ROMANS CHAPTER 8
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OBSERVATION STAGE
The purpose
of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand
within the normative rules of language, context and logic 
which limits the observer to the content offered by the book of Romans.
This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and
more importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and
objective comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.
Remember that
something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be
in view.
You will
notice that verse 8:1 refers to previous contexts, especially chapter
seven, so we will review parts of earlier chapters while examining the
first two verses of chapter 8:
I) [Ro 8:1-2]:
(v. 8:1 ASV) "There is therefore now
no [eternal] condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
(v. 8:2 ASV) For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and
of death."
A) SINCE THE WORD RENDERED "THEREFORE" IN
8:1 LEADS TO A CONCLUSION ABOUT PREVIOUS TEXT; AND SINCE PREVIOUS TEXT
IN ROMANS CORROBORATES THAT ALL THOSE IN CHRIST JESUS (ALL BELIEVERS)
WILL ASSUREDLY BE DELIVERED FROM A BODY DESTINED FOR ETERNAL DEATH TO
ONE FOR ETERNAL LIFE - HENCE BELIEVERS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ETERNAL
CONDEMNATION - AND THIS WITHOUT THE CONCEPT OF ANY REQUIREMENT
TO WALK NOT BY THE FLESH BUT BY THE SPIRIT; AND SINCE THE CONCEPT OF
DAILY JUDGMENT OF THE BELIEVER HAS NOT BEEN IN VIEW, THEN BOTH CONCEPTS
MUST BE RULED OUT IN THE TEXT OF 8:1
*** EXCERPTS FROM CHAPTERS
THREE, SIX & SEVEN***
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CHAPTERS
THREE & SIX:
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN PLACED INTO THE
DEATH OF CHRIST THROUGH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM SUCH THAT HE HAS RECEIVED
THE PAYMENT FOR AND FORGIVENESS OF HIS SINS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
[Ro 6:3]:
[Compare Ro 3:21-24]:
SINCE BELIEVERS HAVE ACTUALLY BECOME
UNITED WITH CHRIST IN HIS DEATH UNTO FORGIVENESS OF SINS THEY CERTAINLY
SHALL BE RESURRECTED IN THE MANNER HE WAS - UNTO ETERNAL GLORY - A
MOTIVATION TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE
(Ro 6:5a)
CHAPTER SEVEN:
ONCE ONE BECOMES A BELIEVER, ONE IS
JUSTIFIED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE VIA A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST
ALONE, ONE BELONGS TO JESUS CHRIST WHO WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD; ONE IS
SECURED FOREVER UNTO ETERNAL LIFE FROM ETERNAL CONDEMNATION AND ONE HAS
BECOME A SLAVE TO GOD - TO HIS SOVEREIGN RULE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS -
ALLOWING FOR TEMPORAL DISCIPLINE AND BLESSINGS
[Compare Ro 1:1-4; 4:24-25; 6:4, 9; 7:4]:
THERE IS ANOTHER LAW IN THE BELIEVER WHICH
IS A PATTERN OF BEING MOTIVATED TOWARD SINFUL BEHAVIOR. THIS LAW WARS
AGAINST THE LAW OF THE BELIEVER'S MIND WHICH IS A PATTERN OF WANTING TO
DO GOOD. THIS WARRING LAW BRINGS THE BELIEVER INTO CAPTIVITY TO THE LAW
OF SIN WHICH IS A PATTERN OF SINFUL BEHAVIOR EVIDENCED BY THE
BELIEVER'S MEMBERS
PAUL AS AN EXAMPLE-BELIEVER DESCRIBES
HIMSELF AS A WRETCHED MAN REQUESTING TO BE DELIVERED FROM HIS BODY OF
DEATH. THIS PORTRAYS BEING DELIVERED FROM AN UNDOGLY MIND AND PHYSICAL
BODY CONTAMINATED BY SIN, ESTRANGED FROM GOD, DESTINED TO DIE AND BE
