Romans 1:15 (CSB) So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
Paul tried to preach the Good News of Jesus to the Jews, but when the Jews saw that Paul and Barnabas had gathered almost the whole town they were jealous. Paul and Barnabas turned their attention to the Gentiles (Acts 13:44-48). Paul only visited Rome once, but the Good News had reached them by a few people who meet Paul while He was on his missionary journeys. I think Paul's main goal was to make it to Rome to share the Good News with them. When God told him in Acts 23:11 you will testify in Rome. Paul made it clear that he wanted to go. At one point he would have been released but He had appealed to stand trial in front of Cesar (Acts 25:11). The last we hear of Paul he had establish is ministry in Rome through a rented house and was preaching the Good News of Jesus without hinderance (Acts 28:30-31).
Who is it that we want to share the Good News of Jesus with? To what extent will we share it? Here in America we don't face the hinderances that Paul had to face, but we are also less eager to preach the Good News.
2 Corinthians 11:23-28 (CSB) 23 Are they servants of Christ? I'm talking like a madman -- I'm a better one: with far more labors, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death. 24 Five times I received the forty lashes minus one from the Jews. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, and dangers among false brothers; 27 toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing. 28 Not to mention other things, there is the daily pressure on me: my concern for all the churches.
Who is it that we want to share the Good News of Jesus with? To what extent will we share it? Here in America we don't face the hinderances that Paul had to face, but we are also less eager to preach the Good News.
2 Corinthians 11:23-28 (CSB) 23 Are they servants of Christ? I'm talking like a madman -- I'm a better one: with far more labors, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death. 24 Five times I received the forty lashes minus one from the Jews. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, and dangers among false brothers; 27 toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing. 28 Not to mention other things, there is the daily pressure on me: my concern for all the churches.
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