INTRODUCTION:
1. Turn with me in you Bibles to Romans 12:9-21 Part 2.
2. Last week we took a look at Romans 12:9.
3. We saw, The Outline of Relationships in the Faith. V9
A. I believe that until we get some of what we’re going to talk about today we
Will not serve in the gifts properly.
1. The first on the list is we need to Love without hypocrisy:
a). The word “hypocrisy” or in the KJV “dissimulation”. (In the GK is
to decide or speak under a false part, or to dissemble, and if you go to
the dictionary it is defined as to disguise or conceal under a false
appearance, and to conceal one’s true motives, thoughts by some pre-
tense, to speak or act hypocritically)
b). Look at 1 John 3:10-17. (This starts off blunt but very clear, This, is
how Yahweh’s children- and the Devil’s children are made evident. To
make evident, and the word “evident” KJV is to make manifest and the
GK is to make known or manifest, so the way that John is talking about
Here is going to make it clear, known, or manifest the difference
Between Yahweh’s children and the Devil children)
c). John identifies. (Those that do not do what is right is not of Yahweh,
and especially those that do not love their brother, John goes on to say
that this was the message from the beginning, that we should love one
another, and we should not be like Cain who murdered his brother,
who was from the evil one and murdered his brother)
d). The kicker here is. (Cain murdered his brother? Because Cain’s works
were evil and his brothers works were righteous, and it started
because Cain’s relationship with Yahweh was not there)
1). Turn to Genesis 4:3-8. (It was time for the first fruit offering and it
Says that Cain brought “some of the lands produce” and Abel
Brought the best of the first born of his flock)
2). If you will notice. (There is a distinction made between Cain’s offering
And Abel’s offering, Cain’s was some of the fruit and some
Commentators have said the that Cain’s offering came from what was
Left over, in comparison to Abel’s which was the best)
3). If you will notice. (That Abel’s offering was accepted, but Cain’s
Offering was not, the verse following has to do with a conversation
That is between Yahweh and Cain, and Yahweh even warns Cain that
If he does what is right that his offering will be accepted too. So, this
Is not really about a problem between Cain and Abel, but instead is
A Problem between Cain and Yahweh)
4). Now, look at 1 John 1:5-10. (In this passage it tells us the same thing
That Yahweh is light and there is no darkness in Him, and if we say we
Have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness then we are liars and
We walk in darkness. But if we walk in the light as He is the light we
Have fellowship with each other)
5). Now back to 1 John 3:14-18. (In verse 14 it is that we know we have
Passed from death to life because we love our brother and that the one
Who does not love remains in death, and everyone who hates his
Brother is a murderer no murderer has eternal life in him)
6). But look at 1 John 3:16-18. (This is how we have come to know love,
That He laid His life down for us, this is how we are to measure love,
This is what love looks like, a laying down of one’s life for his brother,
It is by this measure that we should use in our own life to see if we are
Loving one another)
7). If we see someone. (That is need to something but close our eyes to it,
That is not love, and it says Yahweh’s love does not reside in him, there
It is, it is not about us trying to muster up our love for each other, it is
About us having Yahweh’s love residing in us)
8). Look at Galatians 5:22-23. (Notice, this is the fruit of the Spirit, this is
Something that we produce in ourselves natural this is what is
Produced in us when the Holy Spirt resides in us, and it originates
From Yahweh and being in a relationship with Him through coming
Into a relation with putting Faith in the finished work of Yahshua
Messiah and having His Spirit within us)
9). This is why. (Says in Deuteronomy 6:5, we are to love Yahweh with all
Of our heart, soul and might, because it is through that relationship
With Him are we able to have a relationship with one another, and
This is the way to live out this life in Him we are called to live, this is
That call to be a living sacrifice that Paul is talking about in Romans
12:1-2, and being transformed)
10). Look at Matthew 5:43-45. (Now there is some new things that
Yahshua brings up for us in the New Testament, and we are going to
Discuss one of them here, Yahshua starts off by quoting Leviticus
19:18, and said you have heard it said, “Do not take vengeance or
Bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your
Neighbor as yourself, I am Yahweh.”)