DESTROYED UNTO THE RECEPTION OF AN ETERNAL, GODLY, PERFECT AND SINLESS
MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
PAUL ANSWERS HIS OWN QUESTION, "WHO WILL
DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?" BEGINNING WITH "I THANK GOD"
IMPLYING THAT IT IS GOD WHO HAS PROVIDED HIM WITH DELIVERANCE UNTO A
BODY THAT IS ETERNAL AND RIGHTEOUS WHICH PAUL DECLARES COMES "THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD" IN WHOM HE HAD TRUSTED UNTO A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM
GOD
[Compare Ro 3:21-24]
PAUL REITERATES A MAIN THEME OF CHAPTER 7:
THE CONFLICT WITHIN EVERY BELIEVER BETWEEN THE MINDSET WHICH SERVES THE
LAW OF GOD - WANTING TO DO GODLY GOOD - AND THE FLESH - THE MINDSET
WHICH DIRECTS THE BODY TO SERVE THE LAW OF SIN, THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE
MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF THE BELIEVER CONSTANTLY PRACTICE SIN
[Compare Ro 7:5]:
[Compare Ro 6:19]:
*** END OF EXCERPTS
FROM CHAPTERS THREE, SIX & SEVEN ***
I cont.) [Ro 8:1-2 cont.]:
B) IN VIEW OF VERSE 8:2 WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT
THE WORD "CONDEMNATION" IN VERSE 8:1 MEANS THAT THE BELIEVER IS NO
LONGER UNDER ETERNAL CONDEMNATION AS OPPOSED TO TEMPORAL CONDEMNATION
OR LOSS OF FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AND THIS WITHOUT STRINGS ATTACHED SUCH
AS WALKING BY THE SPIRIT
*** EXCERPT FROM
CHAPTER SEVEN ***
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PAUL REITERATES A MAIN THEME OF CHAPTER 7:
THE CONFLICT WITHIN EVERY BELIEVER BETWEEN THE MINDSET WHICH SERVES THE
LAW OF GOD - WANTING TO DO GODLY GOOD - AND THE FLESH - THE MINDSET
WHICH DIRECTS THE BODY TO SERVE THE LAW OF SIN, THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE
MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF THE BELIEVER CONSTANTLY PRACTICE SIN
[Compare Ro 7:5]:
[Compare Ro 6:19]:
*** END OF EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER SEVEN ***
I cont.) [Ro 8:1-2 cont.]:
B cont.) IN VIEW OF VERSE 8:2 WE CAN
CONCLUDE THAT THE WORD "CONDEMNATION" IN VERSE 8:1 MEANS THAT THE
BELIEVER IS NO LONGER UNDER ETERNAL CONDEMNATION AS OPPOSED TO TEMPORAL
CONDEMNATION OR LOSS OF FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AND THIS WITHOUT STRINGS
ATTACHED SUCH AS WALKING BY THE SPIRIT, (cont.)
*** EXCERPT FROM
CHAPTER SIX ***
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SECTION
BELIEVERS ARE MOTIVATED TO OFFER THE PARTS
OF THEIR BODIES TO HOLINESS IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THE GIFT
OF GOD OF ETERNAL LIFE AND HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO THEIR
SIN NATURES WHICH LEADS TO ETERNAL DEATH
THE WAGES OF SIN IS LOSS OF FELLOWSHIP
WITH GOD, PHYSICAL AND ETERNAL DEATH BUT SINCE GOD'S GRACE THROUGH A
MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE CHRIST JESUS COVERS THOSE SINS, THE BELIEVER IS
SECURE IN HIS ETERNAL LIFE BECAUSE IT IS A GIFT RECEIVED - FREE WITHOUT
STRINGS ATTACHED
[Compare Ro 5:20-21]:
*** END OF EXCERPT
FROM CHAPTER SIX ***
I cont.) [Ro 8:1-2 cont.]:
B cont.) IN VIEW OF VERSE 8:2 WE CAN
CONCLUDE THAT THE WORD "CONDEMNATION" IN VERSE 8:1 MEANS THAT THE
BELIEVER IS NO LONGER UNDER ETERNAL CONDEMNATION AS OPPOSED TO TEMPORAL
CONDEMNATION OR LOSS OF FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AND THIS WITHOUT STRINGS
ATTACHED SUCH AS WALKING BY THE SPIRIT, cont.
