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Romans | Week 41
August 17, 2025 / Grace Community ChurchRomans | Week 41 | Nine Ways the Gospel Empowers Calling
Romans 15:14-21 | Keoni Hughes
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Read Romans 15:14-21
Nine Ways the Gospel Empowers Calling
1. Speak Encouragingly | v. 14
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2. Speak Boldly | v. 15a
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“Truth is a scalpel, not a sledgehammer, it cuts to heal not shatter.”
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3. Have Jesus-Centered Confidence | v. 15b-17
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Do all things to the glory of God. – 1 Corinthians 10:31
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Self-pride builds platforms that year after year will collapse.
Jesus-pride builds an altar that will lead to eternal praise.
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. – 1 Corinthians 1:31
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. – Acts 20:24
4. Be Rich In Word | v. 18
Apart from Me you can do nothing. – John 15:5
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5. Be Active In Faith | v. 18
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. – James 1:22
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75 / 14
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Evangelical Christians Are Anything But Evangelical
60% of Evangelical Christians Are Hearers and Not Doers
6. Witness the Power of God | v. 19
Signs and Wonders | Miracles That Astound
Power of the Spirit | Power That Goes Beyond Our Understanding
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7. Be Lead By The Spirit | v. 19
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8. Reach Beyond Our Capacity | v. 19b
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“If You Aim For Nothing, You’ll Hit It Everytime”
9. Live With Holy Ambition | v. 20-21
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Drive You to Your Knees In Surrender to Jesus
If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. – Luke 9:23
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. – 1 John 1:8-9