Romans - Week 25: Romans 15:14-33

This week Pastor Mel preached Romans 15:14-33, our next-to-last week in the book of Romans. Paul has spent fourteen chapters calling a divided church to unity, and now he tells them plainly that they already know what to do. They just need to be reminded. Then he opens his heart about his calling: he brings the good news so that he might present the Gentiles as an acceptable offering to God. Pastor Mel walks through Paul's mission from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum, his refusal to coast while there were still people to reach, and his bold expectation that the church in Rome would help fund his trip to Spain. He connects it to the Great Commission, to the offering Paul gathered for the poor believers in Jerusalem, and to the churches of Macedonia, who were very poor and yet rich in generosity. He closes with Paul's request for prayer and his blessing over the church.