[2.] I reckonlogizomai. None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to sanctification (2 Thess 2 13), and surely it cannot be a temptation to any to be conformed to the world to believe that they were predestinated to be conformed to Christ. What we may therefore expect he will do: He will with him freely give us all things. shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? But, on the other hand, You shall live, live and be happy to eternity; that is the true life: If you through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, subdue and keep under all fleshly lusts and affections, deny yourselves in the pleasing and humouring of the body, and this through the Spirit; we cannot do it without the Spirit working it in us, and the Spirit will not do it without our doing our endeavour. That there is a present vanity to which the creature, by reason of the sin of man, is made subject, v. 20. [1.] Topics covered: The never-ending debt to love one another -- Who is the creditor for this debt? This is his triumph after that melancholy complaint and conflict in the foregoing chaptersin remaining, disturbing, vexing, but, blessed be God, not ruining. 1. Though they cannot make good the charge yet they will be ready to condemn; but we have a plea ready to move in arrest of judgment, a plea which cannot be overruled. 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, Phil 3 21; 1 Cor 15 42. As the accomplishment of the saints' present hopes and expectations, v. 19, etc. Here are life and death, blessing and cursing, set before us. This was what he aimed at all alongto bring them to heaven. All that are effectually called are justified, absolved from guilt, and accepted as righteous through Jesus Christ. WebRomans 8 The apostle, having fully explained the doctrine of justification, and pressed the necessity of sanctification, in this chapter applies himself to the consolation of the Lord's EVERYTHING INCLUDED IN THE "ROMANS 8 DISPLAYED IN 10 OLD TESTAMENT NARRATIVES" BIBLE STUDY BUNDLE. Charity thinks no evil, entertains no misgiving thoughts, makes no hard conclusions, no unkind constructions, takes all in good part that comes from love. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. II. It will then be put past dispute. 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. That are spirited as he was spiritedare meek, and lowly, and humble, and peaceable, and patient, and charitable, as he was. He took upon him that nature which was corrupt, though perfectly abstracted from the corruptions of it. Shall be revealed in us; not only revealed to us, to be seen, but revealed in us, to be enjoyed. Which way go the projects and contrivances? How comfortable should this be to all the children of God, how little soever they have in possession, that, being heirs, they have enough in reversion! 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. It is very true; but in this the Spirit's intercession is always effectual, that, however it goes with them, all this is working together for their good. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. As to the matter of our requests, we know not what to ask. The whole species of creatures is designed for, and is hastening to, a total dissolution by fire. The ground thereof laid in predestination, ver 29, 30. What would we have? But when the commandment really encountered me, sin sprang to life, 10 and I died. WebIf God is for us, who can be against us? 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. This is that which we expect, in hope of which our flesh rests, Ps 16 9, 10. There may be praying in the Spirit where there is not a word spoken; as Moses prayed (Exod 14 15), and Hannah, 1 Sam 1 13. What becomes of the souls of brutes, that go downwards, none can tell. 1. Hence the apostle by the way infers how much it is our duty to walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, v. 12, 13. His death: It is Christ that died. Therefore, we are dead to sin ( Rom. By examining what we mind, the things of the flesh or the things of the spirit. Christ intercedes for us in heaven, the Spirit intercedes for us in our hearts; so graciously has God provided for the encouragement of the praying remnant. The agreeableness of this to our present state, v. 24, 25. WebSOJO MEMBERSHIP MONTHLY OPTION. Or, We shall not be separated from that love either in death or in life. In chapter 7 Paul has described the Christian conflict. WebRomans 8 The apostle, having fully explained the doctrine of justification, and pressed the necessity of sanctification, in this chapter applies himself to the consolation of the Lord's people. The mind is the seat of wisdom. But it should seem by the scripture that there will be some kind of restoration of them. It is sin that kills the body. I. Abba is a Syriac word signifying father or my father; pater, a Greek work; and why both, Abba, Father? All that God did from eternity predestinate to grace and glory he does, in the fulness of time, effectually call. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Here is the Spirit interceding with groans that cannot be uttered. The vision of God and the fruition of God make up the inheritance the saints are heirs to. 