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ROMANS CHAPTER 8
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Rom 8,1-4
· (41b) Judgment Ø
Satan destroyed Ø Be like Jesus Ø
Jesus is without sin Ø He fulfilled the law
· (41g) Judgment Ø
Satan destroyed Ø Be like Jesus Ø
God’s righteousness is His doing
· (118l) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Freedom Ø
Law of the spirit Ø Spirit delivers you from
the desire to sin
· (119l) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Curse of God is
broken Ø Curse of the law is broken
--
If God had given the law to perfect beings, it would have had no relevance;
instead He gave the law to His fallen, imperfect people and it had no effect, so
either way the law has no power. It was never meant to emanate any power, but
to merely point out our weaknesses and flaws. In these verses Paul calls the Ten Commandments the law of sin and
death; that title should not invoke hope in anyone who tries to follow it,
or to be justified by it. Instead, God has given us a new and
better law, written not on tablets of stone, but on the tablet of our hearts with the blood of
Christ. The law of sin and death states that if we live in a body of sinful flesh, we must
sin, and if
we sin, we must die, but the law of the Spirit of life
states that if we believe in the one who justifies the ungodly, then we must
live by the Spirit of His Son who cannot sin, the perfect one who has imparted His
perfection in us by faith.
· (227g) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø God
working in you Ø
Depending on Jesus to have compassion Ø
Depending on Jesus to deliver us -- These verses go with verses 35-39
· (231e) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Mystery
of godliness Ø Revelation of Jesus is the
mystery of the kingdom Ø Jesus is the mystery
of the kingdom
Rom 8,1-3
· (39g) Judgment Ø
Jesus defeated death Ø Jesus’ victory was
through His flesh
--
It is absolutely essential to understand that Jesus defeated Satan and the law
of sin and death through the flesh, that is, in His body that was no different
than ours. There were many divine attributes about Jesus, but His flesh
was not one of them. His Spirit was the Spirit of God, His soul was
that of the Son of God, but His flesh was common to us all. This fact draws
out an incomprehensible irony as well as a wonderful truth: the irony is in the simultaneous possibility and impossibility of Jesus giving in
to sin because of His combined deity and fallibility, and the wonder of it all
was His victory, His absolute perfection without sin affiliated with the spiritual
transaction between God, Satan, and
His blood-bought people that occurred at His death to deliver them from the law of sin and death.
His resurrection was simply the fulfillment of His victory on the cross.
· (39k) Judgment Ø
Jesus defeated death Ø Jesus defeated the law
of sin
· (117e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Rest in Jesus Ø Let Jesus do the work Ø
Let Him work on you -- These verses go with verses
9-11. Now that we know we cannot save ourselves through the law, it is safe to
presume that this new way through Christ is not a do-it-yourself salvation,
but God has a much greater roll in it than simply giving us a set of commands
and telling us to obey them. Rather, God this time has promised to come live
in us by His Holy Spirit; how much closer to us could He get? With the Holy
Spirit building His homestead in our own spirit comes a host of other promises
and implications that the Old Testament law could never afford. Salvation
through Christ compared to salvation through the old covenant law are
opposites in that the success of one is up to us and the success of the other
is up to God. We have a much more passive roll in our own salvation, compared
to God's active part that He plays such that we would be much further ahead if
we just let Jesus do what He wants in our lives rather than striving to do
something for Him, because most of our efforts resemble what is slavery to
dead works of the law, unless our labors are born from the freedom of
faith.
Rom 8-1,2
· (43g) Judgment Ø
Satan destroyed Ø Perfect (mature) Ø
Flawless
· (44e) Judgment Ø
Satan destroyed Ø Transformed Ø
Completed by God
Rom 8-1
· (139k) Temple Ø
Temple made without hands Ø Hiding place Ø
Abiding in Jesus --
The
term Temple made without hands refers to the idea of God working His
grace in your life, only within the purlieu of building unity within the body of
Christ, as each brick of the temple represents a member of the church. Once the
temple is built from the material of the saints, it becomes a dwelling place for
the Spirit of God and for His people to mix together as one Spirit, that is to
join spirits with God and man, as 1Cor 6-17 says, "But the one who joins
himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him," and this is the concept of
abiding in Jesus.
