We ourselves which have the first fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves as we wait for this work of God. Sounds pretty wonderful, doesn't it? Not my will, but Thine be done.". He has been ransomed by the blood of Christ, and God has the highest claim on him in all the conflicts and toils, in all the labors and services to which he may be subjected in this life. That new model or that new body that I am going to get is going to be my eternal house. For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God ( Romans 8:19 ). To whom, then, did the law address itself? He dwells in the heart by faith. (d) He makes intercession for us there. This is a very difficult passage because it is so highly compressed, and because, all through it, Paul is making allusions to things which he has already said. Well, Satan does. So if a man is controlled by his body appetites, if a man is living predominately after the flesh, then he has what is termed here the mind of the flesh. "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Now the saints are God's hidden ones, the wheat seems lost in a heap of chaff; but then they shall be manifested. Colonial style, surrounded by beautiful gardens. By living it, a man is making himself totally unfit ever to stand in the presence of God. It was the logos ( G3056) which controlled the ordered succession of night and day, and summer and winter and spring and autumn. This, however, will be put to the test by-and-by. Their sins had been passed by. subjection, as that they could not deliver themselves from it; Then your principle is your condemnation. 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. God himself will be with them, and will be their God, Revelation 21:3. It is only to the man who loves and trusts that all things work together for good, for to him they come from a Father who in perfect wisdom, love and power is working ever for the best. And when I was a child I spent one summer in a home in Montecito where my aunt was the maid. ( Romans 8:35.) He says to his Christian friends, "You are not in the flesh" ( Romans 8:9). </p><br /><p>The lot includes MP3 cd ROM commentaries on the books of exodus, Leviticus, numbers, Deuteronomy, John, acts, Romans, first and second Corinthians, Galatians, and Revelation. 10. As you look at your life, can you honestly say, "Yes, my life is led by the Spirit of God"? Oh, what a fabulous time we had as we lived like rich boys. He who believes is not condemned" ( John 3:17-18 ). He sees all nature waiting for the glory that shall be. 10 brothers, 1 my heart's desire and prayer to god for them is that they may be saved. Because they were sons of Abraham. In the fourth verse this could not be absent; in the first verse it ought not to be present. . It was the boast of the Jews that the law spoke about them; that the Gentiles had no right to it, and were but presuming on what belonged to God's chosen people. was true, accordingly, before the law, right through the law, and ever since the law. This great chapter is, in a sense, the heart of Romans, being a shout of victory contrasting with the wail of despair which closed the seventh, the transition from the bleak and depressing condition of the unregenerated there, to the enthusiastic and joyful optimism of the eighth, being signaled by the adverb "now." It is evident, therefore, that dispensational position will not suffice for God, who holds to His own unchangeable estimate of good and evil, and who judges the more stringently according to the measure of advantage possessed. The Rams conquered the 49ers today. The righteousness of God is revealed from faith; and consequently, if there be faith in any soul, to this it is revealed, to faith wherever it may be. In both parts, as it may be observed, the door is opened to the Gentile. Right now I am living in a tent, this body. "All right, we conquered," and then was the great elation, rejoicing. not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same. It was so exciting reading every night. It is no longer a question of man's guilt, but of his nature. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which baffle speech to utter; but he who searches the hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because it is by God's will that he intercedes for those whose lives are consecrated to God. It shall then be rescued from the power of death and the grave, and the bondage of corruption; and, though a vile body, yet it shall be refined and beautified, and made like that glorious body of Christ, Philippians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 15:42. Unwittingly she was involved in the consequences of the sin of man. (i) There is the life which is dominated by sinful human nature; whose focus and centre is self; whose only law is its own desires; which takes what it likes where it likes. It is "revealed," and this too "from heaven." . Romans 8 William Barclay's Daily Study Bible The Liberation Of Our Human Nature The Two Principles Of Life Entry Into The Family Of God The Glorious Hope All Is Of God The Love From Which Nothing Can Separate Us 07-12-2022 12. more ways than one. "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." It is not a rash and sudden determination, but the product of a very serious and deliberate consideration. Romans 8:18b Romans 8:20 2 Comments