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🗓️ 7 December 2020
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.2 | We first heard about the church in Rome back in Acts 18. |
0:16.3 | That's when we met Aquila and Priscilla, the married couple who were Paul's tent-making |
0:20.0 | missionary companions. |
0:21.7 | The whole reason Paul met them in Corinth is because they were kicked out of Italy for |
0:24.6 | being Jewish. |
0:25.6 | Then, about five years after the governor kicked them out, they were allowed to return. |
0:29.6 | But when everyone comes back to Rome, the church looks dramatically different than it |
0:33.2 | did half a decade earlier. |
0:34.9 | There are so many new Gentiles in the ranks, and the Jewish culture has really been diluted. |
0:39.5 | It's causing a lot of division and frustration. |
0:42.1 | We've seen this theme from country to country and church to church. |
0:45.6 | So Paul picks up his pen again to address this persistent problem with a new group of people, |
0:50.3 | and as always, the gospel is his solution. |
0:52.9 | He writes this letter to help the church zoom out on what the gospel is and what the gospel |
0:57.3 | means and what the gospel does. |
0:59.6 | He addresses his letter to all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints. |
1:04.3 | Every Christ follower from every culture and ethnicity. |
1:07.6 | Through Christ, they have all received grace and apostleship, which lead to the obedience |
1:12.1 | of faith. |
1:13.4 | Our obedience is a gift of grace from Him to us. |
1:16.8 | It's something He gives us that we offer back to Him. |
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