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Romans 12:9-21 Part 2

INTRODUCTION:

 

1.  Turn with me in you Bibles to Romans 12:9-21 Part 2.

 

2.  Last week we took a look at Romans 12:9.

 

3.  We saw, The Outline of Relationships in the Faith. V9

 

  A.  I believe that until we get some of what we’re going to talk about today we

        Will not serve in the gifts properly.

 

    1.  The first on the list is we need to Love without hypocrisy:

 

      a).  The word “hypocrisy” or in the KJV “dissimulation”. (In the GK is

            to decide or speak under a false part, or to dissemble, and if you go to

            the dictionary it is defined as to disguise or conceal under a false

            appearance, and to conceal one’s true motives, thoughts by some pre-

            tense, to speak or act hypocritically)

 

     b).  Look at 1 John 3:10-17. (This starts off blunt but very clear, This, is

           how Yahweh’s children- and the Devil’s children are made evident. To

           make evident, and the word “evident” KJV is to make manifest and the

           GK is to make known or manifest, so the way that John is talking about

           Here is going to make it clear, known, or manifest the difference

           Between Yahweh’s children and the Devil children)

 

      c).  John identifies. (Those that do not do what is right is not of Yahweh,

            and especially those that do not love their brother, John goes on to say

            that this was the message from the beginning, that we should love one

            another, and we should not be like Cain who murdered his brother,

            who was from the evil one and murdered his brother)

 

      d).  The kicker here is. (Cain murdered his brother? Because Cain’s works

             were evil and his brothers works were righteous, and it started

             because Cain’s relationship with Yahweh was not there)

 

        1).  Turn to Genesis 4:3-8. (It was time for the first fruit offering and it

               Says that Cain brought “some of the lands produce” and Abel

               Brought the best of the first born of his flock)

 

        2).  If you will notice. (There is a distinction made between Cain’s offering

              And Abel’s offering, Cain’s was some of the fruit and some

              Commentators have said the that Cain’s offering came from what was

              Left over, in comparison to Abel’s which was the best)

 

        3).  If you will notice. (That Abel’s offering was accepted, but Cain’s

              Offering was not, the verse following has to do with a conversation

              That is between Yahweh and Cain, and Yahweh even warns Cain that

              If he does what is right that his offering will be accepted too. So, this

              Is not really about a problem between Cain and Abel, but instead is

              A Problem between Cain and Yahweh)

 

       4).  Now, look at 1 John 1:5-10. (In this passage it tells us the same thing

            That Yahweh is light and there is no darkness in Him, and if we say we

            Have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness then we are liars and

            We walk in darkness. But if we walk in the light as He is the light we

            Have fellowship with each other)

 

      5).  Now back to 1 John 3:14-18. (In verse 14 it is that we know we have

            Passed from death to life because we love our brother and that the one

            Who does not love remains in death, and everyone who hates his

            Brother is a murderer no murderer has eternal life in him)

 

      6).  But look at 1 John 3:16-18. (This is how we have come to know love,

            That He laid His life down for us, this is how we are to measure love,

            This is what love looks like, a laying down of one’s life for his brother,

            It is by this measure that we should use in our own life to see if we are

            Loving one another)

 

      7).  If we see someone. (That is need to something but close our eyes to it,

            That is not love, and it says Yahweh’s love does not reside in him, there

            It is, it is not about us trying to muster up our love for each other, it is

            About us having Yahweh’s love residing in us)

 

      8).  Look at Galatians 5:22-23. (Notice, this is the fruit of the Spirit, this is

            Something that we produce in ourselves natural this is what is

            Produced in us when the Holy Spirt resides in us, and it originates

            From Yahweh and being in a relationship with Him through coming

            Into a relation with putting Faith in the finished work of Yahshua

            Messiah and having His Spirit within us)

 

      9).  This is why. (Says in Deuteronomy 6:5, we are to love Yahweh with all

             Of our heart, soul and might, because it is through that relationship

             With Him are we able to have a relationship with one another, and

             This is the way to live out this life in Him we are called to live, this is

             That call to be a living sacrifice that Paul is talking about in Romans

             12:1-2, and being transformed)

        10).  Look at Matthew 5:43-45. (Now there is some new things that

                Yahshua brings up for us in the New Testament, and we are going to

                Discuss one of them here, Yahshua starts off by quoting Leviticus

                19:18, and said you have heard it said, “Do not take vengeance or

                Bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your

                Neighbor as yourself, I am Yahweh.”)

