Being a Laboring Priest of the Gospel of God

Let's Pray:

Lord, we declare once again that You are the Lord. We are here following You. We open our mouths to testify and speak of You everywhere, and to dispense You to others!

Hymn: 482

Today's Verses and Footnotes: Rom 15:1-24

Key Verse:

Rom 15:16 That I might be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, a laboring priest of the gospel of God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, having been sanctified in the Holy Spirit.

Filling the Blanks:

Paul's being a priest of the gospel of God to minister Christ to the ( ) was a priestly ( ) to God, and the Gentiles whom he gained through his gospel preaching were an ( ) presented to God. By this priestly ( ) many Gentiles, who were unclean and defiled, were sanctified in the Holy Spirit and became such an ( ), acceptable to God. They were set ( ) from things common and were ( ) with God's nature and element, and were thus sanctified both positionally and dispositionally. (See Rom 15:16 note 3)