· (161h) Condemnation
(Key verse)
· (161j) Works of the devil Ø
Essential characteristics Ø Satan’s attitude
determines our direction Ø Carried Away Ø
Condemnation without basis of sin
Rom 8-2
· (25k) Consequences of sin Ø
Dead in sin Ø The human condition without Christ
· (118j) Law Of The Spirit
(Key verse)
· (254g) Trinity Ø
Holy Spirit’s relationship between Father and Son Ø
Jesus is the life of the Spirit Ø Jesus is the
substance of God’s life Ø Jesus conquered death
because He is life --
The trinity is a perfectly balanced interdependency between the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit. When Jesus came in the flesh, He was completely dependent on the
Holy Spirit to direct Him into what to say and do; He served as the link between
the Father and Son. Jesus was the exact image of the Spirit, so that the
righteousness He maintained in the flesh directly translated to the life of the
Spirit that Jesus emanated as an exact reflection of the Father, who is Spirit
and the source of all life, whether physical or spiritual. Jesus attributed
His abilities of healing and wisdom to the Father, but the actual working part was
the Holy Spirit, whom the Father controlled to direct Christ into every
situation. You can follow the chain of command starting with the Holy Spirit who
is the servant of all, then the Son who acts as the exact reflection of God's
mercy, and ending with the Father who is above all to see that they are exact duplications of
one another, except that they hold individual positions within the Godhead.
Rom 8-3,4
· (90j) Thy kingdom come Ø
Keeping the law Ø We do not nullify the law
through faith; we fulfill it
--
Jesus delivered us from sin both literally and potentially. According to Gal 3-13
He literally delivered us from sin as it says, "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
He also potentially delivered us from sin in that He made a way for us to
overcome sin in our daily lives; we no longer have to be in bondage to it. We
now have a choice to live free from greed, lust, pride, hate, bitterness,
envy, revenge, and all the other evil behaviors that curse our lives more than
we fulfill them, or the people we try to curse with them, and it says we
accomplish this by walking in the Spirit. What does it mean to walk in the
Spirit? The word "Walking" implies what we do and how we live.
Therefore, the definition of walking in the Spirit means to know what the Holy
Spirit is saying and doing it; and of course, the Holy Spirit will lead us in
ways that fulfill the law.
Rom 8-3
· (16c) Sin Ø Man
has a body of sin -- This verse goes with verse 10
· (37b) Jesus’ Humanity (Key
verse)
· (37c) Judgment Ø
Jesus’ humanity Ø He had human flesh
--
This is by far the most powerful aspect of the gospel, that Jesus Christ
defeated sin in the flesh. He didn't defeat sin through His omnipotent power,
but through His infinite wisdom by blunt determination, testing what He
believed about the righteousness of the truth deserving the ultimate sacrifice
of His life to preserve it. The fact that Jesus was born in the flesh, making
the Son of God vulnerable to sin (though Jesus can never fail) put the Godhead
at risk of upsetting the delicate balance of unity and power within the trinity,
gave Satan a clear shot at the throne if he could just make Jesus commit one
sin, but he couldn't do it. This test proved God's love and commitment to
truth and righteous, which is the composition of God as a being, proved that
righteousness ultimately triumphs over evil, and proved that Satan is wrong in
everything He believes about the power of sin.
· (37i) Judgment Ø
Blood of Jesus Ø He emptied Himself Ø
From equality with God to human frailty
Rom 8,4-13
· (56h) Paradox Ø
Opposites Ø He must increase, but I must
decrease
· (192b) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø
Result of putting off the old man Ø Gain by
losing Ø Life for life Ø
Losing your life to gain God’s purpose
Rom 8,4-8
· (79a) Thy kingdom come Ø
Putting your heart on display Ø Depending if your
mind is renewed
· (166h) Carnality (Mind-set of the world)
(Key verse)
· (167d) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø Carnality Ø
The carnal mind is set on the flesh Ø Bound to
the earth -- These verses go with verses 12&13.
This topic describes the vast majority of all the people on earth. Their minds
are set on the things of this world, and they don't know anything else, or if
they knew they wouldn't believe an alternate view. When so many people
collectively think and feel similarly about what they consider to be real, what
they believe unfortunately becomes reality for them and for the rest of us who
let God paint His picture of reality in our hearts, we have to live and struggle
with the intrinsic deception of the world.
· (175a) Works of the devil Ø
The religion of witchcraft Ø Form of godliness Ø
Trying to bend kingdom principles -- These verses go with verses
12&13. There are many people within the church who walk in the flesh and
believe they are in the spirit. This is very dangerous ground, something to
avoid like the plague. The way to avoid it is simple -- if you are not renewing
your mind in the Scriptures or have a prayer life, just admit it. Don't say you
are walking in God's gift when you are not, that is witchcraft! Is God's gift so
subtle and impotent that it is hard to tell whether you have it or not? Or is
His gift so dynamic that everyone around you knows you are walking in it the
minute you enter the room? If you want to walk in God's gift, then pursue it
according to Scripture and obtain it through knowledge and much prayer, but
never attempt to bend kingdom principles doing mental calisthenics to deceive
yourself into believing you are walking in the Spirit when you are not, or by
damaging other people's faith you may disqualify yourself from ever walking in
His promises.
