This is enough to answer all those accusations, It is God that justifieth. 1. 31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? The object of this expectation. How we come by these privilegesthe privilege of justification, that there is no condemnation to usthe privilege of sanctification, that we walk after the Spirit, and not after the flesh, which is no less our privilege than it is our duty. It is our love to God that makes every providence sweet, and therefore profitable. We groan within ourselves, which denotes the strength and secrecy of these desires; not making a loud noise, as the hypocrites howling upon the bed for corn and wine, but with silent groans, which pierce heaven soonest of all. The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. And blessed be God that there are many brethren; though they seem but a few in one place at one time, yet, when they come all together, they will be a great many. God did it judicially; he passed a sentence upon the creatures for the sin of man, by which they became subject. How may we know whether we are after the flesh or after the Spirit? 1. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. Had the event been left at uncertainties in the divine counsels, to depend upon the contingent turn of man's will, Christ might have been the first-born among but few or no brethrena captain without soldiers and a prince without subjectsto prevent which, and to secure to him many brethren, the decree is absolute, the thing ascertained, that he might be sure to see his seed, there is a remnant predestinated to be conformed to his image, which decree will certainly have its accomplishment in the holiness and happiness of that chosen race; and so, in spite of all the opposition of the powers of darkness, Christ will be the first-born among many, very many brethren. But it should seem by the scripture that there will be some kind of restoration of them. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. The Lord himself is the portion of the saints' inheritance (Ps 16 5), a goodly heritage, v. 6. The law could not do it, v. 3. Abba, Father. Are they chosen? Called? Here are life and death, blessing and cursing, set before us. Displaying all worksheets related to - Romans 8. In hoping for this glory we have need of patience, to bear the sufferings we meet with in the way to it and the delays of it. When Abraham was dead, yet God was the God of Abraham, for even then his spirit was life, Matt 22 31, 32. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. No, by no means. This expresses states and conditions of the soul vastly different. He is agent for us there, an advocate for us, to answer all accusations, to put in our plea, and to prosecute it with effect, to appear for us and to present our petitions. Present receivings and comforts are consistent with a great many groans; not as the pangs of one dying, but as the throes of a woman in travailgroans that are symptoms of life, not of death. Paul writes, He that hath prepared a crown and kingdom for us will be sure to give us enough to bear our charges in the way to it. We are not debtors to the flesh, neither by relation, gratitude, nor any other bond or obligation. Created wills are so very fickle, and created powers so very feeble, that, if any of these did depend upon the creature, the whole would shake. We do not, will not, love him the less for this; and that for this reason, because we do not think that he loves us the less. The saints are heirs though in this world they are heirs under age; see Gal 4 1, 2. The mind is the forge of thoughts. It is a surer and a nobler way of conquest by faith and patience than by fire and sword. None are thus justified but those that are effectually called. The happiness is not barely a negative happiness, not to be condemned; but it is positive, it is an advancement to a life that will be the unspeakable happiness of the man (v. 10, 11): If Christ be in you. And what does he say? The Holy Spirit is the spring of all our desires and breathings towards God. It is by virtue of our interest in Christ, our relation to him, and our union with him, that we are thus secured. That which is herein chiefly designed is the honour of Jesus Christ, that he might be the first-born among many brethren; that is, that Christ might have the honour of being the great pattern, as well as the great prince, and in this, as in other things, might have pre-eminence. Now those whom god thus foreknew he did predestinate to be conformed to Christ. The adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. Christ doth not, will not, love us the less for all this. WebRomans 8:14-17 Sons and Daughters of the Living God p.12 8. Now we are here told what becomes of the bodies and souls of those in whom Christ is. God himself will be with them, and will be their God, Rev 21 3. O grave, then, where is thy victory? All the saints have flesh and spirit in them; but to be in the flesh and to be in the Spirit are contrary. Use a dictionary if necessary. The particular instances of Christians' privileges, ver 1-28. 