Obergefell v. Hodges26 June 2015

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A Christian Opportunity!

“ . . . and they gnawed their tongues because of pain,and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their

sores; and they did not repent of their deeds.”Revelation 16:10-11

--------------------“ . . . many of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas.”

“some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks”

Acts 13:43; 17:4.

Romans15:1 – 33

By way of Jerusalem800 + 800 = 1,600 miles

Spain

Rome

700 miles Corinth

1500 miles

Jerusalem

800 miles

“James and Cephas and John . . . gave to me and

Barnabas the right hand of fellowship so that we might go to the Gentiles and they

to the circumcisedThey only asked us to

remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager

to do.”Galatians 2:9-10.

sun-agonizomai‘with’ ‘athletic struggle’

“strive”

συναγωνίζομαι

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and

supplication with thanksgiving let your

requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all

comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds

in Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4:6-7.

“And after the uproar had ceased . . He departed to go to Macedonia . . . And when he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece and there he spent 3 months.” Acts 20:1-3.

Corinth to Illyricum

Paul & Friends in in Rome

“And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters and was welcoming all who came to

him, preaching the Kingdom of God and teaching concerning the LORD Jesus Christ with

all openness, unhindered” Acts 28:30-31.

“to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”

2 Corinthians 12:7-9.

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You

swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your

descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of

which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall

inherit it forever.’ 

So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said

He would do to His people.Exodus 32:13-14.