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 ***
.............OR
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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 ***
.........OR
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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 ***
............OR
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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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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]:
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
*** EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER
SEVEN ***
...........OR
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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
********* EXCERPT FROM
CHAPTER SIX *********
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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 EARNESTESS 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
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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 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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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