 

        11).  But when you look. (At the teaching Yahshua is giving in Matthew

                5:44-48, Yahshua tells us that we need to not only love those within

                Our own community but we are to love those who hate us and pray

                For those who persecute us, and says pretty much anybody can love

                Those who love us, and uses the measurement of Yahweh and how

                He loves, back to John 3:16, For Yahweh so loved the world that He

                Gave His only begotten Son, so who so ever believe on Him should

                Have life)

 

        12).  The bottom line is. (Matthew 5:48, Be perfect as your Father in

                 Father in heaven is perfect, perfect in the GK is to be complete but

                 It also speaks to being a mature man)

 

        13).  Turn with me to 1 Corinthians 3:1-4. (This idea of being a mature man

                 Is discussed here in this passage, Paul tells those at the Corinthian

                 Congregation that they were in a time of their lives when they

                 Should be mature, but explains to them that they aren’t because

                 They are fleshly and behaving in a fleshly way, it is because there is

                 Envy and strife among them)

 

        14).  Once again. (The phrase to love without hypocrisy is: In the GK is

                to decide or speak under a false part, or to dissemble, and if you go

                to the dictionary it is defined as to disguise or conceal under a false

                appearance, and to conceal one’s true motives, thoughts by some

                pre-tense, to speak or act hypocritically)

 

        15).  So, there is a question. (And it is a question that we will not be able to

                We will not be able to answer unless we are brutally honest with

                Ourselves and put ourselves under the judgement and inspection of

                The Holy Spirit and say show me my true motives, are we I doing

                things Based on fear, based on control, or maybe selfishness, what

                are the motives of our heart?)

 

        16).  If we do this. (And truly do this we will not have allot of time to

                Inspect other people’s lives, we will be busy getting things

                Straightened out in our own lives with Yahweh, by the power of the

                Holy Spirit)

 

4.  This week I would like to finish Romans 12:9-21, and take a look at teachings

      That Paul is giving to us about what it means to walk in faith.

 

5.  Read Romans 12:9-21, Pray!

 

I.  How to live as a believer. V9-21

 

  A.  Some of this seems simple but we need to take a deeper look.

 

    1.  We are to Detest evil; and cling to what is good. (This word “detest” means

         Means to detest utterly, but is made up of two GK words, the first is to

         Put away, and the second is to hate, and it is a verb which means it is an

         Action word, we have to utterly hate what is evil)

 

    a).  The word “evil”. (Which is that which is hurtful, rotten and worthless,

           grievous, sin, diseased, malice, etc. So, these are the things that we are

           to utterly hate, and Paul is talking to each individual, so each individual

           is to remove these things from their own life)

 

      b).  And look we are to “cling”. (To what is good, the word cling means to

            stick like glue, and to keep company with that which is good, we find

            this same idea in Genesis 2:22-25 Yahweh’s plan for marriage)

 

      c).  Here is the idea. (In my mind I have to first know what is good and

            what is bad, look at Jeremiah 17:5-11, in this passage Yahweh tells us

            that the human heart is more deceitful than anything else, and so I am

            in myself not the source od what is good, if I read this correctly, and I

            think I am, the source for good from Yahweh and only Him)

 

      d).  Look at Psalm 119:9-16. (According to this passage David find truth

            he clings to truth which come from Yahweh’s word, this word to hide

            in the Hebrew is not to just hide, but also carries with it the under-

            standing of hoard, and to protect)

 

      e).  How do we protect something? (In some case we have security surround

            so, whatever we are trying to protect can not be taken from us, they

            cannot steal what they cannot get to, it is the idea of hedging around it

            another idea is that it is in our hearts where evil can’t get to it and

            because it’s there evil can’t get to us, it is keeping company with Him)

      f).  Let’s look at Psalm 119:1. (Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who

            walk in the law of Yahweh. This word to walk, is a Hebrew word that

            means to live in the way of Yahweh’s Laws, this is to live their lives

            carefully examining their ways according to the Law and His Spirit)

 

      g).  Look at Psalm 119:2. (My translation says those that keep His decrees,

             but the KJV uses the word testimonies, this is interesting turn to

             Exodus 31:18 in this verse the two tablets of stone that Yahweh wrote

             On are also known as Yahweh’s testimony, so, David is referring to

             Two tablets of stone, and He says they also seek Yahweh with all of

             Heart)

 

      h).  We are able to see. (This is not passive but is very proactive way to

             live one’s life as a believer, for us to detest evil and cling to good is

             not just giving casual thought to something, but in stead is a full

             time thing where we are always on the alert and the to seek Him is

             more than a casual look but instead means to frequent and is tied to

             worship or to frequent His presence through continue worship)

 

      i).  When we look at this carefully. (The idea that is being taught here is

            really about Genesis 2:22-25 speaking to the marriage we are to leave

            this world, in our hearts, and cleave or cling onto Him, and seek to be

            in His presence)

 

    2.  Back to Romans 12:10. (This verse is saying that we need to have

         Brotherly love for one another, but in the GK it tells us to cherish one

         Another, and the affection that we give to one another, and the definition

         Of cherish is to hold dear and show affection for, to keep and cultivate

         With care and affection, and to entertain and harbor one another in

         The mind deeply and resolutely)