· (187h) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø
Separation from the old man Ø Die to the flesh Ø
Spirit versus the flesh Ø Deny the flesh to walk
in the Spirit -- These verses go with verses 12&13
· (197a) Denying Christ Ø
Man exercises his will against God Ø Spiritual
laziness Ø Rebelling Against what God wants you
to do Ø Refusing to renew your mind
· (199c) Denying Christ Ø
Man exercises his will against God Ø Frustrating
the grace of God Ø Frustrating Jesus Ø
Frustrating the Holy Spirit -- These verses go with verses 12&13
Rom 8,4-6
· (6d) Responsible to advocate God’s cause Ø
Jesus’ yoke of death
· (105j) Thy kingdom come Ø
Led by the Spirit into the truth Ø
Led into the mind of Christ
--
You don't just stumble on the mind of Christ; you train yourself to think like
Him by renewing your mind in the word of God through prayer. If you don't do
this, the only alternative is to let your flesh think for you, which has the
selfish concerns of an animal, like the rest of the world, which is controlled
by the devil. There is nothing between God's truth and the world's mindset but
self deception. You can dress up your life to look religious, but if your mind
is set on the flesh, you will make decisions based on the needs and desires of
the flesh, exposing the emptiness of your own religion.
Rom 8-4
· (11d) Servant Ø
The law is our standard of conduct – Because the law was given prior
to the Spirit, and the Spirit is the only means by which we can fulfill the
law, we can safely say that the law was never given to follow, but only to
reveal to us our own evil ways. The idea is to follow the Spirit and let the Spirit
lead you to follow the law. The law is like a set of
milestones and the Spirit is like a trail through the woods that leads to
those milestones. Following the law is like trying to walk through the Alps
Mountains, looking across a vast gorge, seeing the next mountain and trying to
walk to it, and invariably getting lost, instead of using the trail. We don’t
always use the trail because it often veers in opposing directions that we
wouldn't expect to go, but
we don’t know there is an easier way to get to the bottom of the valley, or across
a raging river using a bridge afforded by the trail, instead
of drowning in it going our own way.
Rom 8,5-8
· (16g) Sin Ø
Man’s willingness to be evil Ø Acting
against righteousness
– By instinct the flesh treats Christianity
harshly. Even if you wanted to serve Christ in the flesh you couldn’t,
because the flesh cannot please God. You cannot pretend for long to be
righteous when you are disallowing the righteous one His rightful seat in
your life at the helm. If you feel the need to be religious but don't want
to change your life to accommodate the will of God, the truth about your
heart refusing to serve God will soon be revealed, because your flesh cannot
imitate righteousness if it knows not what it is.
· (21e) Sin Ø
Disobedience Ø Unfruitful
· (97g) Thy kingdom come Ø
Attention Ø Facing the direction of God’s
will Ø Focusing your attention on finishing
the project
Rom 8,6-8
· (162g) Works of the devil Ø
Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø
Bondage Ø Addicted to sin Ø
Being a slave to the sinful nature -- This verse goes with verses
12&13
Rom 8-6
· (227c) Kingdom of God Ø
Illustrating the kingdom Ø Rewards of heaven Ø
God rewards us for obeying Him Ø Fruit of the
Spirit is its own reward
Rom 8-7,8
· (181a) Works of the devil Ø
Practicing witchcraft Ø
Rebelling against God Ø Rebelling against the
authority of God
Rom 8-7
· (52b) Judging Church with world Ø
Law judges sin Ø Law is hostile against us
--
There is enmity between man and God, man hates God and God finds fault with
man, both because of sin. As we in our flesh are hostile against God, having
the fleshly nature that is instinctively rebellious against His laws, so God's
law is just as hostile against us for not obeying it, according to Col
2,13-15.
Rom 8,9-17
· (132b) Temple Ø
Your body is the temple of God Ø Holy Spirit is
in God’s people Ø spirit of God in the spirit
of man Ø Spirit of Jesus -- These verses
go with verses 35-39.
Rom 8,9-11
· (35g) Gift of God Ø
God gives Himself to us Ø Jesus sends the Holy
Spirit
· (117e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Rest in Jesus Ø Let Jesus do the work Ø
Let Him work on you -- These verses go with verses
26-34
· (227k) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø God
working in you Ø Dependence on Jesus Ø
Depending on Jesus to instill His life in us
· (254j) Trinity Ø
Holy Spirit’s relationship between Father and Son Ø
Jesus is equal with the Holy Spirit Ø Salvation
of Jesus’ Spirit
--
Encased within these words lies yet another tremendous portion of Scripture
that exonerates the trinity. In verse 9 Paul first refers to the Holy Spirit
as the Spirit of God, and in the same verse calls Him the Spirit of
Christ, then in the very next verse begins his dissertation about Christ
living in us. If Paul is going to say that the Spirit of God and the Spirit of
Christ are one and the same, implying that God and Christ are one and the
same, all we need to do is agree with him, no interpretation necessary. These
verses are clear about the Father and the Son melding together as one. Now
look at verse 11 and see that Paul is not done making the connection by
further separating the Father and Son to show that even from a distance they
are still one and the Same. See how the Spirit of God is now going to raise
Jesus from the dead, showing a glimpse of Christ in a passive state in the
grave being resurrected by the Father. It is the Spirit of God who raised
Jesus from the dead, who was addressed as the Spirit of Christ just two verses
earlier well within the same context! Yes, it was God in the flesh who came
down from heaven and gave us the life of His flesh to tear so we could inherit
the life of His Spirit through faith in His cross.
