Romans Chapters 12 - 13 - 14
Romans 12, 13, 14 Lesson 14 As we close the eleventh chapter: Romans 11:36: For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen. That settles all of that greatness of those three chapters. Now, we get into the practical application. The practical application of all of the great truths of Romans. And he says: I beseech you. And to beseech is like begging people. You know, man I just beg you to do so and so. It’s a “beseech you therefore, brethren.” Romans 12:1: ...by the mercies [or because of the mercies] of God, that ye present your bodies [yourself] a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable [or religious] service. After all of this that you have learned in the first eleven chapters of Romans, honestly, what should a Christian be doing? They should present their bodies a living sacrifice, not a dead one, but a living one. A living what? Sacrifice, that means you lay yourself on the line. Remember, we become broken bread until they learn to break their own bread. We let them walk on our feet until they learn to walk on their own feet. You got to be able to take it when you’re out on the field, right. This business of copping out, this is an easy place to live here at International. This is duck soup living here. And if you think the pressure is tough here. Lord, you ought to just come to me and say I don’t think I got the ability to stand the Corps. Then you ought to go home. No disgrace going home. You can carpenter, you can wash dishes, you can do a lot of things. But if you’re going to be a leader in the Way Ministry and hold forth the greatness of God’s Word as a leader in that ministry, and by the way there’s no requirement that after you finish the Corps you have to be a branch leader or a limb leader. No requirement that you have to go full time, that’s right. We’ll keep that record straight too. Sure, I think you’re qualified and you ought to want to, but if you don’t want to, you don’t have t
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Tweet Format: mp3,pdf Publication Date: 1973 Victor Paul Wierwille was a Bible scholar and teacher for over four decades. By means of Dr. Wierwille's dynamic teaching of the accuracy and integrity of God's Word, foundational class and advanced class graduates of Power for Abundant Living have learned that the one great requirement for every student of the Bible is to rightly divide the Word of Truth. Thus, his presentation of the Word of God was designed for students who desire the in-depth-accuracy of God’s Word. In his many years of research, Dr. Wierwille studied with such men as Karl Barth, E. Stanley Jones, Glenn Clark, Bishop K.C. Pillai, and George M. Lamsa. His formal training included Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology degrees from Mission House (Lakeland) College and Seminary. He studied at the University of Chicago and at Princeton Theological Seminary from which he rec