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Romans chapter 15 verses 23 and 24

but now since I no longer have any room for work in these regions,

and since I have longed for many years to come to you,

I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain

and to be helped on my journey there by you once I have enjoyed your company for a while.

Now you might think why pick these verses out of all the good stuff in Romans 15 and 16. Like why these

verses about Paul saying I don't want to have any room for work in these regions so

I'm hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain. Well, here's why, because these verses,

when you think about what Paul just said,

are astounding and eye-opening.

So they're astounding in this sense.

Paul just said he's been from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyuricum

proclaiming the gospel.

He's basically summarizing all the places where he shared the gospel and planted churches.

And then he says there's no more room for me to work in these

regions. Like are you kidding Paul? There's no more room for work? Did that mean everybody was a follower of Christ in those regions?

Does that mean that there weren't lost people in those regions?

That mean that there weren't all kinds of needs to be met,

like physical needs to be met in those regions?

Of course there were all those things. There were still many people who didn't know

Christ. There were still all kinds of physical needs that needed to be met. So why would Paul say there's no more work for me to do in those regions?

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