C) ADDITIONAL PHRASES TO VERSE 8:1 FOUND IN
SOME MANUSCRIPTS AND TRANSLATIONS ARE ALSO RULED OUT AS COPYIST ERRORS
DUE TO BETTER MANUSCRIPT EVIDENCE
II) [Ro 8:3-4]:
A) THE LAW IS POWERLESS DUE TO THE SIN
NATURE WITHIN ALL MEN TO ACCOMPLISH A KEY PURPOSE: TO HAVE ITS
RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENTS FULFILLED IN MEN'S LIVES
1) [Compare Ro 2:13]:
*** EXCERPT FROM
CHAPTER SEVEN ***
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BY VIRTUE OF THE PAST TENSE, PAUL
CONTINUES TO REFLECT ON HIS PAST EXPERIENCE BEFORE HE BECAME A BELIEVER
RELATIVE TO HIS PRECEPTION OF THE LAW IN ORDER TO SHOW THAT THIS IS HOW
ALL UNBELIEVERS RESPOND VIA THE SIN NATURE WITHIN TO A CORRECT
UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW. SO THE COMMMANDMENTS OF THE LAW SIGNIFY THAT
ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD FOR RIGHTEOUS LIVING THEREBY
BRINGING LIFE WHEN OBEYED IN THE SENSE OF (1) BEING SPIRITUALLY ALIVE /
IN DAILY FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD, (2) ENHANCING THE QUALITY AND LENGTH OF
ONES PHYSICAL LIFE AND (3) LEADING ONE TO ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH A MOMENT
OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE. BUT DUE TO A FLAWED NATURE, MANKIND
DELIBERATELY MISCONTRUES AND VIOLATES THE LAW RESULTING IN LIVES (1) BEING CHARACTERIZED BY PERSONAL DESTRUCTION AND
SPIRITUAL DEATH / SEPARATION FROM DAILY FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD, (2) BEING LED TOWARD PHYSICAL DEATH AND (3) BEING ON A PATH TOWARD ETERNAL DEATH BEFORE GOD,
(UNLESS ONE TRUSTED ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE UNTO A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD)
*** END
OF EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER SEVEN ***
II cont.) [Ro 8:3-4
cont.]:
B) IN VIEW IN 8:3 IS THE WEAKNESS OF THE
LAW THROUGH THE FLESH TO ACCOMPLISH A KEY PURPOSE OF THE LAW: TO
CONDEMN / JUDGE AND SENTENCE SIN IN THE FLESH SO THAT MEN MIGHT WALK
ACCORDING TO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW. SO GOD DID IT: HE SENT HIS
OWN SON IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH WITHOUT INTRINSIC SINFULNESS
AND FOR SIN DID JUDGE SIN AND DID PAY THE PENALTY FOR IT IN HIS
HUMANITY PROVIDING THE MEANS BY WHICH MAN CAN NOW EVIDENCE RIGHTEOUS,
GODLY BEHAVIOR BY BECOMING IN CHRIST JESUS (= BELIEVERS) AND WALKING
NOT ACCORDING TO FLESH BUT ACCORDING TO SPIRIT
[Compare Ro 7:5]:
[Compare Ro 3:21-25]:
C) THE TRINITY IS IN VIEW: GOD THE FATHER
SENT HIS OWN SON - THE SON OF GOD - TO FULFILL THE RIGHTEOUS PURPOSES
OF THE LAW SO THAT BELIEVERS CAN ACCOMPLISH THE LAW'S PURPOSE BY
WALKING ACCORDING TO GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
III) [Ro 8:5-6]:
A) THE LAW WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ITS
PURPOSE OF HAVING INDIVIDUALS WALK ACCORDING TO GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS
BECAUSE OF THE PRINCIPLE THAT THOSE ACCORDING TO FLESH, I.E.,
UNBELIEVERS, ONLY MIND THE THINGS OF THE FLESH = SIN, EXCLUDING
RIGHTEOUSNESS ALTOGETHER; BUT THOSE ACCORDING TO SPIRIT, I.E.,
