For the diversity of the Body, God has a unique calling for everyone in it. Sam Pascoe, a returning friend and pastor, explains some ways of looking at the kinds of roles God gives the members of the body to properly divide the responsibilities of the church. Even in the Old Testament, God divides the offices of leadership among several people. In Numbers 11, for instance, He gives gifts and roles of leadership to 70 people. In our modern age, God still works this way, giving each member a role that best fits the gift God He given them.

Paul concludes his letter to the Romans with thanksgiving for the whole community of the Church anticipating the great chorus of saints in heaven.

*Unfortunately there is a 30 second break in the recording at appx 6:40.

The Church in Rome had a mix of Gentiles and Jews with their different cultural and theological assumptions often creating tensions and disputes. In Romans 13 & 14, Paul calls on the community to love one another, to constrain their freedoms and power for the sake of their brothers and sisters in Christ. It is the sort of humility and love that is necessary to create the Church community.