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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Romans 1:1b

Roman 1:1b continues a description of Paul’s relationships. As we saw yesterday Paul was a servant to Jesus. Today we see that he is “set apart.” Wow what a concept. Just like our servitude to Jesus will change our relationship with him so shall our set apart nature change our relationship with this world. Paul says that he is set apart for the Gospel. You see kids, when we come to saving relationship with Christ he sets us apart from the world. I guess it is like when you get really good at algebra in school and the school sets you apart in a more advanced class. Well we are not in an advanced class (and we for sure are not really good) but we are specializing in something. We are specializing in the Gospel. We are set apart from the things that this world specializes in. It specializes in feeding its own desires. It specializes in following its own path. It specializes in getting its way. But we on the other hand have been set aside for the gospel. Really what that means is that we have been set aside to make the gospel known. We have been set aside to helping people out of darkness and into light. Like I said this changes our relationship with the world. We now have a responsibility to the world. Not like the green-peace folks say that we do. No, their commitment is a temporal one. Our commitment is an eternal one. We are now on a different path. This is not a path to prosperity or even really happiness. It is a path toward the things of God: the joy and peace he offers, the purpose he offers, the home he offers.

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