BELIEVERS THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT DO MIND. HENCE GOD ACCOMPLISHED THIS
PURPOSE OF THE LAW THROUGH HIS CONDEMNATION / JUDGMENT AND SENTENCING
OF SIN THROUGH HIS SON IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH IN THOSE WHO ARE
BELIEVERS IN THE SON WHO WALK ACCORDING TO SPIRIT
1) [Compare Ro 7:5 ASV]:
***** EXCERPTS FROM
CHAPTERS SIX AND SEVEN ****
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NEXT SECTION
CHAPTER SIX:
BELIEVERS HAVE BECOME SLAVES TO
RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT CAN STILL SIN
CHAPTER SEVEN:
PAUL PRESENTS FURTHER
DETAILS OF THE CONFLICT WITHIN THE BELIEVER'S MENTALITY WHICH REFLECT
HIS FINDING OUT ABOUT A LAW IN WHICH EVIL IS PRESENT WHEN THE BELIEVER
WANTS TO DO GOOD. ON ONE SIDE OF THE CONFLICT IS THE "INWARD MAN" WHICH
IS PART OF THE BELIEVER'S MENTALITY WHICH DELIGHTS IN THE LAW OF GOD -
IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH MOTIVATES THE BELIEVER TO DESIRE TO DO GOOD
*** END OF
EXCERPTS ***
III cont.) [Ro 8:5-6 cont.]:
B) THE PHRASE "THE MIND OF THE
FLESH" DEPICTS THE MIND OF THE UNBELIEVER WHICH IS FURTHER DESCRIBED AS
"DEATH" = A SEPARATION AND ENMITY WITH GOD LEADING TO ETERNAL DEATH. ON
THE OTHER HAND, THE PHRASE "THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT" DEPICTS THE MIND OF
THE BELIEVER UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT WHICH IS THEN
DESCRIBED IN OPPOSITION TO DEATH AS LIFE AND PEACE = FELLOWSHIP WITH
GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
IV) [Ro 8:7-8]:
A) THE CRUX OF THE MATTER OF WHY THE LAW IS
POWERLESS TO FULFILL ITS RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT IN MANKIND IS WITHIN THE
NATURE OF MAN HIMSELF: THE UNBELIEVER'S MINDSET IS 'OF THE FLESH' -
ENSLAVED TO HIS SIN NATURE AND AT ENMITY AGAINST GOD. THE UNBELIEVER
CHOOSES AGAINST BEING SUBJECT TO THE LAW OF GOD, NOR CAN HE BE
SUBJECT TO IT BECAUSE HE CANNOT BRING HIMSELF TO CHOOSE TO DO SO
B) ALTHOUGH AN UNBELIEVER CANNOT PLEASE GOD
WITH ANYTHING GODLY IN HIS LIFESTYLE, HE CAN EXPRESS A MOMENT OF FAITH
ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE. BELIEVING IN SOMETHING IS NOT A LIFESTYLE
ACTIVITY
1) [Compare Ro 3:21-24]:
2) [Compare 2 Cor 4:3-4]:
3)
[Compare Jn 12:37-40]:
a)
Individuals Who Repeatedly Would Not Believe In Jesus Christ - Even
After Witnessing His Miracles, God Made It So Their Eyes Were Blinded
And Their Hearts Were Deadened So That They Could Neither See, Nor
Understand Because They Would Not Turn To God And Believe. So Man Has
The Capacity To Obey God And Understand What He Has Said But His Sinful
Nature Has Turned His Will Totally Against The Exercise Of That Capacity
V)
[Ro 8:9 NKJV]:
A) BELIEVERS BY DEFINITION ARE INDWELT BY
THE SPIRIT OF GOD / CHRIST HENCE ARE LED / CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT AND
BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST. BELIEVERS ARE NO LONGER CONTROLLED BY THE SIN
NATURE. ANYONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST DOES NOT BELONG