Rom 8-9,10
· (68f) Authority Ø
We have been given authority to be the children of God
· (156f) Witness Ø
Validity of the believer Ø Evidence of
salvation Ø You will know them by their
repentance
· (238g) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom Ø Transferring the kingdom
Ø The kingdom is transferred to the church Ø
Jesus will never leave us -- These verses go with verses 35-39
Rom 8-9
· (132d) Temple Ø
Your body is the temple of God Ø Holy Spirit is
in God’s people Ø God gives his spirit as a
pledge Ø His Spirit is a seal
· (217k) Sovereignty Ø
God overrides the will of man Ø God’s will
over man Ø I never knew you Ø
Because you never received anything from Him
Rom 8,10-13
· (119i) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Curse of sin is
broken Ø Curse of death is broken --
These verses go with verses 19-23
· (134g) Temple Ø
Your body is the temple of God Ø Body of sin Ø
Our bodies are home to the sinful nature
Rom 8-10
· (16c) Sin Ø
Man has a body of sin -- This verse goes with verse 3
Rom 8-11
· (38i) Judgment Ø
Jesus defeated death Ø Resurrection of the
righteous -- This verse goes with verse 23
· (59h) Paradox Ø
Two implied meanings Ø Life of the
resurrection / Life of the anointing
--
The Spirit of God who is responsible for all life lives inside us, whom we
believe with all faith and hope that He will give eternal life to our mortal
bodies after it expires, how could such an arrangement not empower us now to
live above the elementary principles of the world and anoint us to complete
God's calling regardless of how impossible it may seem?
· (255e) Trinity Ø
Holy Spirit’s relationship between Father and Son Ø
God’s word is Spirit Ø God is Spirit
--
The Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead because it was written in the
Scriptures that He should do so; therefore, the word of God and the Holy
Spirit are equal in that they never contradict one another; that is, the
Holy Spirit always fulfills Scripture. When you consider how many times the
Bible says that God raised Jesus from the dead, then in this verse it
says the Holy Spirit raised Him, it divulges the fact that the Father
and the Holy Spirit are also equal. Therefore, we can conclude that the word
of God, whom the Bible claims to be Jesus Christ, the Father, and the Holy
Spirit are all equally one and the same entity. They are all God, though
each person holds His individual position within the trinity.
Rom 8-12,13
· (4i) Being responsible for the choices you
make Ø Accountable for your sinful nature
· (6d) Responsible to advocate God’s cause Ø
Jesus’ yoke of death
· (162g) Works of the devil Ø
Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø
Bondage Ø Addicted to sin Ø
Being a slave to the sinful nature -- This verse goes with verses
20-23
· (167d) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø Carnality Ø
The carnal mind is set on the flesh Ø Bound
to the earth -- These verses go with verses 4-8
· (175a) Works of the devil Ø
The religion of witchcraft Ø Form of
godliness Ø Trying to bend kingdom principles
-- These verses go with verses 4-8
· (187h) Die to self (Process of substitution)
Ø Separation from the old man Ø
Die to the flesh Ø Spirit versus the flesh Ø
Deny the flesh to walk in the Spirit -- These verses go with verses
4-8
· (199c) Denying Christ Ø
Man exercises his will against God Ø
Frustrating the grace of God Ø Frustrating
Jesus Ø Frustrating the Holy Spirit --
These verses go with verses 4-8
· (230i) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø
Mystery of godliness Ø Mystery of the trinity
Ø Anointing is the mystery of godliness --
Paul
says that we put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit, not by self
abasement or any other form of masochism, which is all that stems from human
effort to traverse our evil nature. When Paul speaks of the Spirit in this
context, he is referring to the anointing, which is the term used sparingly
in the Bible mostly in the three epistles of John. Actually, it is used far
more in the Old Testament than in the New; however, that is not to say the
anointing is not for the new covenant church. On the contrary, the anointing
is the top subject of the New Testament, which indicates that it is implied
throughout the whole New Testament, and that we should read it with the
anointing in mind in order to properly interpret it. But what is the
anointing? It is God's response to living to the best of your ability the
way you will when you get to heaven. In other words, it the reward for
obedience to renewing your mind in the word of God, to a life of prayer, and
to a clear conscience.