11). But when you look. (At the teaching Yahshua is giving in Matthew
5:44-48, Yahshua tells us that we need to not only love those within
Our own community but we are to love those who hate us and pray
For those who persecute us, and says pretty much anybody can love
Those who love us, and uses the measurement of Yahweh and how
He loves, back to John 3:16, For Yahweh so loved the world that He
Gave His only begotten Son, so who so ever believe on Him should
Have life)
12). The bottom line is. (Matthew 5:48, Be perfect as your Father in
Father in heaven is perfect, perfect in the GK is to be complete but
It also speaks to being a mature man)
13). Turn with me to 1 Corinthians 3:1-4. (This idea of being a mature man
Is discussed here in this passage, Paul tells those at the Corinthian
Congregation that they were in a time of their lives when they
Should be mature, but explains to them that they aren’t because
They are fleshly and behaving in a fleshly way, it is because there is
Envy and strife among them)
14). Once again. (The phrase to love without hypocrisy is: In the GK is
to decide or speak under a false part, or to dissemble, and if you go
to the dictionary it is defined as to disguise or conceal under a false
appearance, and to conceal one’s true motives, thoughts by some
pre-tense, to speak or act hypocritically)
15). So, there is a question. (And it is a question that we will not be able to
We will not be able to answer unless we are brutally honest with
Ourselves and put ourselves under the judgement and inspection of
The Holy Spirit and say show me my true motives, are we I doing
things Based on fear, based on control, or maybe selfishness, what
are the motives of our heart?)
16). If we do this. (And truly do this we will not have allot of time to
Inspect other people’s lives, we will be busy getting things
Straightened out in our own lives with Yahweh, by the power of the
Holy Spirit)
4. This week I would like to finish Romans 12:9-21, and take a look at teachings
That Paul is giving to us about what it means to walk in faith.
5. Read Romans 12:9-21, Pray!
I. How to live as a believer. V9-21
A. Some of this seems simple but we need to take a deeper look.
1. We are to Detest evil; and cling to what is good. (This word “detest” means
Means to detest utterly, but is made up of two GK words, the first is to
Put away, and the second is to hate, and it is a verb which means it is an
Action word, we have to utterly hate what is evil)
a). The word “evil”. (Which is that which is hurtful, rotten and worthless,
grievous, sin, diseased, malice, etc. So, these are the things that we are
to utterly hate, and Paul is talking to each individual, so each individual
is to remove these things from their own life)
b). And look we are to “cling”. (To what is good, the word cling means to
stick like glue, and to keep company with that which is good, we find
this same idea in Genesis 2:22-25 Yahweh’s plan for marriage)
c). Here is the idea. (In my mind I have to first know what is good and
what is bad, look at Jeremiah 17:5-11, in this passage Yahweh tells us
that the human heart is more deceitful than anything else, and so I am
in myself not the source od what is good, if I read this correctly, and I
think I am, the source for good from Yahweh and only Him)
d). Look at Psalm 119:9-16. (According to this passage David find truth
he clings to truth which come from Yahweh’s word, this word to hide
in the Hebrew is not to just hide, but also carries with it the under-
standing of hoard, and to protect)
e). How do we protect something? (In some case we have security surround
so, whatever we are trying to protect can not be taken from us, they
cannot steal what they cannot get to, it is the idea of hedging around it
another idea is that it is in our hearts where evil can’t get to it and
because it’s there evil can’t get to us, it is keeping company with Him)
f). Let’s look at Psalm 119:1. (Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who
walk in the law of Yahweh. This word to walk, is a Hebrew word that
means to live in the way of Yahweh’s Laws, this is to live their lives
carefully examining their ways according to the Law and His Spirit)
g). Look at Psalm 119:2. (My translation says those that keep His decrees,
but the KJV uses the word testimonies, this is interesting turn to
Exodus 31:18 in this verse the two tablets of stone that Yahweh wrote
On are also known as Yahweh’s testimony, so, David is referring to
Two tablets of stone, and He says they also seek Yahweh with all of
Heart)
h). We are able to see. (This is not passive but is very proactive way to
live one’s life as a believer, for us to detest evil and cling to good is
not just giving casual thought to something, but in stead is a full
time thing where we are always on the alert and the to seek Him is
more than a casual look but instead means to frequent and is tied to
worship or to frequent His presence through continue worship)
i). When we look at this carefully. (The idea that is being taught here is
really about Genesis 2:22-25 speaking to the marriage we are to leave
this world, in our hearts, and cleave or cling onto Him, and seek to be
