Assurance Of Glory Through Faith In Christ (Romans 8)

Text: Romans 8

Theme: The gospel reveals the righteousness of God...

3. In Sanctification (6:1-8:17)
C) Of Body (8:1-39)

Since Christ's death bore the condemnation of the Law (1-3),
and since the Spirit which raised Christ indwells them
(11), believers who are unable to serve God in the power of their
flesh (7:14-8:8), are now free from all condemnation (1-5) and
obligation to their sin nature (12) to serve God by the power
of the Spirit (8:1-17).

Though believers now groan and travail with the conflict of
their old nature and "sufferings of this present time" (18),
God assures them of future glory (12-39) when He will redeem
their body and free them from their sinful nature (18-26).

Assurance of this hope comes from seeing the fruit of the
Spirit in our lives (15-17), knowing the Spirit prays on our
behalf (26-27), and God's plan to glorify every believer He
ever saves in the first place (28-30). This plan is so sure
to occur that it is spoke of in the past tense, as having
already been accomplished, and means that nothing (in the
broadest possible sense) is able to separate believers from
the love of God.

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Have you heard Christ died for our sins, and God raised Him
from the dead? Did you know God saves you from hell and
gives you eternal life through faith in this finished work alone,
not your merits (Jn. 3:16; 1 Cor. 15:1-3; Eph. 2:8-10; 2 Thess.
1:8-9)? This is so man cannot boast, and God alone gets the
glory (Eph. 2:8-9).
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