Now we come this evening to a new subsection in the 12th chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans

which we read at the beginning.

And this is a section that begins at the ninth verse and goes on to the end of the chapter.

Let love be without dissimulation.

Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good, and so on.

Now again as we look at this subsection, it's very important that we should be aware and remind ourselves of

the connection. The whole chapter is a chapter in which the apostle begins to deal with the

practical application and outworking of the great doctrine that he's been dealing with and laying down in the

first 11 chapters. That's his method. Doctrine first, then application. And we've spent

time in seeing how important it is that we should always go on from the doctrine to the application.

Primarily, the Christian life is a way of life.

The Christians were first of all called the people of the way.

And it wasn't merely because they thought in a particular way.

It was also because they lived in a particular way and because they died in a particular way. It was also because they lived in a particular way,

and because they died in a particular way. And therefore, it is vitally important that we

should always proceed from doctrine to practice. Faith without works is dead. Well, now, that's what we have here, you see, in this chapter.

And we've seen that it can be divided up, and we've divided it like this. The first two verses

lay down the great overriding principles that govern the whole matter of the Christian's

conduct and behavior. There are a general introduction to the whole matter of the Christian's conduct and behavior.

There are a general introduction to the whole of the remainder of the entire epistle.

Then having done that in the first two verses, the apostle proceeds,

in the subsection that goes from verse 3 to verse 8,

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