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. See ch. WebRomans 8 Bible Study Romans 1-3 Everyones condemned Romans 4-5 start talking about but God but God intervened. All that God did from eternity predestinate to grace and glory he does, in the fulness of time, effectually call. And neither shall do it. The Spirit visits many that are unregenerate with his motions, which they resist and quench; but in all that are sanctified he dwells; there he resides and rules. The vision of God and the fruition of God make up the inheritance the saints are heirs to. 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. of Blessed is the man whose iniquity is thus forgiven. But then it will be complete, when the Captain of our salvation shall bring the many sons to glory, Heb 2 10. It is the unspeakable privilege and comfort of all those that are in Christ Jesus that there is therefore now no condemnation to them. He overcomes with a greater love, conquering enemies with love and converting persecutors with patience. 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. (2.) (1.) See 1 Cor 6 19, 20. A sanctified soul bears the image of God, as the child bears the image of the father. Though he was his own Son, yet, being made sin for us, it pleased the Lord to bruise him. There are three things in this chapter: I. 101. His resurrection was his acquittance, it was a legal discharge. I. 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. A daring challenge to all the enemies of the saints to separate them, if they could, from the love of Christ. The chapter begins, as well, with 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. He that hath designed us for the inheritance of sons when we come to age will not let us want necessaries in the mean time. Let Satan do his worst, he is chained; let the world do its worst, it is conquered: principalities and powers are spoiled and disarmed, and triumphed over, in the cross of Christ. In the saints, who are new creatures, v. 23-25. (1.) Had the event been left at uncertainties in the divine counsels, to depend upon the contingent turn of man's will, Christ might have been the first-born among but few or no brethrena captain without soldiers and a prince without subjectsto prevent which, and to secure to him many brethren, the decree is absolute, the thing ascertained, that he might be sure to see his seed, there is a remnant predestinated to be conformed to his image, which decree will certainly have its accomplishment in the holiness and happiness of that chosen race; and so, in spite of all the opposition of the powers of darkness, Christ will be the first-born among many, very many brethren. In our patiently bearing these trials we are not only conquerors, but more than conquerors, that is, triumphers. (2.) Life in the Spirit contrasted with life in the flesh. But all the providences of God are theirsmerciful providences, afflicting providences, personal, public. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people," so runs our commission, Isa 40 1. Now this intercession which the Spirit makes is, (1.) He is there as a man at his own house, where he is constant and welcome, and has the dominion. As the reward of the saints' present sufferings; and it is a rich reward: If so be that we suffer with him (v. 17), or forasmuch as we suffer with him. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. III. When Paul was whipped, and beaten, and imprisoned, and stoned, did Christ love him ever the less? I. But God himself hath undertaken the doing of it from first to last, that we might abide in a constant dependence upon him and subjection to him, and ascribe all the praise to himthat every crown may be cast before the throne. Thus what the law could not do Christ did. 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. Observe, (1.) By enquiring whether we have the Spirit of God and Christ, or not (v. 9): You are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. Noe shares his life story and When Paul was brought before Nero all men forsook him, but then the Lord stood by him, 2 Tim 4 16, 17. 6:1-2) We have died to sin through Christ are our freedom from sin ( Rom. When the world was drowned, and almost all the creatures in it, surely then it was subject to vanity indeed. WebRomans 7:8-10 Complete Jewish Bible 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of evil desires for apart from Torah, sin is dead. [ 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. That are spirited as he was spiritedare meek, and lowly, and humble, and peaceable, and patient, and charitable, as he was. (2.) Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has begun its holy happiness which shall endure for ever. Men may justify themselves, as the Pharisees did, and yet the accusations may be in full force against them; but, if God justifies, this answers all. It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 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). 4. The Holy Spirit is the spring of all our desires and breathings towards God. He is for them, even when he seems to act against them. II. All these troubles are very consistent with the strong and constant love of the Lord Jesus. 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. It is not the rhetoric and eloquence, but the faith and fervency, of our prayers, that the Spirit works, as an intercessor, in us. Carnal pleasure, worldly profit and honour, the things of sense and time, are the things of the flesh, which unregenerate people mind. All the saints have flesh and spirit in them; but to be in the flesh and to be in the Spirit are contrary. They work, as physic works upon the body, various ways, according to the intention of the physician; but all for the patient's good. But the spirit, the precious soul, that is life; it is now spiritually alive, nay, it is life. The body of Christ lay in the grave, under the sin of all the elect imputed, and broke through it. A strange way of conquering, but it was Christ's way; thus he triumphed over principalities and powers in his cross. A carnal soul is a dead soul, dead as a soul can die. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. God himself will be with them, and will be their God, Rev 21 3. And for sin,here the best Greek copies place the comma. According to the will of God, v. 27. The happiness is not barely a negative happiness, not to be condemned; but it is positive, it is an advancement to a life that will be the unspeakable happiness of the man (v. 10, 11): If Christ be in you. 