But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,
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I'm grateful to be with all of you today and for the love of God the Scripture is teaching us in Romans chapter 15 verses 22 to 29. And if you would, I'll read the first verse if you'll pick it up and read it on verse 23rd. You guys will be reading the odd numbered verses. And are you guys ready? I know it's first service. I always like bragging about you guys to second and third, especially third service. third service is a hard they're a hard Ken Ham asked me the other week do you know you have like three different churches that attend here in one day that's true every church has its personality it's remarkable it's really remarkable but you guys are nice and loud third service I like to be able to say can third service read it louder than first service and they go I don't know we don't know if we but it's beautiful the Lord hears it nonetheless amen for this reason I also have been much hindered says the Apostle Paul from coming to you But now I'm no longer having a place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come to you. …
… I trust that that's true. Today we're going to be looking at a message out of Romans chapter 15, verses 22 to 29, and that titled message is for the love of God. For the love of God and the apostle Paul now in his closing arguments and his closing comments to the church that is in Rome, he's writing from Corinth, Greece. I will read the first verse if you'll pick it up in the odd numbered verse. We'll read down to the end of verse 29. Paul says, for this reason I also have been much hindered from coming to you. But now no longer having a place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come to you. Whenever I journey to Spain, I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey and to be helped on my way there by you. If first I may enjoy your company for a while. But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. …
… all these different places, that I have been much hindered from coming to you. But now no longer having a place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come to you, whenever I journey to Spain I shall come to you. After Paul ever got to Spain, we don't know. Scholars are divided on that point, but we have no, you know, absolute certain evidence that he ever reached the fulfillment of his desire to get to Spain. We do know that he got to Rome, but he didn't get to Rome because it was on the way to Spain. He went to Rome in chains after getting himself in trouble with the Jews and then with the as we've seen in the book of Acts. He said, "'Whatever, however, whenever I journey to Spain, I shall come to you, for I hope to see you on my journey and to be helped on my way there by you, if I first may enjoy your company for a while.'" Here's a church that Paul has heard about, whose fame has gone into the whole world, that he was not the founder of the church in Rome. But he's writing this letter to the church of Rome. He counts them, his brothers and sisters in the Lord, and he longs to see them in person. …