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For the past few days we\u2019ve looked through Paul\u2019s greetings to helpers, coworkers, and other saints here in Romans 16, highlighting just a few of them. These people are all \u201cin Christ,\u201d and they are therefore new creations, as Paul puts it in our theme verse, 2 Corinthians 5:17.<\/p>\n
In our text for today Paul highlights three women who are hard workers in the cause of Jesus Christ. Paul doesn\u2019t tell us anything about their work, just that they embraced it as part of their service for Jesus.<\/p>\n
Maybe you know people like that. I do. In my work as a consultant for church leaders, I have often seen council chairpersons step into challenging conversations, meet with angry church members, and provide calm leadership in tense council meetings. Many of them have told me they never would have thought they could manage situations like those when they were first called into office. But there they are, doing hard things, to the best of their ability, equipped with wisdom, humility, and persistence from God.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s thank God for these people, and for all of the other new creations we know whose lives and hard work are signs that they are \u201cin Christ,\u201d pointing ahead to the new creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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