Unearthing a Treasure trove
Romans so far
… the depths of despair.
… we rightly deserve God’s wrath
… we are unrighteous
… nothing we can ever do will reverse our state of unrighteousness.
… ALL of us are in this hopeless position
… incredibly wonderful God’s love is.
Romans 5-8 … living under the GRACE
One huge choice
v 1-11.
“In light of all that God has done in Jesus to justify us and remove condemnation from us, how we are going to live.”
Option 1 = Living according the sinful nature
Option 2 = Living according to the Spirit
Option 1
= Living according to our sinful nature.
verse 5 – our minds set on what our sinful nature desires.
What DRIVES OUR MINDS
Romans 8:6-7
Option 2
– Living according to the Spirit.
verse 5 – our minds set on what the Spirit desires.
verse 6 … life and peace.
A question answered
“Who has the Holy Spirit?’
v 9 , “If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ”
The Holy Spirit is the ‘normal Christian life’ not some ‘exalted Christian life’.
Transformed living
V 12 -13, Therefore, brothers we have an obligation to live by the Spirit and by this Spirit to put to death the misdeeds of the body.
Romans 8:9… minds set on what the spirit desires
Romans 8:13 … God’s Spirit helps us put to death the misdeeds of the body.
What is your HEARTS desire?
Romans 8: 15-17 – For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘‘Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 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.
… adopted into his family and made heirs and co heirs with Christ.