4. There is an enmity of one creature to another; they are all subject to continual alteration and decay of the individuals, liable to the strokes of God's judgments upon man. What room is left for doubting and disquietment? [3.] It is our having received the first-fruits of the Spirit, which both quickens our desires and encourages our hopes, and both ways raises our expectations. Many speak peace to themselves to whom the God of heaven does not speak peace. 1. Death includes all misery; carnal souls are miserable souls. It is Christ, an able all-sufficient Saviour. They are neither a cause nor an evidence of the abatement of his love. He worketh all things together for good; so some read it. WebIn this Bible study, Noe Garcia takes participants on a journey through Romans 8, which many scholars believe is the greatest chapter in the Bible. (2.) whether are we more wise for the world or for our souls? Is the devil, the accuser of the brethren, accusing them before our God day and night? Life. His death: It is Christ that died. It cannot cut off or impair our love to God, or God's to us; nothing does it, can do it, but sin. We are like foolish children, that are ready to cry for fruit before it is ripe and fit for them; see Luke 9 54, 55. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. The good angels will not, the bad shall not; and neither can. The ground thereof laid in predestination, ver 29, 30. There is a general outcry of the whole creation against the sin of man: the stone crieth out of the wall (Hab 2 11), the land cries, Job 31 38. A thriving, global community of like-minded women. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means. Therefore the apostle mentions it with a yea, rather. The very sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, Prov 15 8. They are all for good; perhaps for temporal good, as Joseph's troubles; at least, for spiritual and eternal good. What does Paul say regarding those who are in Christ Jesus (i.e., Christians) (Romans 8:1)? You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of evil desires for apart from Torah, sin is dead. The more we know of other things the less we wonder at them; but the further we are led into an acquaintance with gospel mysteries the more we are affected with the admiration of them. The apostle here suggests two privileges more to which true Christians are entitled:. WebIt never did obey Gods laws, and it never will. Who shall? In chapter 7 Paul has described the Christian conflict. But all the providences of God are theirsmerciful providences, afflicting providences, personal, public. (2.) None shall, v. 35-37. But those that are sanctified have God's Spirit witnessing with their spirits, which is to be understood not of any immediate extraordinary revelation, but an ordinary work of the Spirit, in and by the means of comfort, speaking peace to the soul. This is the ground of the stedfastness of the love; therefore God rests in his love (Zeph 3 17), because Jesus Christ, in whom he loves us, is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. To a sincere Christian, who makes heart-work of his duty, nothing is more comfortable than that God searches the heart, for then he will hear and answer those desires which we want words to express. Words of knowledge often in scripture denote affection; so here: Elect according to the foreknowledge of God, 1 Pet 1 2. The fears of the saints lest they should lose their hold of Christ are often very discouraging and disquieting, and create them a great deal of disturbance; but here is that which may silence their fears, and still such storms, that nothing can separate them. Observe, (1.) That the creatures groan and travail in pain together under this vanity and corruption, v. 22. Those that love God make the best of all he does, and take all in good part. WebRomans 8:8. It is the unspeakable privilege and comfort of all those that are in Christ Jesus that there is therefore now no condemnation to them. The assistances which the Spirit gives us in that duty. *Click on Open button to open and print to we may suppose them of as much use as they were to Adam in innocency; and if it be only to illustrate the wisdom, power, and goodness of their Creator, that is enough. For these the ruling powers condemned them: "But no matter for that" (says the apostle); "while we stand right at God's bar it is of no great moment how we stand at men's. 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Joint-heirs with Christ. He does not say, "There is no accusation against them," for this there is; but the accusation is thrown out, and the indictment quashed. Those are more than conquerors that conquer, First, With little loss. The primitive Christians had many black crimes laid to their chargeheresy, sedition, rebellion, and what not? (2.) Which interest has the ascendant? Thus we are conquerors, not in our own strength, but in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. It is not the rhetoric and eloquence, but the faith and fervency, of our prayers, that the Spirit works, as an intercessor, in us. MoSheH ["Withdrawn", Moses] indeed [, ahMNahM] wrote upon the righteousness, that from inside the Instruction: that do them, the ahDahM How shall he not? But the spirit, the precious soul, that is life; it is now spiritually alive, nay, it is life. The Spirit of adoption works in the children of God a filial love to God as a Father, a delight in him, and a dependence upon him, as a Father. (10-17) Their hopeful prospects under tribulations. It is enmity to God (v. 7), and this is worse than the former. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the life of the saint lies in the soul, while the life of the sinner goes no further than the body. Ministers are helpers of the joy of the saints. The Spirit visits many that are unregenerate with his motions, which they resist and quench; but in all that are sanctified he dwells; there he resides and rules. Our giving ourselves to Christ takes rise in God's giving us to him; and, in giving us to him, he predestinated us to be conformable to his image. But when the commandment really encountered me, sin sprang to life, 10 and I died. (2.) Topics covered: The never-ending debt to love one another -- Who is the creditor for this debt? Or understand it of the ceremonial law; that was a plaster not wide enough for the wound, it could never take away sin, Heb 10 4. It is not enough that we do that which is good, but we must do it well, seek in a due order; and here we are often at a lossgraces are weak, affections cold, thoughts wandering, and it is not always easy to find the heart to pray, 2 Sam 7 27. Now the saints are God's hidden ones, the wheat seems lost in a heap of chaff; but then they shall be manifested. It does not yet appear what we shall be (1 John 3 2), but then the glory shall be revealed. Though they cannot make good the charge yet they will be ready to condemn; but we have a plea ready to move in arrest of judgment, a plea which cannot be overruled. (2.) Christ rose as the head, and first-fruits, and forerunner of all the saints, 1 Cor 15 20. But to be spiritually minded, phronema tou pneumatosa spiritual savour (the wisdom that is from above, a principle of grace) is life and peace; it is the felicity and happiness of the soul. (1) No condemnation.. In this the suffering saints have triumphed; not only have not been separated from the love of Christ, but have been taken into the most sensible endearments and embraces of it. The favour of God, the welfare of the soul, the concerns of eternity, are the things of the Spirit, which those that are after the Spirit do mind. It is only through Christ that loved us, the merit of his death taking the sting out of all these troubles, the Spirit of his grace strengthening us, and enabling us to bear them with holy courage and constancy, and coming in with special comforts and supports. There are three things in this chapter: I. "God as a Judge," says Dr. Manton, "by the spirit of bondage, sends us to Christ as Mediator, and Christ as Mediator, by the spirit of adoption, sends us back again to God as a Father." We have an answer ready to all accusations and a security against all condemnations (v. 33, 34): Who shall lay any thing? Men may give a charter of adoption; but it is God's prerogative, when he adopts, to give a spirit of adoptionthe nature of children. It is spiritual death, the certain way to eternal death. There is therefore no condemnation, because they are interested in the satisfaction that Christ by dying made to the law. All rights reserved. Hence the apostle by the way infers how much it is our duty to walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, v. 12, 13. How comes it about? 31 What shall we then say to these things? But when the commandment really encountered me, sin sprang to life, 10 and I died. It could neither justify nor sanctify, neither free us from the guilt nor from the power of sin, having not the promises either of pardon or grace. WebWeek 3: Romans 8:9-11 (1) Look back on your notes for verses 1-8. It is God that justifieth. The sure success of these intercessions: He that searches the heart knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, v. 27. It is implied that we are debtors to Christ and to the Spirit: there we owe our all, all we have and all we can do, by a thousand bonds and obligations. (1.) WebRomansChapter 8 The Work of God for Sanctification Introduction: I. We see the Old-Testament saints had the same lot; so persecuted they the prophets that were before us. Worksheets are Romans questions, Secure for sure romans 831 39, Epistles romans, Better news than you think romans 828 39 mark, Study questions on romans, The book of romans, A study through the book of romans, Ancient rome packet. Web8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[ a] free from the law of And the same word is rendered fore-ordained, 1 Pet 1 20. 103. Shall we put this question to our own hearts, Who dwells, who rules, who keeps house, here? He is the judge, the king, the party offended, and his judgment is according to truth, and sooner or later all the world will be brought to be of his mind; so that we may challenge all our accusers to come and put in their charge. WebSum up God's conclusion about man in Romans 3:10-12. (26,27) Their interest in the love of God. 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