· (236g) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom Ø Invest in the kingdom Ø
Invest your treasures into the kingdom Ø
Invest your flesh
Rom 8,13-18
· (117a) Thy kingdom come Ø
Rest in Jesus Ø Rest in His yoke by dying to
self Ø Working the rest of God
Rom 8-13
· (254c) Trinity Ø
Holy Spirit’s relationship between Father and Son Ø
Jesus is the life of the Spirit Ø We live
because He is life Ø We live because we died
with Him
--
Jesus died and rose again on our behalf so we would die to the sins of our
flesh for the purpose of living in the Spirit. This living and walking in the
spirit is the same idea as having an anointing from God, which acts as a
pledge for the type of blessing that we will receive in heaven, only on a
grander scale. Rejecting the sins of the flesh and refusing to walk in them is
a lot like the way Jesus lived, which led Him to be crucified. God will not
ask you to hang on a cross to be pleasing to Him, but He will ask you to live
like Jesus, which takes much sacrifice and promises to radically change your
life. The more willing you are to change your life, the more He will change it
through His anointing, and then the more willing you will be to change it that
you may nurture and protect the anointing and let it grow.
Rom 8,14-17
· (33c) Gift of God Ø
God is our Father Ø Believers are children of
promise
· (35f) Gift of God Ø
God gives Himself to us Ø Father sends the Holy
Spirit
· (105k) Thy kingdom come Ø
Led by the Spirit Ø To the truth Ø
Spirit will lead you to Christ
· (156g) Witness Ø
Validity of the believer Ø Evidence of
salvation Ø Manifesting the Holy Spirit is
evidence of salvation
Rom 8-15
· (24a) Sin Ø
Poverty (Oppression) Ø Fear of hardship
· (36l) Gift of God Ø
Adopted Ø We are adopted by the Spirit
-- This verse goes with verse 23
· (163e) Works of the devil Ø
Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø
Bondage Ø Being slaves of men Ø
Being a slave to fear
Rom 8,16-25
· (98h) Thy kingdom come Ø
Endurance Ø (Faith à
Suffering [Endurance] à Glory) --
The Bible says here that the new creation, beginning with ourselves, will come
into our own through suffering, likening it as giving birth to a child. The
Bible uses this analogy in many instances, because it well depicts the idea of
suffering with a reward. It also implies a miraculous event over which the
woman (analogous of the church) is not in control. Knowing that the
last days precedes the new creation, and that we are more likely to be living
in the last days than any other generation before us, this reference to
suffering may well be talking about us and perhaps some of our own experiences
in the near future. So, buckle up and keep your eyes trained on Jesus, who is
our reward.
Rom 8,16-23
· (38g) Judgment Ø
Jesus defeated death Ø Resurrection of freedom
· (188h) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø
Separation from the old man Ø Sorrow Ø
Grieving over your own loss Ø Grieving over
your sinful nature --
Rom 8-16,17
· (36f) Inheritance
(Key verse)
· (36k) Gift of God Ø
Inheritance Ø Jesus is our inheritance
· (155g) Witness Ø
Validity of the believer Ø Witness of the
believer Ø Holy Spirit bears witness of the
believer
· (207c) Salvation Ø
God makes promises on His terms Ø Eternal
security? Ø You will perish if you do not
overcome
Rom 8-17,18
· (190b) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø
Separation from the old man Ø Masochism
(Self-made martyr) Ø
Taking your sinful nature by force -- These
verses go with verses 22&23
Rom 8,18-23
· (225j)
Kingdom of God Ø Illustrating the kingdom Ø
Parables Ø Parables about nurturing the people of
God Ø Parables about a woman in labor giving birth to a child
· (238e)
Kingdom of God Ø Pursuing the kingdom Ø
Transferring the kingdom Ø The kingdom is
transferred to the church Ø New creation Ø
The new creation is our spiritual identity --
When
God created the heavens and the earth, He saw that it was good. However, what
we see is death and destruction the degeneration and decay of all things. I
don't think God would have called that good. When Adam and Eve sinned,
God cursed them and everything they owned, which is the entire universe. Perhaps the original
creation was not like it is now; perhaps when God cursed Adam, He then patterned
everything that belonged to him after the substance of his now failing
body. When God goes to make all things new, He is going to make a big production out of it, and include us in the making of it, since we are the first fruits of the new
creation (Jesus is the first fruit of the first fruits). According to what we
read in Scripture and see with our eyes, the entire universe is our inheritance
and God patterns its substance after the physical composition His children, the entire universe will
consist of the same material from which our bodies will be made after God makes
all things new. He said that we are the first fruits of the Spirit.
