An Introduction to Romans 12-16

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The apostle Paul is a master at connecting doctrine and practical matters. He seamlessly weaves both together in his apostolic writings. While there is a change in emphasis in Romans 12 – from doctrine to practice – Paul never leaves doctrine behind. As a pastor he is concerned with helping this congregation in Rome and this always includes doctrinal appeals and arguments. In this transitional sermon on Romans 12:1–21 - his first in a series of thirty-five sermons on Romans 12 - titled “Introduction,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones challenges those in the church who view practical matters as anticlimactic. There is something wrong in the church’s thinking if it only focuses purely on doctrine. Dr. Lloyd-Jones counters this error by expounding five biblical and theological reasons why the church should focus on more than just doctrine. Moreover, he gives a general analysis of the rest of Romans and prepares his listeners with a particular outline of Romans 12. Listen to this unique and compelling sermon on Romans 12 by Dr. Lloyd-Jones as he calls the church to holistic ministry and a Christian faith that is lived out.

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0:00.0	Well, as I've said, we are resuming our studies in Paul's Epistle to the Romans.
0:06.5	And we come now to the beginning of the 12th chapter.
0:11.3	Incidentally, for the sake of the statisticians, we are considering this epistle for the 297th time this evening.
0:22.5	Now, the statistics, I think, have a little bit of importance at this point.
0:28.5	If you include tonight and say 297 and then divide that by 11, because we finished the first 11 chapters, you will see that
0:41.0	roughly speaking, it has been 27 addresses for each of the chapters. Of course, it doesn't
0:49.5	work out like that. Some have taken longer than others, but it did strike me as being interesting as I saw
0:55.4	this figure 297 that you divide that by 11 and you come to 27. Very well, that's not what's
1:03.8	important. The wonderful thing is, of course, that this is such a rich epistle that it has taken
1:10.0	us all this time to work our way through it.
1:13.8	So let me remind you again those who have attended here regularly and let me say for the
1:20.2	information of those who have not been here hitherto that we must always remember that an
1:26.1	epistle is in itself a synopsis.
1:31.0	People have sometimes playfully said to me that they're quite sure that the Apostle
1:37.4	would be astonished if he could but know what I find in his epistles.
1:43.1	Well now that, of course, is to display a very profound ignorance.
1:47.1	Take this epistle.
1:48.6	Why did the apostle write it?
1:50.1	Well, he tells us at the beginning.
1:52.4	He wrote it because he was not able to visit them at Rome.
1:56.0	He wanted to.
1:56.8	He intended to.
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