TO CHRIST, I.E., IS NOT A BELIEVER
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CHAPTER SEVEN ***
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ONCE ONE BECOMES A BELIEVER,
ONE IS JUSTIFIED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE VIA A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN
CHRIST ALONE, ONE BELONGS TO JESUS CHRIST WHO WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD
- SECURE FOREVER UNTO ETERNAL LIFE FROM ETERNAL CONDEMNATION; AND ONE
HAS BECOME A SLAVE TO GOD - TO HIS SOVEREIGN RULE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS -
ALLOWING FOR TEMPORAL DISCIPLINE AND BLESSINGS
[Compare Ro 6:1-2; 6; 14, 17-22]:
The Result Of The Believer Being Freed
From The Control Of Sin Is To Become A Slave To God - To The Sovereign
Rule Of God's Righteousness In His Life
*** END OF EXCERPT
FROM CHAPTER SEVEN ***
B) THE FACT THAT SPIRIT OF GOD IS ALSO
CALLED SPIRIT OF CHRIST TESTIFIES TO THE DIETY OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE
DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY
VI) [Ro 8:10]:
A) SINCE CHRIST, THE INDWELLING SPIRIT, IS
IN BELIEVERS, THE BODY IS DEAD, OUT OF FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AND DESTINED
TO DIE PHYSICALLY BECAUSE OF THE SIN NATURE WITHIN. FURTHERMORE, THE
INDWELLING SPIRIT IS ETERNAL LIFE IN AN ETERNAL AND GODLY BODY FOR THE
BELIEVER BECAUSE OF A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH IN
CHRIST JESUS
VII) [Ro 8:11]:
A) SINCE GOD RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD,
WHOSE SPIRIT PERMANENTLY DWELLS IN THE BELIEVER, THEN GOD WHO RAISED UP
CHRIST JESUS WILL ALSO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO THE BELIEVER'S MORTAL BODY
THROUGH THE INDWELLING SPIRIT
1) [Compare Ro 4:20-24]:
B) JUST AS THE SPIRIT OF THE GOD WHO
RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD DWELLS IN THE BELIEVER, SO GOD WILL ALSO
GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL BELIEVERS' MORTAL BODIES THROUGH THE
INDWELLING SPIRIT OF GOD - WHOSE INDWELLING IS A GUARANTEE OF GOD'S
PROVISION OF ETERNAL LIFE
VIII) [Ro 8:12]:
A) ALL BELIEVERS WHO HAVE JUST BEEN
DECLARED IN VERSE 8:11 TO HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD WITHIN AND TO
ASSUREDLY BE PROVIDED BY GOD WITH ETERNAL LIFE ARE NOW DECLARED AS A
RESULT TO BE DEBTORS TO GOD FOR SUCH GIFTS AND ASSURANCES AND THUS ARE
TO LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIN NATURE BUT
ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT
IX) [Ro 8:13]:
A) BELIEVERS WHO LIVE THEIR LIVES ACCORDING
TO THE FLESH, I.E., TO THE RULERSHIP OF THE SIN NATURE, ARE ABOUT TO
DIE AN EARLY PHYSICAL DEATH. ON THE OTHER HAND, BELIEVERS, BY LIVING
THEIR LIVES BY THE RULERSHIP OF THE SPIRIT PUT TO DEATH THE DEEDS OF
THE BODY, I.E., DEACTIVATE THE SIN NATURE, AND SHALL LIVE OUT THE FULL
LENGTH OF THEIR APPOINTED MORTAL YEARS
********* EXCERPTS
FROM CHAPTERS 6 AND 7 ********
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THERE IS ANOTHER LAW IN THE
BELIEVER WHICH IS A PATTERN OF BEING MOTIVATED TOWARD SINFUL BEHAVIOR.
