Romans

JESUS MEANS GOD IS FOR USRomans 8.31-39Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 14 of 14 v. 31 “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (esv) v. 32 “He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all.” (csb) v. 32 “… will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” (esv)       IN JESUS, GOD HAS GIVEN US A …          DEFENSE FROM Accusing Failures                  v. 33 “Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?” (csb) v. 34 “Christ…

HOPE ANCHORED BY A GOLDEN CHAINRomans 8.28-30Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 13 of 14 vv. 24–25 “… in this hope we were saved … we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” (esv) OUR HOPE IS ANCHORED BY KNOWING …                                  THAT GOD IS Currently Working FOR US                               v. 28 “… all things work together for good …” (esv)          v. 28 “… in all things God works for the good of those who love him …” (niv) v. 28 “… God causes all things to…

STRENGTHENING WEAK PRAYERSRomans 8.26-27Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 12 of 14 v. 25 “… we hope for what we do not see …” (esv)                        v. 26 “… the Spirit helps us in our weakness.” (esv)                       THE HOLY SPIRIT STRENGTHENS OUR PRAYERS BY …      MAKING US Honest About Our Need 2 Chronicles 20.12 “Our God … we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what todo, but our eyes are upon you.” (niv) v. 26 “We do not know what we ought to…

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGHRomans 8.18-25Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 11 of 14 v. 17 “… we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.” Acts 14.22 “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”  (niv) TO WALK HARD PATHS, THE HOLY SPIRIT CULTIVATES WITHIN US … A Wonderful Imagination                 v. 18 “… I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” (esv)…

THE WARRIOR CHILDREN OF GOD  Romans 8.12-17Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 10 of 14 IN OUR STRUGGLE WITH SIN, THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS THAT … WE DON’T OWE Our Old Self Obedience v. 12 “… we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh …”                        Romans 7.19 “I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.” (esv) v. 15a “… you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear…

SPIRITUAL RENOVATIONRomans 8.5-11Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 9 of 14 v.4 “… the law’s requirement would be fulfilled in us …” (csb) v. 4 “… [we] walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” (esv) v. 9 “… if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.” (esv)  WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN US HE … CHANGES THE Orientation of Our Desires v. 5 “… those who live according to the flesh set their…

NO CONDEMNATION NOW I DREADRomans 8.1-4Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 8 of 14 LIVING “IN CHRIST JESUS” MEANS THAT WE’RE … DELIVERED BY THE REAL Humanity Of Jesus v. 1 “… there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus …” Hebrews 9.27 “… man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment …” (niv) Acts 17.25 “[God] gives all men life and breath and everything else.” (niv) v. 2 “For the law…

LIVING WITH EVIL CLOSE AT HANDRomans 7.14-25Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 7 of 14 v. 13 “… sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good …” (csb)WITH SIN CLOSE BY, WE MUST BE READY TO … EXPERIENCE Inner Hostility Romans 6.6 “We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be…

SHOULD WE BURN THE BIBLE?Romans 7.7-13Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 6 of 14 v. 6 “… now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive …” (esv) v. 7a “What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means!” (esv) v. 12 “So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.” (esv) GOD’S COMMANDS ARE GOOD BECAUSE THEY … Isolate Desire AS OUR PROBLEM  v.…

DELIVERED FROM A ZOMBIE MARRIAGERomans 7.1-6Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 5 of 14 THE LOVE OF A CHRISTIAN’S LIFE … IS ESTABLISHED BY A Living Marriage v. 1 “… do you not know, brothers … that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives?” (esv) v. 2 “… a married woman … if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.” (esv) v. 3 “… she is free from that law,…

A NEW WAY TO BE HUMANRomans 6.1-14Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 3 of 14 Romans 5.20 “But where sin increased, grace increased all the more …” (niv)           v. 1 “Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?” (esv) v. 2 “By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?” (esv) Romans 5.21 “… as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through … Jesus Christ our…

A TALE OF TWO ADAMS Romans 5.12-21 Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 2 of 14 v. 11 “… we … rejoice in … Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” (esv)   ORIGINAL SIN – all people inherit a sinful nature because of Adam’s sin v. 12 “… sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned …” (esv)  vv. 13–14 “… before the…