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SERIES: The Church, a Body in Covenant"

TITLE: "Commitments we make to our fellow believers"

TEXT: Romans 12:9-21

INTRODUCTION:

*We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love;*

*To remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress: to cultivate Christian **sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech:*

*To be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.*

*We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible , unite with **some other church.

where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's Word.*

*   I.

*1.*WATCH

OVER ONE ANOTHER IN BROTHERLY LOVE** (VS.

9-10).*

A. *Demonstrate real brotherly love to one another** (v.

9).*

*1.           **Not just a show, make it real.*

a) (*1 John 4:20-21)**/ "If someone says, "1/**/ love God"/**/ and/**/ hates his/**/ brother,/**/ he/**/ is/**/ a /**/liar;/**/ for he/**/ who/**/ does not love/**/ his brother whom/**/ he has seen,/**/ how/**/ can he /**/love God/**/ whom/**/ he/**/ has/**/ not seen?/**/

And/**/ this/**/ commandment/**/ we have from /**/Him: that/**/ he who loves God/**/ must/**/ love/**/ his/**/ brother also."/*

*2.           **It **is to be a tender family kind of love.*

*B.

Show honor to one another** (v.

10).*

*1.           **Show honor in treatment of one another.*

*2.           **Show honor in speech toward one another.

**a)** (Proverbs 10:12)**/ "Hatred/**/ stirs up/**/ strife,/**/ But/**/ love covers all/**/ sins."/*

* *

* *

*     II.

PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER** (VS.

12c).*

*A.    **  Be given to intercessory prayer.*

*1.    **We are commanded to do so:*

*/a)  /**/(James 5:16)/**/ ''Confess your trespasses to one/**/ another, and/**/ pray/**/ for/**/ one /**/another, that you/**/ may be/**/ healed.

The/**/ effective,/**/ fervent prayer/**/ of a /**/righteous/**/ man avails/**/ much."/*

*/b)  /**/(Colossians 1:9-11)/**/ "For this/**/ reason/**/ we/**/ also, since/**/ the day/**/ we/**/ heard it,/**/ do not /**/cease to/**/ pray/**/ for you,/**/ and/**/ to/**/ ask that you may/**/ be/**/ filled with the knowledge /**/off  his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk /**/worthy/**/ of/**/ the Lord,/**/ fully/**/ pleasing Him, beingfruiO4 in/**/ every good/**/ work and increasing in the knowledge/**/ of/**/ God; strengthened with all might, /**/according to/**/ His glorious power, for all/**/ patience/**/ and/**/ longsuffering/**/ with /**/joy;/**/ giving thanks/**/ to/**/ the Father who has qualified us/**/ to be/**/ partakers/**/ of/**/ the /**/inheritance/**/ of/**/ the/**/ saints/**/ in/**/ the light."/*

*/2.

/**/Jesus gave /**us **the example:*

*/"Jesus spoke these words, lified up His eyes to heaven/*

*/I pray for them./**/

I do not pray for the world but  for those whom You have given Me for they are Yours.

/**/"And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them...." "Now 1 /**/am no longer in the world, but these are in the world and I come to You.

Holy /**/Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are ...I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.

They are not of the world, just as I am not /**/of the world....Sanctify them by Your truth.

Your word  is truth ...."As

You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world„ And for their sakes 1 sanctify Myself that they also may be sanctified by the truth ...I do not pray for these alone,  but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may he one as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. "And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: "I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me....Father, I desire that they also whom  You gave Me may be with Me where 1 am, that they may behold My glory which  You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

"O righteous Father!

The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me." (John 17:1-25 NKJV)/*

*/3.

/**This involves all types of needs: physical, emotional, *

*            spiritual.*

*      III.

**BE A HELP IN DISTRESS AND SICKNESS** (VS.

13,15).*

A.      *Become a partner in times of need* (v.13).

*1.    **Luke did **so for **Paul*

*2.           **The Philippians did so for Paul.*

*/3.

