Romans 16:1-16 It is evident the Paul loved people. He didn't want to leave anyone out and made it a point to be gender balanced, not biased. One thing I appreciate about our church in New Springfied is its balance of men and women filling roles in the church. We all are necessary, we all are a functioning part of the whole, the body of Christ.
Romans 16:16-20 We're friendly at our church, some would say a little excessive, but I've never seen anyone greeted with a "holy kiss". You've heard the anacranym used for kiss - keep it simple stupid. Well Paul must of as well. Verse 19, "I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. (the CLNT uses "artless for evil") To art means to meddle, in other words, don't be meddling in evil things. Remember Scoobie Doo and the gang, always meddling enough to catch the bad guy. When it comes to Satan, don't meddle, let the God of peace crush him under your feet (verse 20). Sounds like an oxymoran, the "God of peace" will "crush Satan". Oh the mysterious nature of God and His perfect character. I love that about Him. We've seen it before, God's mercy ends where evil begins, especially when the evil is corrupting the body of Christ, His bride (verse 17).
Romans 16:25 My plan now that we've finished Romans is to move on to Paul's first writing - Galations. Here we will talk more about this mystery, the secret kept hidden since the world began, given privately to Paul.
Grace, MB
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