Be Like-Minded Toward One Another – Romans 15:5-6

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Romans 15:4-6 Outline with Blanks Completed Outline Scroll to 21:26 for the sermon Romans 15:5-6 We’re going to read some scripture, just three verses. This is from Romans chapter 15, and the Apostle Paul writing, so you can follow along as I read Romans 15, four through six. The Apostle Paul writes, for everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in Scripture and the encouragement they provide, we might have hope. May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And that’s what we’ve been trying to do this morning as well. Well, we started a series based on one Greek word in the New Testament, and we started that, I think, last week. The Greek word is allélón. It’s translated one another. And so, that word outside of the Gospels is used 58 times in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul uses it 40 times. And so, there’s a specific target here that the Apostle Paul and the New Testament writers are wanting to communicate to us that we have a responsibility to one another. And about 50 years ago, Dr. Gene Getz, who is a pastor in Texas and taught at Dallas Theological Seminary, wrote a book called Building Up One Another. And he looked at all these one another phrases in the New Testament, and he kind of grouped them together. And we came up with 12 one another responsibilities that you and I have toward the body of Christ. And if you’re here last Sunday, we had an insert, and the insert was a picture of an umbrella. And the overarching umbrella phrase of one another is the phrase that’s found like 17 times in the New Testament, we’re to love one another. In fact, Jesus said in John 13:34, this is the mark that marks us as a Christian. Not how often we go to church, not how many times we read the Bible, the mark of a Christian. How is the world going to know we’re followers of Jesus? By your love for one another. And he says, I’m going to give you a new command, love one another as I have loved you. And so that kind of ups the responsibility, doesn’t it? Just as Christ has loved us, that’s how we are to love one another. And so underneath that umbrella command to love one another, then we put these 12 one another phrases that says, okay, this is what it looks like to love one another. The last week we looked at the phrase, we are members one of another, and we learned that we’re part of the body of Christ. And we looked at 1st Corinthians chapter 12, the word their body is used like 15 times. And we looked at six truths that bind us together as part of the body of Christ. And this morning we’re going to look at a second one another phrase, and it’s found in our scripture reading this morning, that we are to be like-minded toward one another, to be like-minded toward one another. It’s really the key to unity within the body of Christ. I hope you know that the enemy always has a target. And Psalm 133 verse 1 says, blessed are those that dwell together in unity. And so, God wants us to live together in unity, but we have an enemy who doesn’t want the body of Christ to live together in unity, and who likes to divide and conquer. But this phrase, to be like-minded one another, is crucial to unity. So, before we get to it, I want to just go back to John chapter 17, because this is what was on Jesus’ mind right before He went to the cross. John 17 records what’s called the high priestly prayer of Jesus. He’s about two days away from going to the cross, giving His life for you and me. And He’s in the upper room, and He’s talking to His disciples, and it’s been a very difficult conversation. One of you is going to betray me. I’m leaving, and you can’t come with me. By the way, Peter, you’re going to deny me three times. And the disciples were reeling, and Jesus tries

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