God's knowing his people is the same with his owning them, Ps 1 6; John 10 14; 2 Tim 2 19. And here he enumerates all those things which might be supposed likely to separate between Christ and believers, and concludes that it could not be done. They eat up my people as they eat bread, Ps 14 4. 2. Accounted as sheep for the slaughter; they make no more of killing a Christian than of butchering a sheep. Christ, as Mediator, is said to be the heir of all things (Heb 1 2), and true believers, by virtue of their union with him, shall inherit all things, Rev 21 7. I. Here are life and death, blessing and cursing, set before us. Having largely set forth the mystery of God's love to us in Christ, and the exceedingly great and precious privileges we enjoy by him, he concludes like an orator: What shall we then say to these things? I. It is the unspeakable privilege and comfort of all those that are in Christ Jesus that there is therefore now no condemnation to them. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people," so runs our commission, Isa 40 1. We must not sit still, and expect that the Spirit should do all; when the Spirit goes before us we must bestir ourselves. In general, he here makes a challenge, throws down the gauntlet, as it were, dares all the enemies of the saints to do their worst: If God be for us, who can be against us? (10-17) Their hopeful prospects under tribulations. An enemy may be reconciled, but enmity cannot. e. Nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord: Nothing which appears to be good or nothing which appears to be evil can separate us from the love of God. Our happiness is not in present possession: We are saved by hope. We owe no suit nor service to our carnal desires; we are indeed bound to clothe, and feed, and take care of the body, as a servant to the soul in the service of God, but no further. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. 2. Thus may we by faith argue against our fears of want. It is a great matter what our savour is, what truths, what tidings, what comforts, we do most relish, and are most agreeable to us. 31 What shall we then say to these things? It was in the first-born that all the children were dedicated to God under the law. 2. What does Paul say regarding those who are in Christ Jesus (i.e., Christians) (Romans 8:1)? It could neither justify nor sanctify, neither free us from the guilt nor from the power of sin, having not the promises either of pardon or grace. The Law of the Spirit frees us from sin (verses 1-4) II. You can also change some of your preferences. The counsels and decrees of God do not truckle to the frail and fickle will of men; no, God's foreknowledge of the saints is the same with that everlasting love wherewith he is said to have loved them, Jer 31 3. Observe, The love that exists between God and true believers is through Christ. The apostle closes this excellent discourse upon the privileges of believers with a holy triumph, in the name of all the saints. We are under another covenant, another master, another husband, under the law of the Spirit, the law that gives the Spirit, spiritual life to qualify us for eternal. As the saints are suffering for it, so they are waiting for it. It is not the rhetoric and eloquence, but the faith and fervency, of our prayers, that the Spirit works, as an intercessor, in us. We may know our state and character. The enemies have sometimes confessed themselves baffled and overcome by the invincible courage and constancy of the martyrs, who thus overcame the most victorious princes by not loving their lives to the death, Rev 12 11. Contrast of the old and new natures (verses 5-11) A. The apostle's triumph herein, in the name of all the saints, ver 31 to the end. When he was to undertake our salvation, the Father was willing to part with him, did not think him too precious a gift to bestow for the salvation of poor souls; now we may know that he loves us, in that he hath not withheld his Son, his own Son, his only Son, from us, as he said of Abraham, Gen 22 12. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. (26,27) Their interest in the love of God. He that embraced the stake, and said, "Welcome the cross of Christ, welcome everlasting life,"he that dated his letter from the delectable orchard of the Leonine prison,he that said, "In these flames I feel no more pain than if I were upon a bed of down,"she who, a little before her martyrdom, being asked how she did, said, "Well and merry, and going to heaven,"those that have gone smiling to the stake, and stood singing in the flamesthese were more than conquerors. We are like foolish children, that are ready to cry for fruit before it is ripe and fit for them; see Luke 9 54, 55. His resurrection was his acquittance, it was a legal discharge. [3.] He that hath prepared a crown and kingdom for us will be sure to give us enough to bear our charges in the way to it. 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. The former speaks the carnal sinner a dead man, which is bad; but this speaks him a devil of a man. Shall we harbour and indulge that which is enmity to God our creator, owner, ruler, and benefactor? 1. Whatever persecuting enemies may rob us of, they cannot rob us of the love of Christ, they cannot intercept his love-tokens, they cannot interrupt nor exclude his visits: and therefore, let them do their worst, they cannot make a true believer miserable. It is a surer and a nobler way of conquest by faith and patience than by fire and sword. Who shall? These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means. 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 Cor 4 17), light affliction, and but for a moment. It is our having received the first-fruits of the Spirit, which both quickens our desires and encourages our hopes, and both ways raises our expectations. (2.) Secondly, Of that spirit of bondage which many of the saints themselves were under at their conversion, under the convictions of sin and wrath set home by the Spirit; as those in Acts 2 37, the jailer (Acts 16 30), Paul, Acts 9 6. Remind yourself of the purpose served by (2) There are four conditional Thus what the law could not do Christ did. The present calamities of Christ's beloved ones supposedthat they meet with tribulation on all hands, are in distress, know not which way to look for any succour and relief in this world, are followed with persecution from an angry malicious world that always hated those whom Christ loved, pinched with famine, and starved with nakedness, when stripped of all creature-comforts, exposed to the greatest perils, the sword of the magistrate drawn against them, ready to be sheathed in their bowels, bathed in their blood. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. The very sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, Prov 15 8. (2.) And is not this abundant matter for comfort? He does not say, "There is no accusation against them," for this there is; but the accusation is thrown out, and the indictment quashed. Thus we are conquerors, not in our own strength, but in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. It is sin that kills the body. We have good assurance of our preservation and continuance in this blessed state, v. 35, to the end. Though the soul be the principal part of the man, yet the Lord has declared himself for the body also, and has provided a great deal of honour and happiness for the body. What Do We Learn from Reading Jesus Genealogy? 3. It is not from any specific quality in the providences themselves, but from the power and grace of God working in, with, and by, these providences. Is this the manner of men, O Lord God? phronousi ta tes sarkosthey savour the things of the flesh; so the word is rendered, Matt 16 23. lacks as a sacrifice Romans 8:32 Lit. Those that will deal with God must deal upon trust. 2. By looking to our minds. Our Price: $35.00. Their present state is a state of education and preparation for the inheritance. (2.) None are his but those that have his Spirit; that is, [1.] Nothing less than that glory would make up the fulness of his covenant relation to them as God; and therefore, in all he does for them, and in them, he has this in his eye. Not only theynot only the creatures which are not capable of such a happiness as the first-fruits of the Spirit, but even we, who have such present rich receivings, cannot but long for something more and greater. He hath overcome the world for us (John 16 33), both the good things and the evil things of it; so that we have nothing to do but to pursue the victory, and to divide the spoil, and so are more than conquerors. The resurrection of Christ: He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken. Web(1) They seem to have misunderstood Paul's teachings and to have charged that he taught that the greater the sin the greater the glory of God (3:8). $25 every month. 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. No, by no means. The saints are heirs though in this world they are heirs under age; see Gal 4 1, 2. WebRomans 8. Whom he did foreknow, that is, whom he designed for his friends and favourites. So that in a word we are put upon this dilemma, either to displease the body or destroy the soul. This overthrows them all; it is God, the righteous faithful God, that justifieth. A righteousness of obedience to the commands of the law is fulfilled in us, when by the Spirit the law of love is written upon the heart, and that love is the fulfilling of the law, ch. If you live after the flesh, you shall die; that is, die eternally. It is Christ that died, etc. To whom did the law speak? The more we know of other things the less we wonder at them; but the further we are led into an acquaintance with gospel mysteries the more we are affected with the admiration of them. Some translations use you in 8:2; others use me. 2. WebWeek 3: Romans 8:9-11 (1) Look back on your notes for verses 1-8. To a hypocrite, all whose religion lies in his tongue, nothing is more dreadful than that God searches the heart and sees through all his disguises. II. [1.] Cannot be uttered; they are so confused, the soul is in such a hurry with temptations and troubles, we know not what to say, nor how to express ourselves. Observe how we may answer to this character, v. 5, etc. -- Love as the fulfillment of the law -- The two greatest commandment We are not debtors to the flesh, neither by relation, gratitude, nor any other bond or obligation. Nor height, nor depthneither the height of prosperity and preferment, nor the depth of adversity and disgrace; nothing from heaven above, no storms, no tempests; nothing on earth below, no rocks, no seas, no dungeons. WebIn this Bible study, Noe Garcia takes participants on a journey through Romans 8, which many scholars believe is the greatest chapter in the Bible. This is his triumph after that melancholy complaint and conflict in the foregoing chaptersin remaining, disturbing, vexing, but, blessed be God, not ruining. The apostle, having reckoned up so many ingredients of the happiness of true believers, comes here to represent the ground of them all, which he lays in predestination. The good angels are engaged friends, the bad are restrained enemies. Those that suffered with David in his persecuted state were advanced by him and with him when he came to the crown; see 2 Tim 2 12. Whom he did predestinate those he also called, not only with the external call (so many are called that were not chosen, Matt 20 16; 22 14), but with the internal and effectual call. WebIf God is for us, who can be against us? This is the gospel call. The Spirit, as an enlightening Spirit, teaches us what to pray for, as a sanctifying Spirit works and excites praying graces, as a comforting Spirit silences our fears, and helps us over all our discouragements. Not, whom he did foreknow to be holy those he predestinated to be so. 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. If God be for us, who can be against us? We cannot tread in his steps unless we have his spirit; the frame and disposition of our souls must be conformable to Christ's pattern. 9 I was once alive outside the framework of Torah. WebRomans 8 starts with a therefore. The therefore indicates that Paul is stating an important summary and conclusion related to all that he previously stated in chapters 1-7. They should not at all deter and frighten us from the diligent and earnest pursuit of that glory. At the right hand of God, which denotes that he is ready therealways at hand; and that he is ruling thereall power is given to him. It is the undoubted character of all those who are so in Christ Jesus as to be freed from condemnation that they walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. Now the great question is whether we are in the flesh or in the Spirit; and how may we come to know it? MoSheH ["Withdrawn", Moses] indeed [, ahMNahM] wrote upon the righteousness, that from inside the Instruction: that do them, the ahDahM ["man", Adam], and live in them. Cursed is everyone who continuith not in all the things that are written in the law to do them. 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