Friday, September 9, 2011

Bible Truth #298 - Romans 1:13; 15:18-22

I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

18  For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
19  in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
20  And thus I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build on another man's foundation;
21  but as it is written, "THEY WHO HAD NO NEWS OF HIM SHALL SEE, AND THEY WHO HAVE NOT HEARD SHALL UNDERSTAND."
22  For this reason I have often been prevented from coming to you;

This Bible Truth is very similar to other passages where Paul has had doors open (Bible Truth #218) or when he was prevented from going into areas to preach (Bible Truth #127). In Romans 1:13 and 15:22 above God is working through the lives of others (Proverbs 21:1) or within the will of Paul himself about his traveling to Rome (Philippians 2:13). In both instances it is clear that God was not allowing Paul to travel to Rome.

In these passages, as with many others, there is no free will. It clearly shows how God orders the steps of man (Proverbs 16:9).

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