Sermon
Romans 15:14-33
Redemption Church - Twin Cities
Speaker: Kevin Klingbiel
March 30, 2025 · 28 min
Church / EcclesiologyStewardship & GenerosityObedienceDiscipleshipRomans 15:14–16Romans 15:17–25Romans 15:26–32
Summary
Paul closes his letter to the Roman church by affirming their spiritual maturity while calling them to embody three marks of a flourishing church: knowledge combined with goodness, willingness to say goodbye for the gospel's advance, and joyful generosity. The preacher applies these principles to individual Christians and local churches as examples of following Christ's sacrificial example.
Highlights
If we are a church that is full of knowledge, but lacks goodness, we will become cold, legalistic and judgmental. And if we are only full of goodness, but we lack knowledge, we become spiritually shallow and we compromise truth for the sake of acceptance.
Gospel goodbyes often mean the advance of the kingdom. It is our faithfulness, our willingness to say no to the comforts of our lives in order to advance the gospel.
Where you invest your resources reveals what you truly love. If our giving is reluctant or minimal, what does that say about our devotion to Christ?