashamed, DJ Blatherwick
Unashamed, DJ Blatherwick
Death in Adam, Life in Christ
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Death in Adam, Life in Christ
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Unashamed, Brock Graham
A Love That Reconciles
Unashamed, Jeremy Hendon
A Love That Reconciles
Unashamed, Jeremy Hendon
Unashamed, Jeremy Hendon
Three Blessings For Those Justified By Faith | Part 2
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Three Blessings For Those Justified By Faith | Part 2
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Three Blessings For Those Justified By Faith
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Three Blessings For Those Justified By Faith
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Inheritance by Faith, Not Law-Keeping
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Inheritance by Faith, Not Law-Keeping
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Unashamed, Brock Graham
Justification by Faith (Part 2)
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Justification by Faith (Part 2)
Unashamed, Brock Graham
Unashamed, Brock Graham
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