Hey, wait a minute. You really don't belong to Him, unless you have had that second birth, the spiritual birth, which we term born again. Such is the principle. There are passages that refer to Gods eyes and fingers (see Job 38:7 for an example). That there is going to come in the last days a great power of God's Spirit upon the church and God is going to manifest Himself through you, His church, and you are going to be endowed with all kinds of supernatural powers. God is in control. Did they deny that they were a foolish nation? The angelic powers cannot separate us from him. 15), "because we are not under the law, but under grace?" They are merely persons who plume themselves on their orthodoxy, but in a wholly unrenewed condition. Using Gods solution and only His solution results in liberty and glory if we are the children of God.. Light affliction, it is just but for a moment. So in suffering we should not be looking at the suffering, but at the glorious kingdom that shall come when our Lord comes to claim His own. Though they were willingly vain, yet they were not willingly made The extent is what God Himself, so to speak, possesses the universe of God, whatever will be under Christ: and what will not? It was a glorious day when we moved out of that tent and into this new sanctuary. Romans 8:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Paul begins and ends this passage with statements about the absolute security of those who are in Christ. We cannot speak of the state of things before the flood as a dispensation. How can I really know that I am a son of God? More than once Paul speaks of these angels ( Ephesians 1:21; Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:10; Colossians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 15:24). Then the domains of flesh and Spirit are brought before us: the one characterized by sin and death practically now; the other by life, righteousness, and peace, which is, as we saw, to be crowned finally by the resurrection of these bodies of ours. Romans 16. . God help us to comprehend what is the length, the breadth, the depth, the height, and to know that love of Christ that God has for us in Him.Father, we thank You for Your Word and for the glorious blessings and hope and strength and comfort that is ours tonight because of Your Word. But he meets their proud exclusiveness in another way. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (c) He is at the right hand of God. This accordingly leads, as connected with the deliverance of the body, to the inheritance we are to possess. ed. If he accepted the things that God sent him, he knew peace. Time was when none of the English, nor French, nor of any other nation believed in the Saviour. Our problem is that we just don't understand the depth of God's love for us. In different people that life will be differently described. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope. Within he must battle with his own evil human nature; without he must live in a world of death and decay. He says that all things work together for good, but only to them that love God. This is one of the most lyrical passages Paul ever wrote. In Jesus' name. It is not, as in Ephesians 2:1-22, dead in sins, which would be nothing to the purpose. whereas the mind of the spirit is life and peace ( Romans 8:6 ). Compare with this Psalms 96:10-13; Psalms 98:7-9. He says that those who are in the flesh cannot please God ( Romans 8:8). But if we hope for what we do not see, then in patience we eagerly wait for it. More or less, the Christian is brought under this influence; his joys are marred; his peace is discomposed; his affections wander; his life is a life of vanity and vexation. I think that the second way of taking this is right. Paul says in effect: "God for us did not spare his own Son; surely that is the final guarantee that he loves us enough to supply all our needs." The figure of the relationship of husband and wife is introduced in order to make the matter plain. People often do. In regard to his father, a Roman son never came of age. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. ". 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. But natural conscience, although it may detect evil, never leads one into the inward possession and enjoyment of good never brings the soul to God. Hence, as God's wrath is revealed from heaven, it is against every form of impiety "against all ungodliness." That is, it is the power of God unto salvation, not because it is victory (which at the beginning of the soul's career would only give importance to man even if possible, which it is not), but because it is "the righteousness of God." But there was far more in Jesus. It should be understood that nature does not literally think and experience emotions. is the double prophecy. The Emperor Claudius adopted Nero in order that he might succeed him on the throne; they were not in any sense blood relations. In that state the law simply became something that moved him to sin and he went from bad to worse, a defeated and frustrated man. No longer does the question exist of requiring an expiation. He was inalienably co-heir with them. The downfall of man, when he thus abandoned God, was most rapid and profound; and the Holy Spirit traces this solemnly to the end ofRomans 1:1-32; Romans 1:1-32 with no needless words, in a few energetic strokes summing up that which is abundantly confirmed (but in how different a manner!) Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified ( Romans 8:30 ). Did the Jews take the ground of exclusively having that word of God the law? Now the earliest creed of the Church, which is still the essence of all Christian creeds, ran like this: "He was crucified dead and buried; the third day he rose again from the dead; and sitteth at the right hand of God from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead." Morning Prayer Sermonette: Romans 7:21-8:17. He is consistent with Himself when He is justifying sinners, or, more strictly, all those who believe in Jesus. In the creed the fourth is that Jesus will come to be the judge of the quick and the dead. What about His word passed and sworn to the fathers? If one may so say, He thus holds the man, instead of letting the man presume that he is holding fast the truth. Grace is the first-fruits of glory, it is glory begun. 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Now, because Jesus was fully a man, just as we were one with Adam, we are now one with him; and, just as we were involved in Adam's sin, we are now involved in Jesus' perfection. Without faith there is neither justice nor life that God owns; where faith is, the rest will surely follow. If he will submit his life to the control of the spirit.Paul had felt the condemnation of the law. I have got it made. who would defraud God of that which He delights in the blessedness of bringing in deliverance by that One man, of whom Adam was the image? The very God who did not spare his own Son but who delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Verse 20 appears to describe the fall of Adam and Eve. Oh, how grateful we are for that love of God for us tonight in Christ Jesus. God has made it so simple. He would not therefore have them ignorant how they had lain on his heart for a visit (ver. The righteousness of Christ imputed, secures the soul, the better part, from death. "I am not ashamed," etc. God tells you that you ought to be putting the spirit first. Now, that suffering saints may have strong supports and consolations from their hopes of heaven, he holds the balance (Romans 8:18; Romans 8:18), in a comparison between the two, which is observable. Other than these references, the term can only be found in John 8:32; John 8:36 where Jesus spoke of freeing people through truth as well as Himself. And this yoke (poor creatures) they bear in hope that it will not be so always. First, there is no condemnation, at all, for those in Christ. All Israel shall be saved. Romans 3 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. This to me is an interesting statement, because so often men are seeking to offer to God the works of their flesh, and seeking that God would accept the works of their flesh. God delivered His Son to suffer, to be despised and rejected, as was prophesied in Isaiah, and to be delivered for my sins.I didn't fully appreciate that until I became a parent and I watched my own little babies suffer from some of the childhood maladies. "Righteousness" never means mercy, not even the "righteousness of God." 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. Now as I have told you, you are not going to always understand your circumstances. The same Spirit who gives hope for the future gives help in the present. excellent gift of all" (Sibylline Oracles 3: 620-633). Such moral judgments will, no doubt, be used to leave man without excuse; they can never suit or satisfy God. You know, I have found such rest and comfort in this verse when I am faced . Therefore it is here for the first time that we find salvation spoken of in the grand results that are now brought before us in Romans 5:1-11. Paul is only a servanta person under orderssomeone who does what he is told. First, he raises the question, "Has God cast away his people?" This accordingly leads the apostle into the earlier portion of his great argument, and first of all in a preparatory way. When the creatures are made the food and fuel of our lusts, they are subject to vanity, they are captivated by the law of sin. The earth, or, at least, the Jewish nation, had been familiar with such dealings of God in times past. It was the logos ( G3056) which kept the stars in their courses and the planets in their appointed tracks. But what is testified by Christian baptism is Christ's death. It may be that in Romans 8:34 Paul is doing a very wonderful thing. Romans 8:20. We groan within ourselves, which denotes the strength and secrecy of these desires; not making a loud noise, as the hypocrites howling upon the bed for corn and wine, but with silent groans, which pierce heaven soonest of all. 