THIS LAW WARS AGAINST THE LAW OF THE BELIEVER'S MIND WHICH IS A PATTERN
OF WANTING TO DO GOOD. THIS WARRING LAW BRINGS THE BELIEVER INTO
CAPTIVITY TO THE LAW OF SIN WHICH IS A PATTERN OF SINFUL BEHAVIOR
EVIDENCED BY THE BELIEVER'S MEMBERS
SLAVERY TO SIN
LEADS TO DEATH
SLAVERY TO OBEDIENCE TO GOD LEADS TO
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LENGTHENING OF THE TIME OF ONES PHYSICAL YEARS
*** END OF EXCERPTS
FROM CHAPTERS 6 AND 7 ***
X) [Ro 8:14]:
A) THE INDWELLING OF THE SPIRIT PUTS THE
SPIRIT IN THE POSITION OF AUTHORITY OVER THE BELIEVER AS LEADER. AS
MANY INDIVIDUALS AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD ARE THOSE WHO ARE
INDWELT BY THE SPIRIT - ONLY THESE ARE THE SONS OF GOD - REGARDLESS OF
THEIR RESPONSE TO THE LEADING. LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT
GIVES EVIDENCE OF THIS LEADING, BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES
1) [Compare Ro 8:9]:
XI)
[Ro 8:15]:
A) BELIEVERS DID NOT AGAIN RECEIVE THE
SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AND FEAR OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN AND DEATH
CHARACTERISTIC OF UNBELIEVERS. BELIEVERS RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF GOD -
THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD TO WHOM THEY CRY OUT,
'ABBA, FATHER,' EXEMPLIFYING AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD OUR
FATHER
B) THE BELIEVER WAS PREVIOUSLY STIPULATED
AS A SLAVE TO GOD AND THE SOVEREIGN RULE OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. THIS
DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH BEING IN A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP WITH 'ABBA
FATHER' GOD
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CHAPTER SIX *********
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SECTION
THE RESULT OF THE BELIEVER BEING FREED
FROM THE CONTROL OF SIN IS TO BECOME A SLAVE TO GOD - UNDER HIS
SOVEREIGN RULE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
***** END OF EXCERPT
FROM CHAPTER SIX *****
XII) [Ro 8:16]:
A) THE SPIRIT OF GOD TESTIFIES WITH
THE BELIEVER'S REDEEMED HUMAN SPIRIT TO GOD THE FATHER THAT WE ARE
GOD'S CHILDREN
XIII) [Ro 8:17]:
A) IF WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD, THEN WE ARE
HEIRS OF GOD TO RECEIVE AN INHERITANCE FROM GOD BEGINNING WITH ETERNAL
LIFE AND SHARING IN HIS GLORY. FURTHERMORE, WE CAN EVEN BE JOINT HEIRS
WITH CHRIST IF WE SUFFER WITH HIM ON ACCOUNT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SO THAT
WE MAY BE GLORIFIED WITH HIM WHEN HE COMES AGAIN
1) [Compare Ro 5:1-2]:
a) We Who Have Become
Justified Will Enter Into The Expression Of The Honor, Power And
Holiness Of God
XIV) [Ro 8:18]:
A)
THE SUFFERINGS OF BELIEVERS ARE COMPARED AND PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE
FUTURE GLORY OF GOD WHICH WILL BE REVEALED IN THEM
XV) [Ro 8:19]:
A) CREATION IS PERSONIFIED AS EARNESTLY
WAITING FOR THE REVEALING OF THE SONS OF GOD WHEN THEY WILL BE IN THEIR
FUTURE GODLY AND RIGHTEOUS GLORY AT THE TIME OF OUR LORD'S APPEARING IN