Did you hear the word Spirit? Yes, the next creation will be made of a
spiritual substance; God will create our spiritual bodies first, and then pattern
the rest of the universe (our inheritance) after us, which can no longer get old
or degenerate or ever die. Since the farthest star shines by a substance
invented similar to our own bodies, then it must be part of our inheritance and
one day exist within
our grasp.
Rom 8,18-21
· (109d) Thy kingdom come Ø
Revelations of the Holy Spirit Ø Revelation of
the children of God
-- When God sets up His new heavenly kingdom, He will be the center of it, and
we will be right beside Him in all that happens throughout eternity, implying
that the universe will revolve around us (whether physically I don't know; the
last time we thought that it wasn't true). Here Paul spells it out pretty
clearly when he says that the creation is waiting for us to be revealed. That
means it is contingent on us, like the
conductor of an orchestra. In this silly life we do what we can to scratch out
some kind of meaning to our existence, but we're fighting against entropy,
futility and an innate
meaninglessness that was sown into the fabric of this creation that is dying
with us, in stark contrast to the next life and the next creation that will live
with us. Nevertheless, our purpose in heaven will continue to be what it is
here, to serve the Lord and to love
Him with all our heart and to love one another; if we do that we will discover
a purposeful existence in this life.
Rom 8-18
· (94c) Thy kingdom come Ø
Perspective on this life Ø This life is
temporary
· (233k) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom Ø Seeking the glory of God
Ø Seek His glory without wavering Ø
Seek His glory through hardship
Rom 8,19-25
· (121c) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Hope Ø
Expectation Ø Hope is the expectation to
receive Ø Expectation based on hope
· (126k) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Patience Ø
Have patience for God
· (224c) Kingdom of God Ø
Illustrating the kingdom Ø Description of
heaven Ø Describing the kingdom after he makes
all things new Ø Description of the new
creation
Rom 8,19-23
· (33d) Gift of God Ø
God is our Father Ø Kingdom belongs to the
children of God
· (44d) Judgment Ø
Satan destroyed Ø Complete Ø
Finish the course
· (119i) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Curse of sin is
broken Ø Curse of death is broken --
These verses go with verses 10-13. We Christians can't wait to take off this
mortality and put on immortality. However, do we realize that we are not alone
in our death, but that the whole creation longs to be set free from its
slavery to corruption, and for God to inject His life into us and into the
rest of all creation that all things
may live? From animate to inanimate objects, all things will rejoice with the
life of God. We can't understand that now, but when we get to heaven, we will
then truly realize for the first time just how hard of a life we had living in
a dead world with some things living merely from an organic standpoint. You
might say, 'That sounds like Pantheism!' (Pantheism is the religion that
believes God is in everything). The only thing wrong with Pantheism is that
those who adhere to it believe God is in everything now. We who have
the spirit of God dwelling in us know that the true meaning of Pantheism
defines the physical state of
heaven and that we are not there yet. God may be in everything in the sense
that He is holding all things together, but He is withholding His spiritual
presence from His creation, except for His beloved children whom God has
entrusted with His very being. We know what heaven is like by the Spirit that
He has given to us, but our
bodies have yet to be replaced by bodies that are spiritually alive even as
our spirit is alive, and even as the entire creation (the universe itself) will
one day live.
Rom 8,19-22
· (33l) Gift of God Ø
Believers are special to God Ø He has given us
all things
· (34d) Gift of God Ø
Believer owns everything Ø New creation belongs
to us
· (70j) Authority Ø
Believer’s authority Ø We have been given
authority over all creation
--
In this portion of Scripture it is clear that we will certainly be the
caretakers of the next creation, even as we were called to be caretakers of
this creation (although we have mostly abandoned that position by evidence of
the way we abuse the earth and those who dwell on it). With authority comes
great responsibility. Obviously, in the next creation sin will be capped, so
it will not get in our way again, ensuring the fulfillment of our calling and
the success of all our endeavors. God will set up everything for a utopian
society and we though His will and assistance will create that society, as He
leads us full-circle back to the garden of Eden, where we will be the
gardeners of His kingdom, which will be perfectly acceptable to God, and He
will rule and reign among His people.
Rom 8,20-23
· (162g) Works of the devil Ø
Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø
Bondage Ø Addicted to sin Ø
Being a slave to the sinful nature -- This verse goes with verses 6-8
Rom 8-22,23
· (190b) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø
Separation from the old man Ø Masochism
(Self-made martyr) Ø
Taking your sinful nature by force -- These
verses go with verses 17&18. The part of Christianity that is so
uninviting to those who do not share our faith is after we have cultivated our
faith to believe in God, we find that our bodies are not excited at all as we
are or have joined us in our faith, but still want to behave contrary to the
will of God. Our flesh is not affected by our born again experience. It still
wants to act as if we do not believe in God, after all the work we did to
renew our minds in the Scriptures and even after we have interacted with God
through prayer. It comes down to this one solution: we must take our sinful
nature by force and make our bodies do what we want them to do, like a
strong-willed child who fights his mother all the way to the barber shop. We
long for the day when we can shed this cocoon of evil wrapped around us and
live in compliance to the will of God without our flesh nagging us to
sin.
