Showing Loving Mercy to All - Romans 12:14-18 (Sermon)
WELCOME Good morning. It is great to be with you. We are digging deep into the book of Romans. Paul, the author, wrote 2000 years ago to the church in Rome. It was a mixed audience of Jewish and non-Jewish people. They accepted Jesus as their Savior, but they struggled to get along. As we peek at this letter, we will see some applications to our lives. Romans begins with eleven chapters of doctrine, explaining the good news that we all need God’s loving mercy, whether we come from religious families and high moral standards or not. The point Paul was making was for us to “live together in the power of the gospel, for it saves everyone who believes.” How does that work? How do we live together? How does a church thrive when some of us want good old hymns, others want the choruses of days gone by, and some want to hear a new song? How does that work in church when we have conservatives and liberals worshipping together? You might be sitting next to someone who voted diff...