Wise Words for the Journey Ahead

Romans 16:17-20

By Ben Thacker, March 16, 2025
  1. Diligently - Romans 16:17-18
  • This isn't talking about struggling or immature believers, but people who are divisive and deceitful.
    • Their - they lead others away from the truth.
    • Their - they serve their own desires, not God.
    • Their - smooth talking and flattering words.
    • Their - the unsuspecting or vulnerable in the faith.
  • How should we respond?
    • Acts 17:11
    • Proverbs 16:28
  1. Faithfully - Romans 16:19
  • There was a close link in their lives between what they were learning and how they were living.
  • Ephesians 5:11
  1. Hopefully - Romans 16:20a
    • Genesis 3:15
    • If you feel like you are losing hops:
      • what God has done.
      • Shift your from the problem to the promise.
      • yourself with people of hope.
      • Take the next of faithful obedience.
  1. Passionately - Romans 16:20b

Key Idea: To remain strong in our faith, we must watch diligently for deception, walk faithfully in obedience, wait hopefully for God’s victory, and worship passionately because of His grace.