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. Hence, as is shown later in the chapter, Adam is a head characterized by disobedience, who brought in death, the just penalty of sin; as on the other hand we have Him of whom he was the type, Christ, the obedient man, who has brought in righteousness, and this after a singularly blessed sort and style "justification of life." higher, if so high, in this epistle. It was undoubtedly enough for present purposes. But even as He spoke to Abraham concerning his seed in the past tense, because He knew that Abraham was going to have a son whom He did foreknow. Not so, says the apostle. You would never try to hide from Him again. Now there is no way in which God could lay a basis for peace with Himself more blessed than as He has done it. This he reckons. A description of our present physical bodies "as frail and dying; as exposed to trials, temptations, and cares; as in the midst of conflicts" (Barnes). ( Romans 8:31 ). Paul knew that, and here he, as it were, endows creation with consciousness. The direction is "unto all;" the application is, of course, only to "them that believe;" but it is to all them that believe. When we pray in tongues, we give the Holy Spirit freedom to help us pray. See the gains of suffering for Christ; though we may be losers for him, we shall not, we cannot, be losers by him in the end. It is not a question of creature-standing. 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. This the gospel is filled with the assurances of. Following up with the teaching of the olive-tree, he carries out the same thought of a remnant that abides on their own stock, and points to a re-instatement of the nation, And I would just observe by the way, that the Gentile cry that no Jew ever accepts the gospel in truth is a falsehood. . Where lies the value of belonging to the circumcised people of God? But with the vanity also came hope. God promised that a Savior would come (Genesis 3:15) and that this savior would help mankind. It is not so alone; but in His death, unto which I am baptized, I am dead to sin. Sep 9, 2001. What was to be the stumbling-stone? Romans 8:26-27 form one of the most important passages on prayer in the whole New Testament. The resurrection is here called the redemption of the body. This present age was wholly bad, subject to sin, and death and decay. For the creature was made subject to vanity] The Gentile world were subject to vanity of mind; but how? Accordingly, in chapter 2 the Holy Spirit shows us man satisfying himself with pronouncing on what is right and wrong moralizing for others, but nothing more. The very sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, Prov 15 8. In other words, even though I am still living in this body I can begin to experience victory over my flesh. He shall own that once glorious seat of royalty in Israel. It surely appeals to a person's flesh, because basically what this doctrine declares is that the whole world is waiting for you to be manifested as the sons of God. But there is more, which Paul afterwards insisted on. But if it were so, He had not done with them. If he was called, so were they he an apostle, they not apostles but saints; but still, for them as for him, all flowed out of the same mighty love, of God. Clearly this was a serious and an impressive step. He doesn't keep a record of my mistakes, my sins, my failures. Because God created a way to save humanity, both man and creation itself have hope. With a touch of imaginative insight, he says that the state of nature was even worse than the state of men. Their present state is a state of education and preparation for the inheritance. But in the days between the Testaments, when the Jews were oppressed and enslaved and persecuted, they dreamed their dreams of that new earth and that renovated world. 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. Each CD has 20 to 40 hours a verse by verse, audio teaching, audio and MP3 format with audio slideshow presentation, and . Why? No matter how old he was, he was still under the patria potestas, in the absolute possession and under the absolute control, of his father. Jewish thought divided time into two sections--this present age and the age to come. (Donovan) Paul starts his letter to the Romans by identifying himself. We are heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. But we have had it fully in Romans 3:1-31. Let me refer in passing to a few points more in the introduction, in order to link them together with that which the Spirit was furnishing to the Roman saints, as well as to show the admirable perfectness of every word that inspiration has given us. It was Paul's picture that when a man became a Christian he entered into the very family of God. But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Last of all, the apostle links up this fundamental treatise of divine righteousness in its doctrine, its dispensational bearings, and its exhortations to the walk of Christians, with higher truth, which it would not have been suitable then to bring out; for grace considers the state and the need of the saints. Not willingly - Not voluntarily. Hence the very fact of being renewed makes one sensible of a far more intense misery than ever, while there is no power until the soul looks right outside self to Him who is dead and risen, who has anticipated the difficulty, and alone gives the full answer to all wants. It is the adoption perfected and completed. Thus the discussion of Abraham strengthens the case in behalf of the uncircumcised who believe, to the overthrow of the greatest boast of the Jew. Paul made the case just as airtight as he possibly could. Her question to Jesus is, "Where do we worship God?" The whole history of Israel, past, present, and future falls in with, although quite distinct from, that which he had been expounding. God has acquitted us. What did they say to Ishmaelites as joint-heirs? You know, to me it is such a simple, beautiful thing. subjected the same", and not Adam, by whom sin entered into the But we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. Therefore, it is constant and it remains. It is getting uncomfortable. I mean the redemption of our body. But for the time it is held fast, though in unrighteousness. They need not fear any accusations against them, because the one who has declared them righteous is God himself, and he has done so on the basis of the perfect work of Jesus Christ (33-34). 