. This is a passage which has been very seriously misused. Now, if it was righteous in God (and who will gainsay it?) Thank You, Lord. Horribly offensive as sin is to God, and inexcusable in the creature, it is sin which has given occasion to the astonishing display of divine righteousness in justifying believers. already. Paul is saying: "In this present world nothing can separate us from God in Christ; the day will come when this world will be shattered and the new age will dawn. My little granddaughter tonight has got an ear infection and not feeling well, and it just tears me up. Read full chapter. Proud member Grace Evangelical Church Buzzsprout-648864 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:00:00 -0600 2313 Wednesday Night full false Women's Bible Study | Hebrews 4:14-6:12 | Paula Hedgepeth Women's Bible Study | Hebrews 4:14-6:12 | Paula Hedgepeth This is the essential point. [2.] Tempted or not, it was Adam's free will that consented to the deed that plunged all of his posterity into ruin. He uses still another picture from Roman adoption. The past history of Israel was sketched inRomans 9:1-33; Romans 9:1-33; the present more immediately is before us inRomans 10:1-21; Romans 10:1-21. One such casualty of Paul's oversight was the stoning of . My life is being ruled by the spirit, thus I am being led by the Spirit and in that I have then this joined together with God in the spirit as His Spirit is bearing witness with my spirit. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also make alive your mortal bodies by his Spirit dwelling in you ( Romans 8:10-11 ). He knew what the glory of heaven is; see 2 Corinthians 12:3; 2 Corinthians 12:4. According to the Rabbis there were three ranks of angels. Romans 8:20, ESV: For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope. The children of God shall appear in their own colours. As He has given us through the blood of Jesus full remission, as we shall be saved by this life, as He has made us know even now nothing short of present conscious deliverance from every whit of evil that belongs to our very nature, as we have the Spirit the earnest of the glory to which we are destined, as we are the vessels of gracious sorrow in the midst of that from which we are not yet delivered but shall be, so now we have the certainty that, whatever betide, God is for us, and that nothing shall separate us from His love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Oh, what a fabulous time we had as we lived like rich boys. Someone may object: "You say that the Spirit-controlled man is on the way to life; but in point of fact every man must die. To put it in another way, the Stoic believed that nothing could happen to a man which did not come from God and which was not part of God's plan for him. Let man be what he might, or where he might, God's good news was for man. It was a glorious day when we moved out of that tent and into this new sanctuary. Is there no call, no mercy, of God for any besides? The connection is fully owned with that which had been from God of old. But he meets their proud exclusiveness in another way. "Yea verily, their sound went forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." Thus, I can rest in the most uncomfortable places. Romans 12:1 - Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to pre-sent your bodies a living and holy sacrice,. The logos ( G3056) was the reason and the mind of God in the universe, making it an order and not a chaos. Therein God is both vindicated and glorified. Now, suppose the adopting father died and there was some dispute about the right of the adopted son to inherit, one or more of the seven witnesses stepped forward and swore that the adoption was genuine. There is an impurity, deformity, and infirmity, which the creature has contracted by the fall of man: the creation is sullied and stained, much of the beauty of the world gone. . While striving for holiness under the law, Paul had focused on the commands (e.g., "lust") so that his mind-set was fleshly: "I must steer clear of all lust." This fleshly orientation doomed him to commit the very sin he sought to avoid. In the gospel there is revealed God's righteousness. Because, though my spirit was indeed willing, my flesh was weak. Romans 8:20. Paul clearly wants us to know who the boss is. The Lord himself is the portion of the saints' inheritance (Psalms 16:5), a goodly heritage, Romans 8:6; Romans 8:6. 20 For . Paul is saying that, because of our weakness, we do not know what to pray for, but the prayers we ought to offer are offered for us by the Holy Spirit. . How rich, how broad, how expansive is God's love for you tonight. Before the cross there hung out the gravest question that ever was raised, and it needed settlement in this world; but in Christ sin is for ever abolished for the believer; and this not only in respect of what He has done, but in what He is. These two lives are going in diametrically opposite directions. To those that were under it, to be sure. Romans 8 concludes the second main section of the body of the letter, ' Living under grace '. It is the deep experience of the Christian that all is of God; that he did nothing and that God did everything. When the creatures are made the food and fuel of our lusts, they are subject to vanity, they are captivated by the law of sin. Man classifies death as the separation of man's consciousness from his body. Pythagoras forbade his disciples to pray for themselves, because, he said, they could never in their ignorance know what was expedient for them. It is almost universally agreed that Paul wrote Romans from the city of Corinth as he wintered there on his third missionary journey as described in Acts 20:2-3. who would defraud God of that which He delights in the blessedness of bringing in deliverance by that One man, of whom Adam was the image? O how vastly different is the sentence