Romans: Rooted in Jesus - Living Peacefully

The great story of Jean Valjean, in Les Misérables, highlights the grace of our text. Inspector Javert pursues Valjean relentlessly. One time, Javert heard about a local village where the poor were constantly getting money from a generous donor in a yellow coat. Knowing that Valjean regularly supported the beggars in his community, Javert suspected that this new development was the presence of this benefactor. So, he dressed as a beggar and sat on the corner of the square in this city to catch Valjean. While he doesn’t capture him in this moment, you know that at the end of the story, Valjean saves Javert from the revolutionaries who attempted to kill him. Javert couldn’t accept this act of kindness from the man he had relentlessly pursued. Grace didn’t make sense in his worldview of law and order.

It illustrates the grace of our text where the Apostle urges the believers to overcome evil with kindness. It answers the question, how do I respond to someone who relentlessly pursues me? Join us Sunday as we consider the grace of Christ for us and how to live that with our opponents.