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. (2.) whether are we more wise for the world or for our souls? This great truth, thus laid down, he illustrates in the following verses; and shows how we come by this great privilege, and how we may answer this character. The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, shall be repaired, whatever great mountains may be in the way. As the saints are suffering for it, so they are waiting for it. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. It is illustrated (v. 36) by a passage quoted from Ps 44 22, For thy sake we are killed all the day long, which intimates that we are not to think strange, no not concerning the fiery bloody trial. Mr. Hugh Kennedy, an eminent Christian of Ayr, in Scotland, when he was dying, called for a Bible; but, finding his sight gone, he said, "Turn me to the eighty of the Romans, and set my finger at these words, I am persuaded that neither death nor life," etc. To understand and apply this verse, we need to think through four truths: 1. 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosenIt is God who justifies. Which interest has the ascendant? 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). A true Christian loves Christ never the less though he suffer for him, thinks never the worse of Christ through he lose all for him. 2. God himself will be with them, and will be their God, Rev 21 3. Were his favours intermitted? Called? He first sums up what is disbursed for Christ in the sufferings of this present time, and finds they come to very little; he then sums up what is secured to us by Christ in the glory that shall be revealed, and this he finds to be an infinite sum, transcending all conception, the disbursement abundantly made up and the losses infinitely countervailed. The apostle's triumph herein, in the name of all the saints, ver 31 to the end. What Does It Mean That "Your Life Is Hidden with Christ"? That must needs be a great, a transcendent glory, which all the creatures are so earnestly expecting and longing for. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people," so runs our commission, Isa 40 1. 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. How should this humble us for and warn us against, carnal-mindedness! phronousi ta tes sarkosthey savour the things of the flesh; so the word is rendered, Matt 16 23. 31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? The power of corruption being broken in effectual calling, and the guilt of sin removed in justification, all that which hinders is taken out of the way, and nothing can come between that soul and glory. His resurrection: Yea, rather, that has risen again. [1.] Words of knowledge often in scripture denote affection; so here: Elect according to the foreknowledge of God, 1 Pet 1 2. What room is left for doubting and disquietment? Though a child of God may come under fear of bondage again, and may be questioning his sonship, yet the blessed Spirit is not again a spirit of bondage, for then he would witness an untruth. WebRomansChapter 8. III. You can check these in your browser security settings. Which of these do we mind, for which of these doe we make provision, by which of these are we governed, which of these do we take part with? The character of the saints, who are interested in this privilege; they are here described by such properties as are common to all that are truly sanctified. (2.) Accounted as sheep for the slaughter; they make no more of killing a Christian than of butchering a sheep. He speaks as one amazed and swallowed up with the contemplation and admiration of it, wondering at the height and depth, and length and breadth, of the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. We cannot say but that the body is dead; it is a frail, mortal, dying body, and it will be dead shortly; it is a house of clay, whose foundation is in the dust. 2. This effect the first threatening has (Gen 3 19): Dust thou art. The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. And, upon the view of both, he gives this judgment here. 1. We do not, will not, love him the less for this; and that for this reason, because we do not think that he loves us the less. Heaven is an inheritance that all the saints are heirs to. Observe how we may answer to this character, v. 5, etc. The life purchased and promised does not immortalize the body in its present state. In the saints, who are new creatures, v. 23-25. Is this the manner of men, O Lord God? We have here from the apostle. 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? Died to sin Since Jesus is our Federal Head, He represented us on the cross. It is only through Christ that loved us, the merit of his death taking the sting out of all these troubles, the Spirit of his grace strengthening us, and enabling us to bear them with holy courage and constancy, and coming in with special comforts and supports. No, by no means. He puts himself among the rest. The call is then effectual when we come at the call; and we then come at the call when the Spirit draws us, convinces the conscience of guilt and wrath, enlightens the understanding, bows the will, persuades and enables us to embrace Christ in the promises, makes us willing in the day of his power. Observe, [1.] It is a That is good for them which does their souls good. Christ died for us ( Romans 8:32 ). (3.) He worketh all things together for good; so some read it. (3.) The creatures are often abused to the dishonour of their Creator, the hurt of his children, or the service of his enemies. [ a] 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you[ b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. And