Rom 8-23,24
· (6d) Responsible to advocate God’s cause Ø
Jesus’ yoke of death
Rom 8-23
· (36l) Gift of God Ø
Adopted Ø We are adopted by the Spirit
-- This verse goes with verse 15
· (38i) Judgment Ø
Jesus defeated death Ø Resurrection of the
righteous -- This verse goes with verse 11
Rom 8-24,25
· (99n) Thy kingdom come Ø
Perseverance (Working to keep in motion)
Ø Persevere in faith
· (107c) Thy kingdom come Ø
Truth Ø Word creates faith Ø
Word of God creates faith
Rom 8,26-34
· (117e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Rest in Jesus Ø Let Jesus do the work Ø
Let Him work on you -- These verses go with verses
1-3
Rom 8,26-28
· (248b) Priorities Ø
God’s priorities Ø The will of God Ø
God exercises His will
Rom 8-26,27
· (9g) God is responsible to strengthen us by the
sword of His Spirit Ø Through prayer –
This
passage of Scripture is probably the most straight-forward verses in the Bible
pertaining to a specific kind of speaking in tongues. Now that we are on the
subject, here’s a quick overview of the topic. Basically, there are three kinds
of speaking in tongues: there is one that you do by yourself in your own prayer closet,
(that's one pertains to this verse), and there is one you do in public, such as in
church. The latter requires an interpretation from either you or some one else,
otherwise how would it edify the hearers? There is a third kind that is much
like the second, except that it requires no interpretation in that you are
actually speaking another language that a foreigner in your hearing can
understand in his own language. In any and all cases the goal is edification. To
research it yourself, begin by looking in 1Corinthians chapter 14. Going back to
the type of speaking in tongues that pertains to this verse (the one you do in
your prayer closet), This is the type most commonly heard in Pentecostal and
Charismatic churches, the prayer language that God intended them to use for
their own edification and no one else's, because it was designed by God to edify
the speaker only. In other words, they are wrong in using their prayer language
in a public setting. It is wrong because it has no power to edify the hearers.
If they feel spiritual, then they need an interpreter or else speak in a
language that someone can understand; remember, the goal is edification.
· (35i) Gift Ø God
gives Himself to us Ø Receiving the Holy Spirit
as a form of baptism
· (95a) Speaking In Tongues (Seeking direction)
(Key verse)
· (95b) Thy kingdom come Ø
Positive attitude Ø Speaking in tongues Ø
Groaning too deep for words --
There
are many times when we have feelings too great for thoughts, or when we have
thoughts for which we have not yet found words, that speaking in our prayer
language can temporarily replace, until we can uncover thoughts for our feelings
and find words for our thoughts. We speak in tongues in our prayer closet with groanings
too deep for words until God brings about the revelation of His mystery that He
put on our hearts.
· (229d) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Kingdom
grows by itself Ø God causes the growth Ø
Kingdom grows according to the will of God
Rom 8-27
· (74f) Thy kingdom come Ø
Heart is man’s central value system Ø Where
value interprets the man
· (212g) Sovereignty Ø
God is infinite Ø God is all knowing Ø
Nothing hidden Ø God knows your heart
Rom 8,28-30
· (91f) Thy kingdom come Ø
The called Ø Walking along the narrow way Ø
Walking in God’s calling is to fulfill His purpose
--
We all want to feel that we have a purpose in life, but very few of us know
what our calling is from God. We who seek purpose should understand that to
fulfill our calling is our purpose in life. The question is: how do we
come to realize our calling from God; what do we have to do to find out, and
to what extent do you have to go before you find it? It takes a life in the
word of God and the same in consistent prayer and we will be able to know
anything that God would have us know, and in that knowledge we will discern our
calling. Then and
only then will we feel that we really have purpose in our lives, but its the
pursuit of money that distracts us from our true course and makes us question the purpose of our existence.
Rom 8-28
· (29k) Gift of God Ø
God is our advocate Ø He knows how to supply
our needs
· (228m) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø God
working in you Ø God causes all things to work
together
Rom 8-29,30
· (220c) Sovereignty Ø
God overrides the will of man Ø Predestined according to His foreknowledge
Rom 8-29
· (29i) Gift of God Ø
God is on our side Ø God identifies with us Ø
Jesus is our brother
· (43c) Judgment Ø
Satan destroyed Ø Conform to the character of
Jesus’ image
· (238d) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom Ø The kingdom is transferred to the church Ø
Jesus is born again
-- Jesus was never born again in the same sense that we were, since we started
without the Holy Spirit present in our lives and then were introduced to Him
the day we commended our spirit to God, defining the born again experience.