of the word from the sentiment of the world concerning the sufferings of this present time! And when you come against that which you can't understand, it is important that you have certain foundations that you do understand and you fall back on the foundations. The Old Testament speaks of it without elaboration and without detail. And if I go and prepare one for you, then I am going to come again and receive you unto Myself, that where I am there you may be also" ( John 14:2-3 ). He says that God's spirit witnesses with our spirit that we really are his children. THE LOVE FROM WHICH NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US ( Romans 8:31-39 ). Romans 8:20-21. Who hath subjected the same - Who has appointed his people to this condition. And the cities shall be full of good, things, and the fields rich; neither shall there be any sword, throughout the land or battle-din; nor shall the earth be, convulsed any more with deep-drawn groans. 9. He will cause sweet fountains of, white milk to burst forth. There is a basic emptiness of man apart from God. So God has subjected us in hope as we hope for that day and we hope for that kingdom. But the honour and happiness of an heir lie in the value and worth of that which he is heir to: we read of those that inherit the wind; and therefore we have here an abstract of the premises. Oh, how happy is the man to whom God does not impute iniquity. What gives glory to God like this? The New English Bible translates this phrase, "was made subject to frustration. Just as Abraham was so loyal to God that he was prepared to sacrifice his dearest possession, God is so loyal to men that he is prepared to sacrifice his only Son for them. The condition of the Roman saints called for a setting forth of the gospel of God; but this object, in order to be rightly understood and appreciated, leads the apostle into a display of the condition of man. The future must be brought in by the grace of God; and this he accordingly gives us at the close of Romans 11:1-36. The Spirit will help our weaknesses through groaning which really cannot be uttered, for He knows what is the mind of the Father and He will make intercession according to His will. conceits they had of themselves, of their wisdom, knowledge, Paul knew that, and here he, as it were, endows creation with consciousness. On the contrary, the doctrine of faith establishes law as nothing else can; and for this simple reason, that if one who is guilty hopes to be saved spite of the broken law, it must be at the expense of the law that condemns his guilt; whereas the gospel shows no sparing of sin, but the most complete condemnation of it all, as charged on Him who shed His blood in atonement. This passage gives a very wide perspective of Gods great plan of redemption, which is the heart of Pauls theology. Read Introduction to Romans 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; . Oh, if you only knew how much God loves you, you would never run away from Him again. "God surely can't love me anymore. Sin came into this world and with sin came death, the consequence of sin. For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God ( Romans 8:19 ). The apostle allows this privilege to be great, specially in having the Scriptures, but turns the argument against the boasters. How comfortable should this be to all the children of God, how little soever they have in possession, that, being heirs, they have enough in reversion! Man in this world is a body and a spirit; and in the world of glory the total man will be saved. Oh, how grateful we are for that love of God for us tonight in Christ Jesus. Hence the depravity of the heathen found little or no cheek from conscience, because it was bound up with all that took the shape of God before their mind. But we have to note that that experience comes only to those who love God. )_ 2. God's righteousness was now manifested as to the past sins He had not brought into judgment through His forbearance, and yet more conspicuously in the present time, when He displayed His justice in justifying the believer. Lot Chuck Missler 4CD + 20 DVD Set and 6 Books (Romans, Acts, Luke, John) Notes. Paul has the very same thought. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. And mark the force of it whosoever." Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his ( Romans 8:9 ). Because God created a way to save humanity, both man and creation itself have hope. Jesus said, "Woman, the day is coming, and now is, when they that worship God neither worship in this mountain nor in Jerusalem. "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. So Jesus, in the hour of suffering or persecution, points us to the glory of that kingdom that we are going to experience for eternity. That is, it is not merely pardon of past sins, but deliverance from sin, and in due time from all its consequences. The King James Version rendering is famous. All the curse and filth that now adhere to the creature shall be done away then when those that have suffered with Christ upon earth shall reign with him upon the earth. Paul is saying: "You can think of every terrifying thing that this or any other world can produce. One might know a most real clinging to Jesus; but this would not set the heart at ease with God. Lot Of 10 Chuck Missler Bible Commentaries-CD-ROM/Mixed Media With Bonus DVD . For winds shall go forth from before me to bring every, morning the fragrance of aromatic fruits, and at the close of the. For the creature was made subject to vanity But then again he intimates that the nature of the gospel is involved in the publishing of the glad tidings. I understand that God is in control of all of the circumstances that surround my life. 17.) Who shall deliver me from this life controlled by the body?" Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 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