He has subjected the same in hope because, or for we know. How I hurt to see my grandchildren suffer. Romans 12:9-18 Sundry practical duties re-commended, Romans 12:1 Commen-taries: Therefore I urge you, brethren . He knew that by no possible human effort can a man justify himself; and he also knew that by no possible effort of the human intelligence can a man know for what to pray. To these then he wishes, as was his wont, the fresh flow of that source and stream of divine blessing which Christ has made to be household bread to us: "Grace and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ" (ver. Not so Paul. But if it were so, He had not done with them. He takes their own books, and proves from one of them (Deuteronomy) that in the ruin of Israel the resource is not going into the depths, nor going up to heaven. But this subjection is one that is contrary to it, and from which he desires to be delivered. learning, and eloquence; likewise their vain philosophy, And so I rest in the fact that God has already spoken in the past tense of my future state of glorified together with Jesus Christ. 18). 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. I groan often when I see the conditions of the world around me. And you are going through the hospital and emptying them all, and the whole world is just waiting for you to be manifested and so the idea is to, "Let's just sit and get perfected and get the church perfected so that God can manifest Himself in the perfected church," and this is in reality the second coming of Jesus Christ. 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. So what the law could not do because of my weakness in the flesh, that is because I violated it. Did the Jew fancy that the gospel makes very light of Abraham, and of the then dealings of God? Man despised at first the outward testimony of God, His eternal power and Godhead, in the creation above and around him (verses 19, 20). 5:1-11 Suffering with assurance of future glory 5:12-21 The basis for assurance in the work of Christ 6:1-23 Slavery to sin 7:1-25 The weakness of law Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called them he also justified; and whom he justified them he also glorified." TEXTUAL SOURCE: JOEL 2:18-32; JOHN 10:10; 14:1-4; ACTS 2:37-47; 4:1-31; ROMANS 5:21; 6:22 Glory and honour be unto our God for the blessings of the previous lesson, where God specifically exposed to us some revival killers, and also showed to us ways . Nero and Octavia were in no sense blood relations; yet, in the eyes of the law, they were brother and sister; and before they could marry, the Roman senate had to pass special legislation. Sin was in the world between Adam and Moses, when the law was not. Did the Jews take the ground of exclusively having that word of God the law? Because of sin, there were massive changes in nature. We are often in the position of a child who wants something which would be bound only to hurt him; and God is often in the position of a parent who has to refuse his child's request or compel him to do something he does not want to do, because he knows what is to the child's good far better than the child himself. II. The connection is fully owned with that which had been from God of old. ed. Inevitably, therefore, all men die; but the man who is Spirit-controlled and whose heart is Christ-occupied, dies only to rise again. What we need freed from is bondage and corruption. Bondage (douleia) has been defined as held fast in a yoke of slavery (Gingrich and Danker, p. 205). 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. You see, he tells me that God foreknew me, and because He foreknew me, He chose me and then He justified me and then He glorified me. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Paul speaks of things present and things to come. Paul's answer is this. The sufferings are small and short, and concern the body only; but the glory is rich and great, and concerns the soul, and is eternal. The discovery is made that the source of the internal misery was that the mind, though renewed, was occupied with the law as a means of dealing with, flesh. Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein CHAPTER 8 In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. It was undeniable that the Gentiles did not seek the Lord, nor ask after Him; and the prophet says that Jehovah was found of them that sought Him not, and was made manifest to them that asked not after Him. of it. God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh ( Romans 8:3 ): What I could not do for myself through the Mosaic Law, that is, have a righteous standing before God, God did for me through sending His Son in the flesh. Hope has reference to the future; and in this state of the Christian, he sighs for deliverance, and expects it. If we are ever to understand it we must grasp the basic fact that Paul never meant it to be the expression of theology or philosophy; he meant it to be the almost lyrical expression of Christian experience. And who would be afraid then to suffer for Christ, who as he is before-hand with us in suffering, so he will not be behind-hand with us in recompence? It was Paul's picture that when a man became a Christian he entered into the very family of God. Rome was the center of civilization at the time of Paul's epistle. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren ( Romans 8:29 ). The creation was subjected to vanity (see verse 19 for information on this word as well as the word subjected). Not to be an unembodied creature, but to be clothed upon or to move into that body which God has in heaven.Now interesting, Paul is likening this body to a tent. "All right, we conquered," and then was the great elation, rejoicing. Abraham believed God when, according to nature, it was impossible for him or for Sarah to have a child. For the truth is that God has in Christ condemned sin, and this for sin definitely; so that He has nothing more to do in condemnation of that root of evil. "[39] However, Locke's interpretation fails to give proper weight to Adam's responsibility. Consequently all turned, not on what man should be for God, but what God can be and is, as revealed in the gospel, to man. Oh, what I wouldn't give if I couldn't take her place and suffer for her.Then I began to realize the pain the Father must have gone through to see His Son suffering, even more so than Him coming Himself. And a lot of times you even put a great deal in escrow. Accordingly the apostle says that boast and works are completely set aside by this principle which affirms faith, apart from deeds of law, to be the means of relationship with God (verses 27, 28). Many times I am willing to acknowledge, "Oh yes, God is going to work out good in this. There is laid down the most essential of all truths as a groundwork of salvation; namely, expiation. Nature did not want man to sin. Undoubtedly divine judgment fell on Him; but this is not "the righteousness of God," as the apostle employs it in any part of his writings any more than here, though we know there could be no such thing as God's righteousness justifying the believer, if Christ had not borne the judgment of God. Accordingly he tells them now what reason he had to speak thus strongly, not of the more advanced truths, but of the good news. He spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all ( Romans 8:32 ). For, essentially associated as He is with the glory of God the Father, the full deliverance of souls from the realm of death was His also. 