A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
Patricia Neal
Romans 15:28-29
So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds to them, I will go by way of you to Spain. But I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. (HCSB)
I love to read and feel what Paul is saying here. Paul was a proclaimer of God’s Truth, and he lived the truth. But also look at the many ways that Paul encouraged others to live the Truth as well. He encourages those he leaves behind him by taking the success of the labors in the Gospel and helping someone else.
Paul now finishing the first task is already raising the expectations of those that he longs to see. You can almost hear, and feel the words he speaks to them as he says to them “I know” how I will find you when I see you again. He recalled to them all the fullness of their first meeting with Christ, and Paul says, I know I will find you full of Christ!
That’s an encouragement to them even before he arrives. I’ll bet when they read Paul’s letter that I they weren’t full…they got full pretty quick. Now wouldn’t it be nice if those that know you…before they met you next, could say about you, “I know when I see you that you will be full… of Christ? God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Patricia Neal
Romans 15:28-29
So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds to them, I will go by way of you to Spain. But I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. (HCSB)
I love to read and feel what Paul is saying here. Paul was a proclaimer of God’s Truth, and he lived the truth. But also look at the many ways that Paul encouraged others to live the Truth as well. He encourages those he leaves behind him by taking the success of the labors in the Gospel and helping someone else.
Paul now finishing the first task is already raising the expectations of those that he longs to see. You can almost hear, and feel the words he speaks to them as he says to them “I know” how I will find you when I see you again. He recalled to them all the fullness of their first meeting with Christ, and Paul says, I know I will find you full of Christ!
That’s an encouragement to them even before he arrives. I’ll bet when they read Paul’s letter that I they weren’t full…they got full pretty quick. Now wouldn’t it be nice if those that know you…before they met you next, could say about you, “I know when I see you that you will be full… of Christ? God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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