What does it look like to overcome and not be overcome? That’s a question we will tackle this Memorial Day weekend as we finish our teaching series from Romans 12 by looking at the chapter’s final verse:
Romans 12:21, “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Chuck Swindoll famously said, “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” I don’t know about you, but when people are nice to me, it’s pretty easy to respond in kind. But when people are unkind towards me… well, that’s a different story. Still, how we respond to those who hurt us is our high and holy calling from God’s Word. That’s what we get to discuss together as we continue our march through Romans 12.
This Mother’s Day, we will study a very fitting verse found in Romans 12:13. We hope you will join us and many others in memorizing it this coming week:
Romans 12:13, “…contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.”
We’ll look at this verse and a somewhat unfamiliar woman mentioned in the Bible who embodied it. Despite being lesser known, the Scripture calls her “worthy” and we can all learn what practicing radical hospitality looks like from her example.
One of the best books I’ve read in years is Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken – the biographical account of Louis Zamperini. It was made into a movie, and the image that I’ll keep with me for the rest of my life is when he holds a plank above his head for a miraculously long time. That, beloved, is “persevering in tribulation”, and that’s what we get to discuss in our new series, RADICAL. Check out Romans 12:11-12 and see if you can commit it to memory.
Who’s up for a challenge? I bet you are. As part of our upcoming teaching series, Radical, we are going to challenge ourselves each week to memorize verses, or like the Old Testament says “treasure” them in our hearts. Our first memorization challenge is Romans 12:9-10.
Love must be free of hypocrisy. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor.
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