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. It is the going forth of His richest blessing. This first shadow of the gospel of Jesus Christ (see gospel in the OT - Gal 3:8) provided the firm foundation for hope (absolute certainty that God would do good to us and to the creation in the future) and this hope was the basis for the creation's eager anticipation that Paul described in the previous verse (see note Romans 8:19) Romans 8:21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. for on your own showing, according to that word to which we all bow, you must admit that one man's sin brought in universal moral ruin and death. And it is not the least part of their vanity and bondage that they are used, or abused rather, by men as instruments of sin. Our way is rough and long; but he that shall come will come, and will not tarry; and therefore, though he seem to tarry, it becomes us to wait for him. It was not merely better light in the conscience, which might be elsewhere, as is supposed in the early verses of our chapter; but the Jew's position was directly and unquestionably one of divine tests applied to man's estate. When man sinned, the ground was cursed for man's sake, and with it all the creatures (especially of this lower world, where our acquaintance lies) became subject to that curse, became mutable and mortal. Who is going to make charges against me? In Romans 8:19 he uses a wonderful word for eager expectation. The sufferings of the saints are but sufferings of this present time, strike no deeper than the things of time, last no longer than the present time (2 Corinthians 4:17), light affliction, and but for a moment. What about His word passed and sworn to the fathers? Morning Prayer Sermonette: Romans 7:21-8:17. If you only understood how much God loved you, that's all you need.Now Paul tells you a little bit about it. When Paul was painting this picture, he was working with ideas that any Jew would recognize and understand. But if the thing stays flat they say, "Well, he is gone. He saw man's sin and the state of the world; but he also saw God's redeeming power; and the end of it all for him was hope. (b) Over and over again he uses the phrase kata ( G2596) sarka ( G4561) , literally according to the flesh, which most often means looking at things from the human point of view. This would not have been just. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his ( Romans 8:9 ). As it stands written, "For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for the slaughter." You know the amazing thing to me is that God can interpret that as intercession according to His will. was true, accordingly, before the law, right through the law, and ever since the law. That there is none righteous, none that doeth good, none that understandeth. First of all, the groundwork of it is laid in the first four verses, the last of them leading into every-day walk. There. Because. We frankly confess it. Abraham is the proof of the value of faith in justification before God. And they watch that monitor, because if there is any life at all then the brain will start searching for oxygen, and you will see a little bit of movement. Verse 20 appears to describe the fall of Adam and Eve. The apostle writes with the full assertion of his own apostolic dignity, but as a servant also. I was always feeling guilty because I was always breaking my vow before God. Not one of them is able to separate the Christian from the love of God which is in Jesus Christ, Lord of every terror and Master of every world." Be it so then; it was a foolish nation by which Moses declared they should be angered. It is apokaradokia ( G603) and it describes the attitude of a man who scans the horizon with head thrust forward, eagerly searching the distance for the first signs of the dawn break of glory. Plants, animals, rocks, and dirt cannot in any sense yearn in hope. That act denoted not even the washing away of our sins by the blood of Jesus, which would not apply to the case, nor in any adequate way meet the question of nature. Not only does the created world do so, but so do we, even though we have received the first-fruits of the spirit as a foretaste of the coming glory, yes, we too groan within ourselves earnestly awaiting the full realization of our adoption into the family of God. It was as if they did not want to share God with anyone and had grudged man his share in him. By their remaining here the power of the gospel is shown in overcoming their sin; in meeting their temptations; in sustaining them in trial; and in thus furnishing living evidence to the world of the power and excellency of that gospel. 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 ). Not bearing witness with my intellect, not bearing witness with my body, bearing witness to my spirit where I have joined with God that I am the child of God. We are told concerning Jesus, "Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross despising the shame" ( Hebrews 12:2 ). He was inalienably co-heir with them. If possible have your Bible with you should God want to give you direction or confirmation from it. No Cause to Boast. There was somewhat as yet lacking to the saints there; but even this was ordered of God to call forth from the Holy Ghost an epistle which more than any other approaches a complete treatise on the fundamentals of Christian doctrine, and especially as to righteousness. That is Paul's argument, and, to him and to those who heard it, it was completely convincing, however hard it is for us to grasp it. Future glory involves far more than just believers. My love for Him, my desires to please and serve Him. Love woke within our hearts; the conviction of sin came, and with it came the experience of forgiveness and of salvation. It is not God seeking, or man bringing righteousness. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he had not done with them give direction. Going forth of his own apostolic dignity, but as a servant also, none that good. Since the law, right through the law Therefore I urge you, brethren CHAPTER 8 Christ! 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