ReliefROMANS 8

The word Condemnation in Romans 8:1•Means judgment coming on someone

• God condemned his son so that we would not be condemned

• Judgment took place over 2000 years ago

• God’s wrath was poured out on him, he was wounded for our transgressions (when we go beyond our limits); bruised for our iniquities (wicked acts)

•When we come to Christ we are declared NOT GUILTY. We are identified with Christ Jesus.

Verse 8:1•We can’t be separated from God even with sin problems

• God gave us Jesus as our solution

• Once you become a Christian, you will no longer be judged against your sins. Your slate is wiped clean.

• Christ becomes your ark of safety.

• You will be at the judgment seat of Christ to give account of how faithfully you live in your Christian life since you were saved.

Verse 8:2• Sin is an active force in our life. (Law of sin is death)

• It consumes every location we enter, but Christ made us free from sin. (Law of the spirit and life)

Verse 8:3• The law can help, but it can’t make us right

• A mirror can show dirt but is it cleansing?

• Problem is not with God’s law, but with our sinful nature.

• Christ came into the flesh but he never sinned.

Verse 8:4• Righteousness (acting or being in accordance with what is just,

right, honorable, and being free from guilt or wrong

• It also means righteous requirements

• This verse says, “in us.”• It doesn’t say by us.

• God does it in me with the help of the Holy Spirit

• When we think of the laws, two commandments summarize all of God’s laws.• I should love God• I should love my neighbor

• When we allow God to do his work in us, it allows us to keep the law

Difference between saved and unsaved• Saved people will fall into sin, but sin will not persist

• Saved people are brought back to obedience by:• Conviction• Confession• Chastening

Verse 8:5 -7• Minding of the flesh is death• Minding of the spirit is life and peace• Flesh is always God’s enemy – it rebels against God

Verse 8:8People of the flesh (unsaved) can’t please God

Spiritual Minded (Friend of God)

• Hebrews 11:6

• Hebrews 13:21• Says only please God through Jesus

Verse 8:9• Saved is in Christ (IN THE SPIRIT)

• Your body is the Spirit’s dwelling place

Verse 8:10• Jesus Christ is in the person • Our body will be made alive when Christ returns•We are made alive spiritually• This took place at salvation

Verse 8:11• If God can raise Jesus from the dead then he can take care of

our bodies as well. One day he will raise us from the dead.

Verse 8:12• We give to the flesh everyday • Instead we should be obligated to live to the spirit (Christian

obligation)

Verse 8:13• Living in flesh is a sentence for death• Living for Christ is life• When Christ died he crucified the flesh• When he died, I died• I learned how to have faith through him with forgiveness of my sins

Verse 8:14• True Believer is spirit led

• Christ leads and his sheep follow

• The spirit is ever working in our lives to lead down the right path (controlling or convicting us)

• The spirit never leaves us

Verse 8:15•We are like a son standing before his father

•We are not a slave

• ABBA means father

Verse 8:16• The spirit is a blessed person not an it

• The human spirit makes us sensitive to Go while the Holy Spirit assures I belong to God and convicts me

Verse 8:17•We are heirs of a rich inheritance

•What belongs to God belongs to us

•We share in the riches and glory

•We partake in the sufferings

•We will partake in Glory later