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. And, if so, who can be against us, so as to prevail against us, so as to hinder our happiness? There is a life reserved too for the poor body at last: He shall also quicken your mortal bodies, v. 11. It is the pleasing, and serving, and gratifying, of the flesh, that are the ruin of souls; that is, the second death. 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. 3. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. As the accomplishment of the saints' present hopes and expectations, v. 19, etc. Thus by Christ is sin condemned; though it live and remain, its life in the saints is still but like that of a condemned malefactor. Also look ahead to verses 12 to 17. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 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? Charity thinks no evil, entertains no misgiving thoughts, makes no hard conclusions, no unkind constructions, takes all in good part that comes from love. 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Which way go the projects and contrivances? Vile bodies shall be newly fashioned, Phil 3 21; 1 Cor 15 42. It is God who justifies! WebRomans 8 English Standard Version Life in the Spirit 8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. The inability of all these things to separate us from the love of Christ. 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. Begotten again? It is the adoption perfected and completed. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. 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. The Spirit of adoption is another privilege belonging to those that are in Christ Jesus, v. 14-16. 1: There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Moses brought the children of Israel to the borders of Canaan, and then died, and left them there; but Joshua did that which Moses could not do, and put them in possession of Canaan. All that God designed for glory and happiness as the end he decreed to grace and holiness as the way. Ministers are helpers of the joy of the saints. By examining what we mind, the things of the flesh or the things of the spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. [3.] Is this the manner of men, O Lord God? The groaning denotes a very earnest and importunate desire, the soul pained with the delay. She that liveth in pleasure is dead (1 Tim 5 6), not only dead in law as guilty, but dead in state as carnal. And those that are the sons of God have the Spirit. This is, he made us right with God through Can there be a greater enmity? WebWe have seen how naturally a doctrine of salvation by pure grace may lead to a doctrine of predestination but a doctrine of predestination (given that God loves all men) leads at least equally naturally to a doctrine of universal salvation. Web8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[ a] free from the law of sin and death. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. 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. WebRomans 8. 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. Whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Ep elpidi hoti kai, etc.in hope that the creature itself; so many Greek copies join the words. 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. call a sacrifice for sin no more than peri hamartiasfor sin; so Christ was a sacrifice; he was sent to be so, Heb 9 26. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). This includes all, that God is for us; not only reconciled to us, and so not against us, but in covenant with us, and so engaged for usall his attributes for us, his promises for us. What room is left for doubting and disquietment? 1:1617, the power of God to save the just shall live by I. 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. [3.] 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosenIt is God who justifies. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. Spiritual-mindedness is eternal life and peace begun, and an assuring earnest of the perfection of it. He dwells in the heart by faith, Eph 3 17. It was great condescension that he who was God should be made in the likeness of flesh; but much greater that he who was holy should be made in the likeness of sinful flesh. 31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? It is no great loss to lose things which are nota body that is of the earth, earthy. He knows what we have need of before we ask, Matt 6 8. The resurrection is here called the redemption of the body. These precious privileges are conveyed to us by the charter of the covenant, but they are founded in the counsel of God, which infallibly secures the event. The reproach of Christ appears riches to those who have respect to the recompence of reward, Heb 11 26. (10-17) Their hopeful prospects under tribulations. We see the Old-Testament saints had the same lot; so persecuted they the prophets that were before us. WebROMANS Chapter Ten -5. WebRomans 8:1-11 Bible Study: The Two Kinds of Mereveals how the Christian believer has power through the Spirit of God over his own flesh. 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. Things present separate us from things to come, and things to come separate and cut us off from things present; but neither from the love of Christ, whose favour is twisted in with both present things and things to come. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. What could have been done more for the comfort of the Lord's people, in all their addresses to God? Who is he that condemneth? III. This truth is foundational to the truth of Romans 8:28. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. If God is for us, who can be against us() 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us Christ rose as the head, and first-fruits, and forerunner of all the saints, 1 Cor 15 20. 104. Two great assurances of the resurrection of the body are mentioned: (1.) 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. 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. We are more than conquerors. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Web(Read Romans 8:10-17) If the Spirit be in us, Christ is in us. 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. 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