In the Context of Grace

This week, Greg teaches on Romans 15:14-33. In Romans 15:14, Paul moves into speaking about what it means to be a mature Christian. He lists three hallmarks: being full of goodness, filled with knowledge of the gospel, and able to instruct each other. In verse 17, Paul sets up his thesis: that in Christ Jesus, he has reason to be proud of his work for God. There are places that God wants to reveal himself to us that we will not find unless we are walking and working toward what he has for us. To be recipients is not how Christ has set our lives up to be. He has called us to be ministers and workers and to walk in obedience with him. Only we can fulfill the acts of God that he has put before us. God will allow us, through grace, to accomplish for his kingdom what we can't on our own.