For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God in order that he might confirm the promises given to the ancestors and that the gentiles might glorify God for their mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will confess you among the gentiles and sing praises to your name”;
On Monday, we considered the hope we have in God, no matter what difficulty we face.
Yesterday we looked at the multitude of ways God offers presence to us in creation.
Both of these attributes of God beckon us to praise and worship, as God reveals God-self to us, and this revelation culminates in Christ, the Messiah, whom Paul writes about this morning.
Christians of good faith may disagree on many things, but what unites us is Jesus Christ.
Paul was writing to a Roman church that was divided between Jewish and Gentile Christians.
He wanted them to practice mutual acceptance and called them to it, not by declaring one right and one wrong, but by reminding them of their unity. Unity in the promises of God fulfilled in Jesus and the opportunity to worship and praise God as followers of the Jesus-way.
It's easy to find differences these days, harder to find congruent or parallel possibilities. It's easier to call out than to call in. How might you buck that trend today? How might you call another into conversation?
-- Taeler Morgan
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