the great question is, What is the principle of the walk, the flesh or the spirit, the old or the new nature, corruption or grace? Observe, The love that exists between God and true believers is through Christ. By looking to our minds. The apostle here begins with one signal privilege of true Christians, and describes the character of those to whom it belongs: There is therefore now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus, v. 1. We had become unable to keep the law, and, in case of failure, the law, as a covenant of works, made no provision, and so left us as it found us. They kill the Christians to please themselves, to be food to their malice. It is the will of God that his people should be a comforted people. This overthrows them all; it is God, the righteous faithful God, that justifieth. Theres The primitive Christians had many black crimes laid to their chargeheresy, sedition, rebellion, and what not? The triumph of believers in this ( v. 37): Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors. Romans 6 speaks about our identification with Christ in baptism and being dead to sin and alive in Christ. Compare with this Ps 96 10-13; 98 7-9. Whom he justified those he also glorified. The man is as the mind is. 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. with him Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Though he was his own Son, yet, being made sin for us, it pleased the Lord to bruise him. Present receivings and comforts are consistent with a great many groans; not as the pangs of one dying, but as the throes of a woman in travailgroans that are symptoms of life, not of death. [2.] WebRomans 8 English Standard Version Life in the Spirit 8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. It is by virtue of our interest in Christ, our relation to him, and our union with him, that we are thus secured. Secondly, With great gain. 9 I was once alive outside the framework of Torah. Those that stand it out against the gospel call abide under guilt and wrath. Who then dares fight against us, while God himself is fighting for us? Remind yourself of the purpose served by (2) There are four conditional Web"THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS" Chapter Eight OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THIS CHAPTER 1) To appreciate the place the Holy Spirit has in the lives of Christians 2) To notice the power Christ is the express image of his Father, and the saints are conformed to the image of Christ. [2.] [1.] We are more than conquerors. (2.) 3. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Who shall? 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. The grounds of this expectation in the saints. It is death, v. 6. The inability of all these things to separate us from the love of Christ. To all the hard censures, the malicious calumnies, and the unjust and unrighteous sentences of men, we may with comfort oppose our justification before God through Christ Jesus as that which doth abundantly countervail," 1 Cor 4 3, 4. The holiness of the law of God, and the unholiness of the carnal mind, are as irreconcilable as light and darkness. It surpasses all that we have yet seen and known: present vouchsafements are sweet and precious, very precious, very sweet; but there is something to come, something behind the curtain, that will outshine all. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. They eat up my people as they eat bread, Ps 14 4. Faith respects the promise, hope the thing promised. The LXX. his visits more shy? But when the commandment really encountered me, sin sprang to life, 10 and I died. It is a figurative expression. You have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, v. 15. The intercession which he makes there. It also denotes that the adoption is common both to Jews and Gentiles: the Jews call him Abba in their language, the Greeks may call him pater in their language; for in Christ Jesus there is neither Greek nor Jew. They are the called according to his purpose, effectually called according to the eternal purpose. And this not willingly, not of their own choice. 11 2. What was done by this appearance of his: Sin was condemned, that is, God did therein more than ever manifest his hatred of sin; and not only so, but for all that are Christ's both the damning and the domineering power of sin is broken and taken out of the way. His resurrection was his acquittance, it was a legal discharge. Beareth witness with our spirit. Awake, O sword. Nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers. 2. While we are in this world, hoping and waiting for what we see not, we must be praying. And is not this abundant matter for comfort? Why, they lose that which the gold loses in the furnace, nothing but the dross. He is agent for us there, an advocate for us, to answer all accusations, to put in our plea, and to prosecute it with effect, to appear for us and to present our petitions. "Now," said he, "is my finger upon them?" Sin is a burden to the whole creation; the sin of the Jews, in crucifying Christ, set the earth a quaking under them. WebRomans Chapter 8 Romans 8:1 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. So many Christians (1.) This study covers Romans 13:8-14. And we have here such a draught of the gospel charter, such a display of the unspeakable privileges of true believers, as may furnish us with abundant matter for joy and