GLORY
XVI) [Ro 8:20-21]
A) GOD SUBJECTED CREATION TO VANITY = A
FUTILITY OF TEMPORAL EXISTENCE ON A COURSE OF SELF-DESTRUCTION AND TO A
BONDAGE OF CORRUPTION TO WHICH THE CHILDREN OF GOD WERE ENSLAVED DUE TO
SIN IN THE SURE HOPE THAT CREATION WILL ALSO BE DELIVERED FROM ALL OF
THIS INTO THE LIBERTY OF THE FUTURE GLORY OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD
XVII) [Ro 8:22]:
A) ALL OF CREATION GROANS AND TRAVAILS IN
PAIN TOGETHER UNDER THE VANITY AND THE BONDAGE OF CORRUPTION THAT THE
SONS OF GOD ARE UNDER DUE TO THE SIN
***** EXCERPT
FROM CHAPTER 3 *****
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[Ro 3:10-18, 21-24]:
SCRIPTURE IS REFERRED TO IN
ORDER TO CORROBORATE PAUL'S DISSERTATION ON HOW TOTALLY DEPRAVED ALL
MEN ARE IN WORDS, DEEDS AND THOUGHTS BEFORE GOD - NO EXCEPTIONS
[Ro 3:21-24]:
ALL INDIVIDUALS, JEWS AND GENTILES
ALIKE - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, HAVE SINNED THROUGH ADAM'S SIN AND
FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, I.E., THEY CONSTANTLY SIN
***** END
OF EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 3 *****
XVIII) [Ro 8:23]:
A) THE WHOLE OF CREATION IS GROANING AND
TRAVAILING IN PAIN TOGETHER, AWAITING TRANSFORMATION INTO A CREATION
THAT REFLECTS THE GLORY OF GOD; SO MUCH THE MORE THE CHILDREN OF GOD
HAVE THE PROMISED FIRSTFRUITS OF THE GLORY OF GOD TOGETHER WITH OUR
LORD VIA THE SPIRIT. THEY GROAN WITHIN THEMSELVES, EAGERLY AWAITING
THEIR ADOPTION BY GOD WHICH IS THE FINAL REDEMPTION OF THEIR FLESHLY
MORTAL BODIES TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO GLORIFIED ETERNAL ONES
XIX) [Ro 8:24]:
A)
HOPE IN GREEK = A SURE HOPE - SYNONYMOUS WITH FAITH
B) THE ESSENCE OF SAVING FAITH IS A SURE
HOPE IN WHAT IS YET UNSEEN: WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED THROUGH HIS SON:
REDEMPTION AND ETERNAL LIFE
XX) [Ro 8:25]:
A) HOPING FOR WHAT WE CHILDREN OF GOD DO
NOT YET SEE, I.E., A PERSISTENT FAITH IN THE FUTURE ETERNAL REDEMPTION
OF OUR BODIES IS CHARACTERIZED BY EAGERLY WAITING FOR IT WITH
PERSEVERANCE
XXI) [Ro 8:26-27]:
A) THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPS THE BELIEVER IN
HIS WEAKNESSES - BELIEVERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD PRAY FOR, SO THE
SPIRIT MAKES INTERCESSION WITH GREAT INTENSITY AND EARNESTNESS SO THAT
PRAYERS ARE PRESENTED AND ANSWERED ACCORDING TO THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD
B) THE SPIRITUAL GIFT OF SPEAKING OR
PRAYING IN TONGUES IS NOT IN VIEW IN 8:26-27
XXII) [Ro 8:28]:
A) PAUL AND HIS ASSOCIATES HAVE KNOWN
THAT THE CHILDREN OF GOD -THOSE WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO GOD'S
PURPOSE - WHO CHOOSE TO LOVE GOD WILL HAVE ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR
GODLY GOOD
1) [Compare Ro
8:29-30]:
**** EXCERPT FROM ROMANS CHAPTER 5 ****
OR SKIP TO NEXT SECTION
THEREFORE SINCE WE HAVE
BEEN JUSTIFIED, WE ARE STIPULATED AS BEING IN A POSITION OF NEW
OPPORTUNITIES. WE ARE EXHORTED TO REJOICE IN OUR SUFFERINGS BECAUSE WE