 

      a).  And in that same verse. (It says that we are to outdo one another in

            showing honor to one another, and this honor means to show value to

            to one another, so, we are to outdo one another in this)

      b).  In Romans 12:11. (It tells us to not lack diligence, KJV says do not be

            slothful in business, but this is not about worldly business, even though

            we are to do the work there to, but it is Yahweh’s business, look at the

            rest of this verse, which tells us to be fervent in the spirit and to serve

            the Master, and we need to look once again at 1 Corinthians 12 about

            the gifts given to each of us through the manifestation of the Holy

            Spirit)

 

      c).  Romans 12:12. (Rejoice in hope, is seen in Romans 5:2 we are rejoice in

            the hope of His glory, and I think we need to spend some time here)

 

      d).  When we look at this Rom. 5:1-2. (Now I want you to hear what Paul in

         saying here, “since we have been declared righteous” he didn’t say if

         we have been declared righteous, he said since we HAVE been meaning

         it has already happened)

 

    h.  And because we have been declared righteous. (We have peace with

         Yahweh through our Master Yahshua Messiah, in the GK there are

         Three words used for peace, but the one used in this case is i-ray-nay

         And it means one, peace, quietness, rest and to set at one again, and to

         Have prosperity)

 

      1).  In the Hebrew. (There are a couple of different words for peace but the

            One we would use of course is shalom which means to be safe, happy

            To have health and prosperity)

 

        2).  Now this is important for us to understand. (Look at Eph. 2, I want to

              Look at what Paul is talking about because of what Yahweh did

              Through Yahshua Messiah He made alive from the dead, He raised

               Us up with Messiah and He seated us in the heavens with Him)

 

        3).  Now this GK word to be seated. (Means to be seated in company with

              Messiah Yahweh, so this begs the question where is the place we are

              Seated with Him?)

 

        4).  Now in Eph. 2:6. (We are seated in company with Him in the heavenly

              Places and the GK word used here means above the ski and celestial

              And places in the GK actually means a fixed position and we know

              That according to Heb. 8:1-6 says the same thing)

 

        5).  Isaiah 6:1-2. (Isaiah is taken in a vision into the temple and he

              The scene in the temple which certainly seems not to be an earthly one

               But would seem to be the that was not made with hands)

 

        6).  Look at Rev. 21:1-8. (We see that there is going to be a new heaven

              And a new earth where the New Jerusalem descends from the heavens

              To the earth and in V5 there was one seated on the throne and this

               Calles Himself the Alpha and Omega just as in Rev. 1:8 and in Is.

               44:6)

 

        7).  Now I am not saying. (That His presence was never here because it

              Was, look at Lev. 16:2 where Aaron is told he cannot come behind the

              Veil whenever he wants to because of Yahweh’s presence in the cloud

              Over the mercy seat, and am however discussing another temple

               Called the true temple, one made without human hands that we are

               Seated with Him and will come down from the heavens and He will

               Dwell with humanity)

 

        8).  But there still more. (Back to Eph. 2:7 He will display His

               Immeasurable riches of His grace through us who believe through

              His kindness to us in Messiah Yahshua)

 

        9).  And we are His creations. (And we are created for good works and we

              Are to walk in those good works that He set up ahead of time)

 

       10).  I want to talk about the verses starting in V11. (Notice, Paul says “at

               One time” let’s stop right there for a moment these words imply that

               There has been a change of what we once were and if we look at the

                Next word it says Gentiles, so at one time we were Gentiles and this

                Implies that we are no longer Gentiles)

 

       11).  Look at verse 12. (We were without Messiah, and because of that we

               Were excluded from the citizenship of Israel, now look closer Paul is

                Speaking in past tense, we were Gentiles, and we were excluded from

                Citizenship with Israel)

 

       12).  Look at Gen. 12:3. (The word family is one used for one’s relatives the

               Hebrew word is mish-paw-kwah)

 

       13).  Back to Eph. 2:14. (For He is our peace and He made the two one man

               What do you think that means made the two one man, look at the

               Context of the passage, we are talking about Israel and Gentiles,

               Which means that He has in Messiah made Gentiles into Israel)

 

      14).  Paul describes this in Rom 11:11-24. (Look at V17 we were grafted into

              This cultivated olive tree, but you might say how do we know that he

               Means Israel look at Jere. 11:16 which we find that the olive tree is a

               Name that Yahweh had given to them)

 

      15).  I don’t know about you but I think this is important. (The word gentile in

              Hebrew is go-ee and it means people, and specifically heathen people

              So Paul is pointing to the fact that you are no longer heathen but

              Instead are part of Israel) 

 

 

 

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