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.
