Man became the object, first, of general dealings of God under Noah; next, of His special ways in the calling of Abraham and of his family. Compare verse 6 (where the margin, not the text, is substantially correct) with verse 4. Our problem is that we just don't understand the depth of God's love for us. Did they fall back on Abraham? And what is the world compared with God? And the blessedness of the gospel is, that it is (not merely an exercise of mercy, but also) divinely just. The appeal to their own inspired account of Abraham turned into a proof of the consistency of God's ways in justifying by faith, and hence in justifying the uncircumcised no less than the circumcision. It is, however, fully in keeping with the teachings of the Bible that God is said to do many things which, in a lesser sense, were done by others, as, for example, in the case of the crucifixion of Christ (see under Romans 3:26). There is no language where their voice is not heard. The expression means that righteousness which God can afford to display because of Christ's atonement. There is mutual confirmation. Any date. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. In such a condition what has been found in Jesus is too often misused to make a kind of difference, so to speak, between the Saviour on the one hand, and God on the other ruinous always to the enjoyment of the full blessing of the gospel. No wonder, if souls confound the two things together, that they never know deliverance in practice. The Holy Ghost, who now gives the soul its consciousness of deliverance from its place in Christ, is also the witness that the body too, the mortal body, shall be delivered in its time. Now, if it was righteous in God (and who will gainsay it?) God was rather provoking Israel to jealousy by the call of the Gentiles. What blindness! Other than these references, the term can only be found in John 8:32; John 8:36 where Jesus spoke of freeing people through truth as well as Himself. We cannot speak of the state of things before the flood as a dispensation. He is going to complete that work in me. The rest of the epistle takes up the practical consequences of the great doctrine of God's righteousness, which had been now shown to be supported by, and in no wise inconsistent with, His promises to Israel. Lead me where thou wilt; put on me what raiment thou wilt. Because you were not answering to the very basic cause of your existence. So what the law could not do because of my weakness in the flesh, that is because I violated it. . I am not yet in my glorified state. Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and Lo-ammi were of awful import for Israel; but, in presence of circumstances so disastrous, there should be not merely a people but sons of the living God, and then should Judah and Israel be gathered as one people under one head. Vanity describes the wretchedness, sufferings, disappointments, frustrations, futilities and general tragedy of mortal life in a state of separation from God, due to man's sin. From what? It is to be carefully noted that when Paul thinks of the kind of life that a man dominated by the sarx ( G4561) lives he is not by any means thinking exclusively of sexual and bodily sins. We do with patience wait. There is satisfaction; but the work of Christ goes a great deal farther. We surrender our bodies, and our tongues, to the Holy Spirit in faith, and the Holy Spirit gives us the appropriate words in prayer through our tongues. It should be understood that nature does not literally think and experience emotions. Scripture Romans 8 Sort Bible Verse. Now this should be to each of us tonight a very searching verse, and upon reading this, it is important that each of us now make a personal inventory and evaluation and ask ourselves the question: Is my life led by the Spirit of God? We groan within ourselves, which denotes the strength and secrecy of these desires; not making a loud noise, as the hypocrites howling upon the bed for corn and wine, but with silent groans, which pierce heaven soonest of all. As a result, they and all of their offspring were subjected to all the processes that lead inexorably to death. This God has wrought in Christ. The woman also mentioned that some pastors reminded her that speaking in tongues may originate from evil spirits. ed. Hey, it is to have the victory in the midst of the battle. Accordingly Romans 8:1-39 pursues in the most practical manner the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death ( Romans 8:2 ). (ver. The Spirit will help our weaknesses through groaning which really cannot be uttered, for He knows what is the mind of the Father and He will make intercession according to His will. But there is another side to this picture. There are two things that might make insuperable difficulty: the one is the obstacle of sin in the nature to practical holiness; the other is the provocation and condemnation of the law. Solid Joys. Sin came into this world and with sin came death, the consequence of sin. So then we who are still living in these bodies do often groan, for we ourselves also groan within ourselves. 