/**/The /**early church set an example.*

*/"/**/ Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; /**/neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all /**/things in common.

And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.

And great grace was upon them all.

Nor was there anyone among them  who lucked; far all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles' feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.

And „loses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet."

(Acts 4:32-37 NKJV)/*

B. *Have a tender heart toward other believers who are in need** (v.15).*

*1.                                            **The actions will come from from the heart.*

*/"A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil.

For out of the abundance of the /**/heart his mouth speaks."

(Luke 6:45 NKJV)/*

*/"Brood of vipers!

How can you, being evil, speak good things?

For out tithe /**/abundance of the heart the mouth speaks."

(Matthew 12:34)/*

*/ /*

* IV.

**BE A CHRISTIAN WITH MY TONGUE (VS.

14).*

*A.             **Use** the tongue** to** build up, not tear down.*

*/"/**/ For we all stumble in many things.

If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a /**/petted man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body Look also at ships: although they are so /**/large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned/**/ by/**/ a very small rudder wherever the pilot /**/desires.

Even/**/ so/**/ the tongue is a little member and boasts great things./**/

See/**/ how great a forest /**/a little fire kindles!

And the tongue is a fire, a world ofiniquity.

The tongue is so set among /**/our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it/**/ is/**/ set on fire by hell."

/**(James 3:2-6 NKJV)*

*/"/**/ Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

/**(1** Timothy 5:19 NKJV)*

*B.                 ** Use the tongue to encourage.

not discourage.*

*/ "/**/ Therefore let us pursue the things which/**/ make/**/ for peace/**/ and/**/ the things by /**/which/**/ one/**/ may/**/ edt6,/**/ another."/**

(Romans 14:19 NKJV)*

*    V.

** BE SLOW TO TAKE OFFENSE AND QUICK TO RECONCILE*

*/(VS.

17-21)./*

*A.     **Be slow to he offended and angered.*

*1.  **.

**Being quick to be offended and angered leads to sin.*

*"**/ So then,/**/ my/**/ beloved brethren, let even' man be swift to hear,/**/ slow/**/ to speak, slow to wrath: for the/**/ wrath/**/ of/**/ man/**/ does/**/ not produce/**/ the/**/ righteousness/**/ of/**/ God.- /**(James 1:19-20 NKJV)*

*B.     **Reconciliation,** not** revenge is God's way** (v.

17, 19-21).*

*/"/**/ Repay/**/ no one/**/ evil for evil.

Have regard for good/**/ things/**/ in the sight/**/ of/**/ all/**/ men.

If it /**/is possible, as/**/ much/**/ as/**/ depends on you, live/**/ peaceably with/**/ all men.

Beloved,/**/ do/**/ not avenge /**/yourselves,/**/ but/**/ rather/**/ give/**/ place/**/ to/**/ wrath; for/**/ it/**/ is written, "Vengeance is Mine. 1 will repay," /**/says the Lord.

Therefore/**/ "If your/**/ enemy is/**/ hungry,/**/ feed/**/ him;/**/ If he is/**/ thirsty,/**/ give/**/ him/**/ a drink; /**/For/**/ in/**/ so/**/ doing you will heap/**/ coals/**/ of fire on/**/ his/**/ head" Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with/**/ good"/**/ (Romans 12:17-21 NKJV)/*

*VI.

BE AN ACTIVE, OBEDIENT CHRISTIAN** (VS.

11-12B).*

*A.

Exemplify red-hot, passionate service** for** Christ** (v.11a).*

*1.  **Not like lukewarm Laodicean Christians.*

*/"And to/**/ the/**/ angel of/**/ the/**/ church of the Laodiceans write, 'These things says the /**/Amen,/**/ the/**/ Faithfid and/**/ True/**/ Witness, the Beginning of/**/ the/**/ creation of/**/ God:/**/ "I know your /**/works, that/**/ you are neither cold nor hot.