Instead, according to Rev 1-5 Jesus was the first born from the dead,
referring to His resurrection. If Jesus is called the first-born, then there
must be more to follow Him; that would be the church. Anybody who believes in
God for the salvation of their souls will someday rise from the dead in a
similar manner that Jesus did without the chance of ever dying again.
Rom 8-30
· (120f) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø
Forgiveness is an act of mercy Ø God passes
over our sins
· (234a) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom Ø Seeking the glory of God
Ø God chooses us while we seek His glory
Rom 8,31-39
· (28b) Gift of God Ø
God is our advocate Ø God protects us through
our faith
· (29j) Gift of God Ø
God is on our side Ø God identifies with us Ø
He is our advocate
· (39e)
Judgment Ø Jesus defeated death Ø
Victory Ø Jesus overcame the world
Rom 8-31,32
· (34e) Gift of God Ø
Believer owns everything Ø All things belong to
us
· (35b) Gift of God Ø
God is willing to Give Ø He is generous with
the Spirit of His Son
· (36d) Gift of God Ø
Gifts from the Holy Spirit Ø All things are
gifts from God
· (115b) Thy kingdom come Ø
Working the grace of God Ø Working God’s
grace through Christ Ø We receive the anointing
through Christ
· (209k) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Jesus is our sacrifice Ø
Jesus paid the price for us Ø Father sent His
son to the cross
· (227h) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø God
working in you Ø Dependence on Jesus Ø
Depending on Jesus to impart His gifts into us Ø
To give us what we give to each other
Rom 8-33,34
· (18b) Sin Ø
Unrighteous judgment Ø Condemning God’s
people
· (243f) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Persecuting the kingdom Ø Persecuting the
church of God
Rom 8-34
· (38d) Judgment Ø
Jesus defeated death (Satan) Ø Resurrection
brings about judgment
--
So many things took place at the resurrection of Jesus Christ, such as God
judged sin through Christ, but it was all the handiwork of His death, coalesced
with His perfect life. It was the resurrection that proved His victory
over sin and death, but it was His death that actually won the victory.
Nevertheless, it would have been meaningless to achieve victory over sin
without being able to show some kind of proof of it. This makes the
resurrection just as vital as His blood sacrifice, or another way of looking
at it is simply the other side of the same coin, implying that His death and
resurrection are a single unit; they are not separate entities. One cannot
exist without the other. You cannot pull down a bobber without it floating
back to the water's surface any more than you can kill the source of all life
without it coming back to life. Jesus is alive now as He was before,
but some things have changed. Just like in a game of chess, the same piece can
occupy a square that it was on a few moves earlier, but being there again
means something different to your opponent; it is a different game now! Evil
tried to destroy the essence of what is righteous and good and failed. Now
judgment must ensue until evil is completely taken from creation for all time,
while God proves that His character based on righteousness dominates over the
power of sin, also while He teaches us lessons about its pitfalls and
consequences.
· (67c) Authority Ø
Jesus at the right hand of the father Ø He is
interceding for us there
· (83e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Intercession Ø Jesus stands in the gap Ø
He prays for us
Rom 8,35-39
· (39f) Judgment Ø
Jesus defeated death Ø Victory Ø
He overcame every circumstance
· (46d) Judgment Ø
Spiritual warfare Ø Subjecting your flesh Ø
Hindrances to the kingdom
· (98j) Thy kingdom come Ø
Endurance Ø (Faith à
Suffering [Circumstances] à Glory [Victory])
· (132b) Temple Ø
Your body is the temple of God Ø Holy Spirit is
in God’s people Ø Spirit of God in the spirit
of man Ø Spirit of Jesus -- These verses
go with verses 9-17
· (227g) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø God
working in you Ø
Depending on Jesus to have compassion Ø
Depending on Jesus to deliver us -- These verses go with verses 1-4
· (238g) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom Ø The kingdom is transferred to the church Ø
Jesus will never leave us -- These verses go with verses 9&10
· (241f) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Hindering the kingdom Ø Obstacles that keep you from
Jesus
· (243h) Kingdom of God Ø
The eternal kingdom Ø The indestructible
kingdom Ø The body of Christ is indestructible Ø
The new man is indestructible
· (250m) Priorities Ø
God’s prerequisites Ø Lists Ø
Terms of graduating to the next level Ø List of
physical circumstances
Rom 8-35
· (26e) Consequences of sin Ø
Death is separation from Christ
Rom 8-37
· (228l) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø God
working in you Ø God works the victory in your
life
Rom 8-38,39
· (122c) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø Confidence in God to
keep the church
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