As Paul closed his letter to the church in Rome, he penned warm greetings to those whom he had previously labored in the Gospel with. We often pay less attention to these greetings in Paul’s letters but to do this will cause us to miss out on something incredibly important. We see here in the plethora of names listed that the people sharing life together in Rome are a very diverse group of people, united in the Gospel. It is made apparent that the only thing that can cause such unity in the midst of diversity is this Gospel that Paul has preached in his letter to the Romans. And Paul applies the Gospel with the last few verses as he erupts with worship to the eternal and wise God who strengthens us according to his Gospel.

As Paul closed his letter to the church in Rome, he penned warm greetings to those whom he had previously labored in the Gospel with. We often pay less attention to these greetings in Paul’s letters but to do this will cause us to miss out on something incredibly important. We see here Paul’s affection for those who shared in the mission of God at the church in Rome as he commends them, exhorts them, and worships the eternal God with them.

This is the beginning of the Apostle Paul’s conclusion to the book of Romans. Paul gets very personal and pastoral as He calls us to live on mission to the glory of God.

This is the beginning of the Apostle Paul’s conclusion to the book of Romans. Paul gets very personal and pastoral as He calls us to live on mission to the glory of God.

In this text, Paul joyfully boasts in Christ’s work that he’s done through Paul among the Gentiles. God had powerfully worked through Paul in the power of the Spirit through word & deed and through signs & wonders in the past. Paul’s goal for the future is to proclaim Christ where has yet to be named and this should be our goal as well. Whether we send missionaries and church plants or reach out to peoples here in our own city, our ambition should be to proclaim Christ where he has not been named.

In this text, Paul writes of the work that Christ has accomplished through him in Jerusalem and among the Gentiles, and how God has brought many to Christ through the proclamation and demonstration of the Gospel. He then mentions his ambition to proclaim the gospel where Christ has not already been named. Today, there are still people groups that have never heard the Gospel and Veritas wants to be apart of bringing the Gospel to these peoples. Will you join us in our work to proclaim Christ where He has not already been named?

It is easy for us to be blind to the work that God is doing in the body here at Veritas, but God is moving among us. There are stories of multiplication, redemption, and hospitality going on all around us. There is a lot to celebrate, but we still need bold reminders of the call to become doers of the theology that Paul has laid out for us in his epistle to the Romans. Do our lives tell the story of redemption communicated in the scriptures? Are we, like Paul, living our lives as a liturgy to God in serving his people and our city?

It is easy for us to be blind to the work that God is doing in the body here at Veritas, but God is moving among us. There are stories of multiplication, redemption, and hospitality going on all around us. There is a lot to celebrate, but we still need bold reminders of the call to become doers of the theology that Paul has laid out for us in his epistle to the Romans. Do our lives tell the story of redemption communicated in the scriptures? Are we, like Paul, living our lives as a liturgy to God in serving his people and our city?