in His presence)
2. Back to Romans 12:10. (This verse is saying that we need to have
Brotherly love for one another, but in the GK it tells us to cherish one
Another, and the affection that we give to one another, and the definition
Of cherish is to hold dear and show affection for, to keep and cultivate
With care and affection, and to entertain and harbor one another in
The mind deeply and resolutely)
a). And in that same verse. (It says that we are to outdo one another in
showing honor to one another, and this honor means to show value to
to one another, so, we are to outdo one another in this)
b). In Romans 12:11. (It tells us to not lack diligence, KJV says do not be
slothful in business, but this is not about worldly business, even though
we are to do the work there to, but it is Yahweh’s business, look at the
rest of this verse, which tells us to be fervent in the spirit and to serve
the Master, and we need to look once again at 1 Corinthians 12 about
the gifts given to each of us through the manifestation of the Holy
Spirit)
c). Romans 12:12. (Rejoice in hope, is seen in Romans 5:2 we are rejoice in
the hope of His glory, and I think we need to spend some time here)
d). When we look at this Rom. 5:1-2. (Now I want you to hear what Paul in
saying here, “since we have been declared righteous” he didn’t say if
we have been declared righteous, he said since we HAVE been meaning
it has already happened)
h. And because we have been declared righteous. (We have peace with
Yahweh through our Master Yahshua Messiah, in the GK there are
Three words used for peace, but the one used in this case is i-ray-nay
And it means one, peace, quietness, rest and to set at one again, and to
Have prosperity)
1). In the Hebrew. (There are a couple of different words for peace but the
One we would use of course is shalom which means to be safe, happy
To have health and prosperity)
2). Now this is important for us to understand. (Look at Eph. 2, I want to
Look at what Paul is talking about because of what Yahweh did
Through Yahshua Messiah He made alive from the dead, He raised
Us up with Messiah and He seated us in the heavens with Him)
3). Now this GK word to be seated. (Means to be seated in company with
Messiah Yahweh, so this begs the question where is the place we are
Seated with Him?)
4). Now in Eph. 2:6. (We are seated in company with Him in the heavenly
Places and the GK word used here means above the ski and celestial
And places in the GK actually means a fixed position and we know
That according to Heb. 8:1-6 says the same thing)
5). Isaiah 6:1-2. (Isaiah is taken in a vision into the temple and he
The scene in the temple which certainly seems not to be an earthly one
But would seem to be the that was not made with hands)
6). Look at Rev. 21:1-8. (We see that there is going to be a new heaven
And a new earth where the New Jerusalem descends from the heavens
To the earth and in V5 there was one seated on the throne and this
Calles Himself the Alpha and Omega just as in Rev. 1:8 and in Is.
44:6)
7). Now I am not saying. (That His presence was never here because it
Was, look at Lev. 16:2 where Aaron is told he cannot come behind the
Veil whenever he wants to because of Yahweh’s presence in the cloud
Over the mercy seat, and am however discussing another temple
Called the true temple, one made without human hands that we are
Seated with Him and will come down from the heavens and He will
Dwell with humanity)
8). But there still more. (Back to Eph. 2:7 He will display His
Immeasurable riches of His grace through us who believe through
His kindness to us in Messiah Yahshua)
9). And we are His creations. (And we are created for good works and we
Are to walk in those good works that He set up ahead of time)
10). I want to talk about the verses starting in V11. (Notice, Paul says “at
One time” let’s stop right there for a moment these words imply that
There has been a change of what we once were and if we look at the
Next word it says Gentiles, so at one time we were Gentiles and this
Implies that we are no longer Gentiles)
11). Look at verse 12. (We were without Messiah, and because of that we
Were excluded from the citizenship of Israel, now look closer Paul is
Speaking in past tense, we were Gentiles, and we were excluded from
Citizenship with Israel)
12). Look at Gen. 12:3. (The word family is one used for one’s relatives the
Hebrew word is mish-paw-kwah)
13). Back to Eph. 2:14. (For He is our peace and He made the two one man
What do you think that means made the two one man, look at the
Context of the passage, we are talking about Israel and Gentiles,
Which means that He has in Messiah made Gentiles into Israel)
14). Paul describes this in Rom 11:11-24. (Look at V17 we were grafted into
This cultivated olive tree, but you might say how do we know that he
Means Israel look at Jere. 11:16 which we find that the olive tree is a
Name that Yahweh had given to them)
15). I don’t know about you but I think this is important. (The word gentile in
Hebrew is go-ee and it means people, and specifically heathen people
So Paul is pointing to the fact that you are no longer heathen but
Instead are part of Israel)