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. Three times the symbolism of sale was carried out. He is, of course, the same absolutely perfect and unchangeable God of goodness; but His perfection has displayed itself in new and more glorious ways in Christ's death, in Him who humbled Himself, and was obedient even to the death of the cross. Who hath subjected the same - Who has appointed his people to this condition. After the fall, many things became frail and futile. Romans 8:20English Standard Version. Through the new birth there is an inversion, and man becomes then spirit, soul, and body. So God created the woman that man might have completeness, companionship, love, and beauty. "Well, I know, but not this case. We know that the Jews divided all time into this present age and the age to come. Solid Joys. That I could have that ear infection and I could somehow take her suffering and bear it for her so that she wouldn't have to suffer. Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwells in you. It would have been then wholly inconsistent that the earnest of the Spirit should be less efficacious in the children of God than hidden instinct in the lifeless parts of creation. <p>Lot Of 10 Chuck Missler Bible Commentaries-CD-ROM/Mixed Media With Bonus DVD. Who is he that condemneth? Well, again, Satan condemns, people condemn, and I condemn myself. (ii) In Romans 8:38-39 Paul makes a list of terrible things. Latest Posts. For all things work together for good to those who love God, and are the called according to His purpose.My father was a salesman. 4 for e christ is the end of the 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. Romans 1:1-32. I love it. January 15, 2023. . (a) He died. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you he will make even your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit indwelling in you. But can the persecution, the peril, the nakedness, the sword, can these things separate me from the love of Christ? It comes to fleshly men and speaks to them as fleshly men. But now, to meet the question that was raised, they pleaded the distinguishing promises to Israel. He says that God's spirit witnesses with our spirit that we really are his children. And we know that all things are working together for good to those that love God, and are the called according to his purpose ( Romans 8:28 ). The apostle has come now to the nature. When the woman in Samaria said to Jesus, "Our fathers say we are to worship God in this mountain. particularly their gross idolatry, their polytheism, or And this is the state of the natural man apart from Jesus Christ. And where? (ii) But there is another way to take it. There is water as well as blood, and to that, not to this, the washing here refers. of it. Here, then, it is a comparison of the two great heads Adam and Christ, and the immeasurable superiority of the second man is shown. The dream of the renovated world was dear to the Jews. "[39] However, Locke's interpretation fails to give proper weight to Adam's responsibility. But we are hoping for that which we see not, then with patience we are waiting for it. When God created Adam, God said, "It is not good that man should live alone." how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! But God will no more accept the works of your flesh than He would Cain's, who sought to offer to God the works of his flesh and was rejected by God. It is done. already. Observe, the gospel is not simply remission of sins, nor is it only peace with God, but "the power of God unto salvation." Not only was Abraham justified without law, but apart from that great sign of mortification of the flesh. He is Spirit-controlled, Christ-controlled, God-focused. His only concern is feeding himself, and of procreation, and so forth and he looks a little bit like me. God is not reluctant to help you. No wonder, if souls confound the two things together, that they never know deliverance in practice. There is an enmity of one creature to another; they are all subject to continual alteration and decay of the individuals, liable to the strokes of God's judgments upon man. Sad that people even give the time of day to such a doctrine.Paul tells us in just a little bit what the manifestation of the sons of God really is. 1. It is one thing to be a conqueror. 8:20-21: For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. Stated another way, this term denotes powers which aim to subjugate man and separate him from God (Kittle, 2:275). 15:20-22 9:6-8 Paul's basic thought is that the Christian is indissolubly one with Christ. Spiritual life which results in that glorious peace. This was not a direct and intrinsic effect, of course, but the result of spiritual dealing for the soul. 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