Romans 8

Romans 8 says it all

It covers the entire Gospel of Jesus Christ

Those who are in Jesus are set free

Free from compulsion to sin

Free from condemnation

that comes from the law because of sin

The Holy God requires punishments for sins committed

God gave Jesus to be The Sin Offering

So He condemned sin in the flesh

In order that the righteous requirement of the law

Might be fully met in us

Our mindset sets us up

If we are governed by the flesh we will die

But if by the Spirit we put to death the misdeeds of the body

We will live

We are in the realm of the Spirit

if the Spirit of God lives in us

When Christ is in us

Even though our bodies are subjected to death because of sin

The Spirit who raised Christ from the dead

Will also give life to our mortal bodies

We have an obligation to live according to the Spirit

By putting to death the misdeeds of the body

So that we will live

Those led by the Spirit of God are the children of God

The Spirit living in us testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children

We are heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ

If we share in His sufferings we would also share in His glory

There is glory awaiting the children of God

The creation waits with eager expectation

for the revelation of the glory of God’s children

The creation groans and waits with God’s children

for our adoption to sonship

The redemption of our bodies

For in this hope we were saved

We wait patiently for a hope not yet fulfilled

The Spirit intercedes for us through wordless groans

in accordance with the will of God

Confident that God works for the good of those who love Him

who have been called according to His purpose

For those God foreknew

He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son

So that Christ can be the firstborn among many siblings

Those God predestined He also

Called

Justified and

Glorified

What then can we say in response to these things

If God is for us who can be against us

He Who did not spare His own Son

but freely gave Him up for us all

How will He not also graciously give us all things

Who will bring any charge against those Whom God has justified

Who then is the one who condemns

NO ONE

The risen Christ is also interceding for us at the right hand of God

No one

And nothing

Can separate us from the love of God

No situation

No circumstance

We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us

No life circumstances

Nor powers

No time

Nor space

Nor anything else in all creation

Will be able to separate us from the love of God

That is in Christ Jesus our Lord

The question is

Are we the children of God?

Do we have Christ’s Spirit?

For whoever do not have the Spirit of Christ

Do not belong to Christ

And without Christ we cannot enjoy

All or any

of what He has provided for us

Come on to Christ

Come into Christ

He is knocking at your heart’s door

He wants to come in

To set you free from

The cycle of sin and condemnation

To pour over you

His love

His unconditional love

His fierce love

His persistent love

His powerful love

That does not let you go

Neither death nor life

Neither angels nor demons

Neither the present nor the future

Nor any powers

Neither height nor depth

Nor anything else in all creation

will be able to separate us from the love of God

That is in Christ Jesus our Lord

1 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 free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.