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Romans 12:9-16
Stephen Caswell © 2004
Giving Ourselves To God
In a church service one Sunday, the offering plate came to a little girl at the end of a row.
She took the plate, put it down on the floor, and stood in it.
When the usher asked her what she was doing, she responded, /In Sunday school I learned that I was supposed to give myself to God./ *Romans 12:1-2* confirms that she had the right idea.
Last Sunday we saw that spiritual service involves presenting our bodies to God as */Living Sacrifices./*
We then saw that spiritual service required */100% Dedication/*, and a */Demonstration of Action./*
God has given a lot of */Diversity/* in the ministries of His servants.
Yet this great amount of diversity is needed because there are many ministries.
In today’s passage Paul answers the question, */How Do Living Sacrifices Live? /*Paul shares 3 things about the lives of Living Sacrifices; */Loving, Serving, and Blessing./*
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Loving One Another
*Romans 12:9**:*/ Let *love* be without hypocrisy.
Abhor what is evil.
Cling to what is good.
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It shouldn’t surprise us that Paul starts with love; Love is the supreme virtue of all.
When people make sacrifices, love motivates them.
*Romans 13:8-10:* says to love another is to fulfill the law.
It’s so important that Paul uses 3 different words for love in verses 9 & 10.
/a.
God’s Love/
*/Firstly,/* Paul says to */love without hypocrisy/*.
The word */love/* is *ἀγάπη* and refers to God’s unconditional love.
The sacrificial love that God showed us when He sent Christ to die for us.
This love is concerned about the needs of the one loved regardless of their response.
*/Can we love people the way that God does?/*
With the Holy Spirit’s help we can.
*Romans 5:5: */Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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*/Because God’s love is sincere, He doesn’t want us to pretend to love one another./*
He wants us to really mean it.
Our love must be without hypocrisy.
*1 John 3:16: */We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us.
And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters./
*/Firstly,/* love requires */sacrifice./*
We must also hate every kind of evil because God’s love is pure.
*/Love and truth go together.
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Recent Visit
I recently visited an older lady who had just had some painting done in her home.
She needed a hand to move some furniture back.
The storm had washed away some of her path and she was concerned about it.
So I offered to fill it in with gravel.
My simple deeds touched her as much as the Scriptures I shared and the prayers I said.
Maybe more, she is not a Christian.
*1 John 3:17-18: */But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth./
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Parental Love/
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*Romans 12:10**: */Be *kindly affectionate* to one another with *brotherly love*, in honor giving preference to one another;/
*/Secondly, /*Paul says to */be kindly affectionate, /**φιλόστοργος**, */to one another/.*/
/*This refers to the tender, soft, love that parents have for their children.
Parental love is expressed through affection and devotion.
We hug and kiss our children and tell them we love them.
This is the kind of patient love mother’s show for their children when they are sick.
Parents work hard to care for their children.
Yet it’s a service of love.
God wants us to love each other in the same way, warts and all.
*John 13:34-35: */A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another./
Jesus said this after washing the disciple’s feet.
*/Secondly,/* love requires */service./*
Parental Love
/One day a single friend asked a father of four, why do you love your kids?/
The father thought for a minute, but the only answer he could come up with was, because they’re mine.
The children had no need to do anything to prove themselves to this father.
He took them just as they were, warts and all.
*/We should love one another because we’re family./*
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Brotherly Love/
*Romans 12:10**: */Be *kindly affectionate* to one another with *brotherly love*, in honor giving preference to one another;/
The */third/* word that Paul uses is *φιλαδελφία**.
*It combines to Greek words, love and brother.
It refers to /fraternal affection or brotherly kindness.
/This is the love that should be shown between brothers and sisters in Christ.
Family ties should be strong.
They stick together when trials come.
We should be concerned for our brethren.
The Church at Philadelphia was commended for their faithful works and witness.
It was motivated by love.
Their love for Christ and one another spurred them onto greater service.
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Showing God's Love
A Salvation Army worker found a derelict woman alone on the street and invited her to come into the chapel for help, but the woman refused to move.
The worker assured her: We love you and want to help you.
God loves you.
Jesus died for you.
But the woman did not budge.
As if on divine impulse, the Army lassie leaned over and kissed the woman on the cheek, taking her into her arms.
The woman began to sob, and like a child was led into the chapel, where she ultimately trusted Christ.
You /told/ me that God loved me, she said later, but it wasn’t till you /showed/ me that God loved me that I wanted to be saved.
*1 Thessalonians 4:9: */But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to *love one another*.
/*14 Times in the N.T.*
Application
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*/How can we know when we love our brethren?/*
/When we put them first./
Paul says that we should honor others; let them have first place.
/Human nature says look after number one the most important person in the world./
*/There are/*/ *31 one another commandments listed on the back of the bulletin.*/
*Philippians 2:3-4: */Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others./
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*/What is Love?/*
It’s /silence/ when your words would hurt.
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