KOH EARN SOO | 4 SEPT 2016

LIVINGAS

OF GOD

SONS

ROMANS 8

The book of Romans has been described as the Himalayas of the Bible – in other words it is one of the most important books in the Bible, standing tall like the mountains, full of wonderful teaching. And if Romans is like the Himalayas then, some say, Romans 8 is like Mount Everest, the highest peak of all.

Scripture Union’s Methodology to Bible Engagement.

•Step#1 - Ask

•Step#2 - Read

•Step#3 - Think

•Step#4 - ACT

Romans 8:1-17•Step#1 - Ask

•Step#2 - Read

Romans 8:1-178 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 sin and death.

Romans 8:1-173 For what the law was powerless

to do because it was weakened by

the flesh,[b] God did by sending his

own Son in the likeness of sinful

flesh to be a sin offering.[c] And so

he condemned sin in the flesh,

Romans 8:1-174 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

Romans 8:1-175 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

Romans 8:1-176 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.

Romans 8:1-179 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.

Romans 8:1-1710 But if Christ is in you, then even

though your body is subject to

death because of sin, the Spirit

gives life[d] because of

righteousness.

Romans 8:1-1711 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[e] his

Spirit who lives in you.

Romans 8:1-1712 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.

Romans 8:1-1714 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.[f] And by him

we cry, “Abba,[g] Father.”

Romans 8:1-1716 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.

Romans 8:1-17•Step#3 -ThinkWhat is the main

point of the

passage?

Romans 8:1-17

What is the main point?

In Christ, we are now sons of God.

Live like one.

Romans 8:1-17•Step#3 -ThinkWhat can we

learn about God?

Romans 8:1-17What can we learn about God?

No condemnation for those who

are in Christ Jesus (v1)

Through Christ Jesus the law of

the Spirit who gives life has set

you[a] free (v2)

Romans 8:1-17God did what the law was

powerless to do (v3)

God did by sending his own Son (v3)

He condemned sin in the flesh (v3)

The Spirit of God lives in you (V9)

Romans 8:1-17

The Spirit gives life (v10)

The Spirit raised Jesus

from the dead (v11)

The Spirit give life (v11)

The Spirit leads us. (v14)

Romans 8:1-17The Spirit adopts us as sons and

through the Spirit we call God –

Abba Father (v15)

The Spirit himself testifies with

our spirit that we are God’s

children (v16)

Romans 8:1-17•Step#3 -ThinkWhat is God saying to

me personally through

this passage? Is there

a promise or a

command, a warning

or example to take

special notice of?

Romans 8:1-17Lesson#1

Therefore, there is

now no condemnation

for those who are in

Christ Jesus. (8:1)

Romans 6:6 For we know that our

old self was crucified with him so

that the body ruled by sin might

be done away with,[a] that we

should no longer be slaves to sin.

Romans 6:18 You have been set

free from sin and have become

slaves to righteousness.

Romans 8:1-17In the larger context of previous

chapters especially chapter 6 and

7 and Romans 8:2-4;

No condemnation – means we

have been justified and are saved.

"But now, by dying to what once bound

us, we have been released from the

law so that we serve in the new way

of the Spirit, and not in the old way of

the written code" (7:6). Therefore,

there is now no condemnation for

those who are in Christ Jesus (8:1).

Now no condemnation — This implies

that there would have been

condemnation to those to whom he

wrote, had they remained under the

law; but now, since they have died with

Christ, and thereby given complete

satisfaction to the law, both in its

penalty and precept, it is not possible

that by it they can be condemned.

Romans 8:1-17John 5:24

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever

hears my word and believes him

who sent me has eternal life and

will not be judged but has crossed

over from death to life.

Romans 8:1-17

"Although sin still rages in the

flesh, yet it does not condemn,

because the spirit is just and

battles against it." (Luther.)

Romans 8:1-17This Paul declares with great

emphasis: Condemnation is in

every sense out of the question;

there is none, of any kind or

degree; no sentence of

condemnation can touch them.

Romans 8:1-17Lesson #2

There are two ways to live

– let us choose wisely.

1. According to the flesh.

2. According to the Spirit.

• Their minds set on what the

flesh desires; (v5)

• The mind governed by the

flesh is death (v6)

• The mind governed by the flesh

is hostile to God (v7)

1. According to the flesh.

Romans 8:1-17

• It does not submit to God’s law (v7)

• It cannot submit to God’s law (7)

• It cannot please God (v8)

• They do not belong to Christ (v9)

• They will die (v13)

Romans 8:1-17

Romans 8:1-172. According to the Spirit.

• Have their minds set on what

the Spirit desires (v5)

• The mind governed by the Spirit

is life and peace. (v6)

• We have life (v10,11)

• We will live (v13)

Romans 8:1-17• We are children of God. (v14)

• Received the adoption

of sonship (v15)

• We are heirs – heirs of God

and co-heirs with Christ (v17)

• We will share in His glory (v17)

Romans 8:1-17Lesson #3 –

We have been

adopted as

sons of God

Romans 8:1-17“The notion that we are children of

God, His own sons and daughters ...

is the mainspring of Christian living

... Our sonship to God is the apex of

Creation and the goal of redemption.”

– Sinclair Ferguson,

Children of the Living God

Romans 8:1-17“If you want to judge how well a

person understand Christianity, find

out how much he makes of the

thought of being God’s child, and

having God as his Father.

– J.I. Packer, Knowing God, chap 19

Romans 8:1-17

Sonship to God, then, is a gift of

grace. It is not natural but an

adoptive sonship

– J.I. Packer, Knowing God, chap 19

Romans 8:1-17

“Adoption is not a change in

nature, but a change in status.”

– Sinclair Ferguson,

Children of the Living God

Romans 8:1-17

Lesson#4

God is our Abba Father

Romans 8:1-17

God being our Father gives us an

identity – as sons of God

God being our Father gives us a

destiny – as heirs and co-heirs

with Christ.

Romans 8:1-17

Don’t feel condemned.

Step#4 – ACT - respond

Romans 8:1-17Step#4 – ACT - respond

Don’t live a life of

condemnation and of defeat.

(v1)

Choose well and choose wisely

how to live

Romans 8:1-17Live according to the Spirit.

Live as sons of God