Well, Wednesday night, Lord will be going through chapter 12, finishing chapter 12.

That's my desire is to finish chapter 12 of Romans.

Let's turn there right now, Romans chapter 12 as we continue verse by verse, chapter by chapter, book by book through the Bible.

We only got to verse 8 on Wednesday night, but this chapter is packed full of radical and

important stuff. One of those radical truths is found in a tiny singular verse here in Romans

chapter 12. And I'd like to really tune into this one because, man, it's such a key in our

Christian walk. Remember, Romans 1 through 11 really is talking

about salvation and where does salvation come from in the gospel message. But in chapter 12,

Paul is shifting gears not to how are you saved and what is the, when you look under the hood of

the gospel, what is that? He shifts from that to, now that you are saved, what do you do?

And he said, you know, present your bodies a living sacrifice, you know, acceptable, pleasing to the Lord.

This is what he's kind of doing. But one of those how-to statements is given, and this is so important,

it's Romans chapter 12 verse 21 Romans 12 21

it says be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good again be not overcome of evil

but overcome evil with good.

There are a few words in this little verse, but weighty is the meaning of the text here.

This is huge and important.

Paul is giving us words that will prepare us and equip us to face evil.

Question, is there evil around us?

Is there evil within us?

Is there evil against us?

Man, I think we're sensing that more and more, and that's why these words are so important. It reminds me of the words before battle, the Scot Scotch officer of the Highland

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