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Wednesday, August 16, 2023   INTRODUCING ROMANS, CHAPTER 12 Romans 11 ended with a hymn of worship acknowledging God for his unquestionable vast wisdom and knowledge. Romans 12 begins by telling us that our responsibility to God is to live a life of sacrifice and worship. We are responsible to spend our time serving the Lord and other believers, refusing revenge while overcoming evil with good.  1) A Living Sacrifice & Humble Service in the Body of Christ (Verses 1-8) , MAMA Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.  2  Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will. 3  For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought but rather think of yourself with s

  Thursday, August 10, 2023   INTRODUCING ROMANS, CHAPTER 11 In this chapter, Paul completes his explanation of God’s plan for the Israelites. Even though they have rejected God as a nation, there is a remnant and will always be a remnant of Jewish Christians who exist because of God’s grace. Many Jewish natives have been left to their hardened hearts. This is all a part of God’s plan as well. When enough Gentile believers have joined the fold, God will restore his covenant with Israel, and many of them will at this time also come to faith in Christ. 1) the Remnant of Israel (Verses 1-10), CHARLES  1 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.   2  God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel:   3  “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they a