ARE TO KNOW THAT SUFFERING PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE; PERSEVERANCE,
CHARACTER AND CHARACTER, A SURE HOPE OF THE ETERNAL GLORY OF GOD AND OF
BEING DELIVERED THROUGH DAILY AFFLICTIONS BY GOD
**** END OF EXCERPT FROM ROMANS CHAPTER 5 ****
XXIII)
[Ro 8:29]:
A) GOD FOREKNEW
/ DETERMINED BEFOREHAND WHO WOULD CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IN AND BECOME CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS
SON BECAUSE HE PREDESTINED IT. HE DECREED IT TO OCCUR SO THAT HIS SON
MIGHT BE THE RIGHTEOUS FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
XXIV) [Ro 8:30]:
A) THOSE THAT GOD
PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED TO THE RIGHTEOUS IMAGE OF HIS SON HE CALLED
TO BELIEVE IN HIS SON'S ATONEMENT UNTO A DECLARATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND ETERNAL REDEMPTION, AND THEN DECLARED THEM GLORIFIED
1) [Compare Ro 5:1-2]:
2) [Compare Ro
6:5]:
a) SINCE BELIEVERS HAVE ACTUALLY BECOME
UNITED WITH CHRIST IN HIS DEATH UNTO FORGIVENESS OF SINS THEY CERTAINLY
SHALL BE RESURRECTED IN THE MANNER HE WAS - UNTO ETERNAL GLORY - A
MOTIVATION TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE
XXV) [Ro 8:31-34]:
A) SINCE GOD IS FOR US AND DELIVERED UP
HIS OWN SON FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION, AND SINCE HIS SON INTERCEDES FOR US,
THEN NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST
** EXCERPTS FROM ROMANS
3:21-24 AND 8:8 **
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SECTION
ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY THROUGH A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE TO BE
JUSTIFIED, I.E., DECLARED TO HAVE A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD UNTO ETERNAL
LIFE FREELY AND BY GOD'S GRACE, (= UNMERITED FAVOR)
WHICH OPPORTUNITY SUPPORTS THE ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER AND
DOES NOT OBLIGATE HIM TO MAINTAIN A GODLY LIFESTYLE TO KEEP IT
ALTHOUGH AN UNBELIEVER CANNOT PLEASE GOD
WITH ANYTHING GODLY IN HIS LIFESTYLE, HE CAN EXPRESS A MOMENT OF FAITH
ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE. BELIEVING IN SOMETHING IS NOT A LIFESTYLE
ACTIVITY
1) [Compare Ro 3:21-24]:
** END OF
EXCERPTS FROM RO 3:21-24 AND 8:8 **
XXVI) [Ro 8:35]:
XXVII) [Ro 8:36]:
A) PSALMS 44:22 QUOTED IN VERSE 8:36
CORROBORATES THE THEME THAT DESPITE TEMPORAL DIFFICULTIES, NO ONE WILL
SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST, NEITHER TRIBULATION, NOR DISTRESS,
NOR PERSECUTION, NOR FAMINE, NOR NAKEDNESS, NOR PERIL, NOR SWORD?
1) [Compare Ps 44:1-26]:
XXVIII) [Ro 8:37-39]:
A) BELIEVERS MORE THAN CONQUER ALL
THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF CHRIST TO THE END OF MAINTAINING OUR
JUSTIFICATION AND FULFILLMENT OF OUR GLORIFICATION. NEITHER DEATH, NOR
LIFE, NOR ANGELS, NOR DEMONS, NOR PRESENT NOR FUTURE, NOR POWERS, NOR
HEIGHT, NOR DEPTH, NOR ANYTHING ELSE IN ALL CREATION, WILL BE ABLE TO
SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD
