Romans 16:20-27 (NIV)

Romans 16:20-27 (NIV)
20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
21 Timothy, my fellow worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my relatives.
22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city's director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.
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25 Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,
26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him--
27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.

You hardly ever think of a peaceful being that is able to crush its opponent, and yet that is the God we serve. Satan is the enemy and it is God that does the crushing and not us. Paul then sends out his closing by asking that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. A man by the name of Tertius is the one who was copying the letter down for Paul. Paul sends out more greetings from fellow workers. Notice one is the city's public works director. Now for the benediction. The benediction goes back to the purpose of the book of Romans and that is to explain what the Gospel of God is in Jesus Christ. Pray this prayer over you and over our church. It is about being established by the God who wants to reach all the nations. A few hundred years later Rome became the center for Christianity. God can establish His Word and you in it.

I hope you were able to reread chapters 1, 5, 6 and 8 of Romans. I did and it was quite the treat. I hope none of us will get over the power of the Gospel of our God in Christ Jesus.