peace in believing, that by all these immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation. Now, to comfort them in reference to those sufferings, he tells them that they suffered with Christfor his sake, for his honour, and for the testimony of a good conscience, and should be glorified with him. To make the sense of the words clear, which in our translation is a little intricate, we may read it thus, with a little transposition:God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and a sacrifice for sin, condemned sin in the flesh, which the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, etc., v. 4. Many conquests are dearly bought; but what do the suffering saints lose? Having submitted themselves in believing to his guidance, they do in their obedience follow that guidance, and are sweetly led into all truth and all duty. Let the heavens rejoice before the Lord, for he cometh. He helps our infirmities, meant especially of our praying infirmities, which most easily beset us in that duty, against which the Spirit helps. Ministers are helpers of the joy of the saints. Heaven is therefore sure; for God by his Spirit would not raise and encourage those hopes only to defeat and disappoint them. It is God who justifies! 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. It denotes a full, and strong, and affectionate persuasion, arising from the experience of the strength and sweetness of the divine love. (1-9) Their privileges as being the children of God. His sitting at the right hand of God: He is even at the right hand of Goda further evidence that he has done his work, and a mighty encouragement to us in reference to all accusations, that we have a friend, such a friend, in court. 6:1-2) We have died to sin through Christ are our freedom from sin ( Rom. 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. 6:8-11) Do not let sin reign in you ( Rom. WebROMANS Chapter Ten -5. The carnal man may, by the power of divine grace, be made subject to the law of God, but the carnal mind never can; this must be broken and expelled. Just as sin and death came into the world through Adam to afflict all (5:12-14), so the free gift of grace came into the world through Christ to justify many (5:15-21). Nor any other creatureany thing that can be named or thought of. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. They are neither a cause nor an evidence of the abatement of his love. 8:1-8. Observe, It is spoken of as a thing done: He glorified, because of the certainty of it; he hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling. It is the pleasing, and serving, and gratifying, of the flesh, that are the ruin of souls; that is, the second death. What could have been done more for the comfort of the Lord's people, in all their addresses to God? This is enough to answer all those accusations, It is God that justifieth. WebRomans 8:8. The covenant of grace made with us in Christ is a treasury of merit and grace, and thence we receive pardon and a new nature, are freed from the law of sin and death, that is, both from the guilt and power of sinfrom the course of the law, and the dominion of the flesh. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. When the body dies, and returns to the dust, the spirit if life; not only living and immortal, but swallowed up of life. He does not say, "There is no cross, no affliction to them or no displeasure in the affliction," for this there may be; but no condemnation. Shall we put this question to our own hearts, Who dwells, who rules, who keeps house, here? Their property: They are led by the Spirit of God, as a scholar in his learning is led by his tutor, as a traveller in his journey is led by his guide, as a soldier in his engagements is led by his captain; not driven as beasts, but led as rational creatures, drawn with the cords of a man and the bands of love. In earthly inheritances this rule does not hold, only the first-born are heirs; but the church is a church of first-born, for they are all heirs. Worksheets are Romans questions, Secure for sure romans 831 39, Epistles romans, Better news than you think romans 828 39 mark, Study questions on romans, The book of romans, A study through the book of romans, Ancient rome packet. The chapter begins, as well, with II. WebRomans 8American Standard Version. Carnal pleasure, worldly profit and honour, the things of sense and time, are the things of the flesh, which unregenerate people mind. Either directly or indirectly, every providence has a tendency to the spiritual good of those that love God, breaking them off from sin, bringing them nearer to God, weaning them from the world, fitting them for heaven. (1.) 32 The one who did not spare his own Son, but offered him as a sacrifice[ a] for all of us, surely will give us all things, along with his Son,[ b] wont he? The apostle speaks of this in the first person: We know not. God gave his only Son, his very best for us, will He not give New International Version NIV, Chronological Study Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version. [2.] God hath set the one over against the other (Eccl 7 14): synergei, a very singular, with a noun plural, denoting the harmony of Providence and its uniform designs, all the wheels as one wheel, Ezek 10 13. (2.) This is a mighty encouragement to our faith and hope; for, as for God, his way, his work, is perfect. 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