2. The fire at the last day shall be a refining, not a destroying annihilating fire. The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God ( Romans 8:16 ): God is a superior trinity: Father, Son, and the Spirit. worshipping of many gods; together with their divers lusts and There wasn't much rejoicing until that field goal attempt was blocked in the last three seconds, and then they went wild. In Paul the fourth is that Jesus is at God's right hand to plead our case. Thy Strong Word. It is not good that man shall live alone. When the creatures are made the food and fuel of our lusts, they are subject to vanity, they are captivated by the law of sin. 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 Corinthians 4:17), light affliction, and but for a moment. Heaven is an inheritance that all the saints are heirs to. of . This, accordingly, is the essential spring of worship. (3) Their lot in life; their being subjected to this state of vanity, is the arrangement of God. As you look at your life, can you honestly say, "Yes, my life is led by the Spirit of God"? No angel, no principality, no power, nothing that has ever been before or shall ever come, things present, things to come, height, depth, any other created being will be able to separate you from God's love in Christ, because God's love for you is constant. Thither He shall come, and thence, go forth. Paul's answer is this. God saw that there was no companion for man. And a lot of times you even put a great deal in escrow. "Every thing seems perverted from its intended use: the inanimate creatures are pressed into man's rebellion; the luminaries of the heaven give him light . Salvation supposes not this only, but a great deal more. Through the new birth there is an inversion, and man becomes then spirit, soul, and body. But there is much more in Christ than that to which too many souls restrict themselves, not less to their own loss than to His dishonour. He quotes from Joel, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. It is fit and proper that he should engage here in the service of Him who has redeemed him. Romans 8:20, KJV: For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete) 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. Hence the very fact of being renewed makes one sensible of a far more intense misery than ever, while there is no power until the soul looks right outside self to Him who is dead and risen, who has anticipated the difficulty, and alone gives the full answer to all wants. (a) It is not only the word for Spirit; it is also the word for wind. Or the spirit and mind now being dominated by the spirit which is in control, and the body down here where God intended it to be, no longer controlling, no longer ruling, no longer exercising its hold over me. them; he led them captive at his will, and powerfully worked in As Paul saw it, prayer, like everything else, is of God. . Compare with this Psalms 96:10-13; Psalms 98:7-9. And this yoke (poor creatures) they bear in hope that it will not be so always. We accordingly are dead, says he, to the law; not (as no doubt almost all of us know) that the law dies, but that we are dead to the law in the death of Christ. Not so Paul. "Paul, a bondman of Jesus Christ" an apostle "called," not born, still less as educated or appointed of man, but an apostle "called," as he says "separated unto the gospel of God, which he had promised afore by his prophets." To put it in another way, the Stoic believed that nothing could happen to a man which did not come from God and which was not part of God's plan for him. (14-24) This sovereignty is in God's dealing both with Jews and Gentiles. From this time the world lay under heathenism till the bringing in of the Gospel, upwards of 2000 years after. All the world was guilty before God. Height (hupsoma, G5313) was the time when a star was at its zenith and its influence was greatest; depth (bathos, G899) was the time when a star was at its lowest, waiting to rise and to put its influence on some man. Were it merely Romans 3:1-31 there could not be full peace with God as there is. ( Romans 8:33 ). The Christian is involved in the human situation. Because God created a way to save humanity, both man and creation itself have hope. Let me call your attention again to its force. While things are still raging around me, while the outcome still seems to be very uncertain is to have the glorious victory and rejoicing, that is more than a conqueror. FOR CREATION WAS CONDEMNED. These two lives are going in diametrically opposite directions. The consequences are thus pursued; first, the general place of the believer now, in all respects, in relation to the past, the present, and the future. No, they cry, it is in Isaac's seed that the Jew was called. Oh, but I have done this." It comes to fleshly men and speaks to them as fleshly men. But he introduces all parts of the world, by a sort of personification, as being endued with reason; and he does this in order to shame our stupidity, when the uncertain fluctuation of this world, which we see, does not raise our minds to higher things. he died for me, yea rather, is risen again, in fact he is at the right hand of the Father, interceding for me ( Romans 8:34 ). Here is a vision to take away all loneliness and all fear. He is not coming physically or bodily, but He is going to be coming in His church to be manifested through His church to the world, and the whole world is just groaning and travailing as waiting for you to be manifested. The words Paul uses of God are the very words God used of Abraham when Abraham proved his utter loyalty by being willing to sacrifice his son Isaac at God's command. For the creature was made subject to vanity TEXTUAL SOURCE: JOEL 2:18-32; JOHN 10:10; 14:1-4; ACTS 2:37-47; 4:1-31; ROMANS 5:21; 6:22 Glory and honour be unto our God for the blessings of the previous lesson, where God specifically exposed to us some revival killers, and also showed to us ways . May we not say, it became vain willingly, but was made subject to vanity unwillingly? First of all the apostle points out that death has come in, and that this was no consequence of law, but before it. You say we are supposed to worship God in Jerusalem, and you say we are supposed to worship God in Jerusalem," as does Stanley Goldfoot. This to me is an interesting statement, because so often men are seeking to offer to God the works of their flesh, and seeking that God would accept the works of their flesh. In both parts, as it may be observed, the door is opened to the Gentile. As previously stated, this word meant things like futility, frailty, aimlessness, the inability to reach a goal or achieve results. He speaks of the Christian being adopted into the family of God. (a) It is God who acquits men--that is the statement. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Living By Faith: Commentary on Romans & 1st Corinthians, Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of. As do so many evangelists today. But if we hope for what we do not see, then in patience we eagerly wait for it. But we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. But this is not the full extent of salvation. It is not in any degree settled as to itself by His blood. Paul is saying: "In this present world nothing can separate us from God in Christ; the day will come when this world will be shattered and the new age will dawn. ( Romans 8:34 ). Finally he brings in Isaiah, showing that, far from retaining their blessing as an unbroken people, a remnant alone would be saved. There never was an hour since Israel's existence as a nation that God has not had His remnant of them. (i) No affliction, no hardship, no peril can separate us. In their rising and their setting they are powerless to separate you from God's love. In these words the apostle describes a fourth illustrious branch of the happiness of believers, namely, a title to the future glory. The Spirit-controlled life, the Christ-centred life, the God-focused life is daily coming nearer heaven even when it is still on earth. Be it so then; it was a foolish nation by which Moses declared they should be angered. That always amazes me, but it shouldn't surprise me because He knows everything. For God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" ( John 4:23 ). Think of the Christian experience. Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. But there is a third. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. Romans 8 is one of the most loved chapters in all of Scripture. But when he came to the realization that the law was spiritual, then he realized that the law actually condemned him to death because, though he had physically kept the law, spiritually he had violated it. Paul says that creation was subjected to futility in Romans 8:20-21 ESV: For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. But the thing that amazes me is that foreknowing me He predestined that I should be one of His children, that is the thing that amazes me most. The day hastens when the Redeemer shall come to Zion. It is no longer the realm of hope. Thus the discussion of Abraham strengthens the case in behalf of the uncircumcised who believe, to the overthrow of the greatest boast of the Jew. It is in Zion that He lays it. I don't have to live as a subject to my flesh anymore. And his conversation is going to be addressed to spiritual things. (verses 22-32.) Paul is saying: "You can think of every terrifying thing that this or any other world can produce. But then it will be complete, when the Captain of our salvation shall bring the many sons to glory, Hebrews 2:10. It was a glorious day when we moved out of that tent and into this new sanctuary. The gospel, instead of treating this as a light matter, alone vindicates God in these eternal ways of His, in that which must be in him who stands in relationship with God. . Sad that people even give the time of day to such a doctrine.Paul tells us in just a little bit what the manifestation of the sons of God really is. Claudius already had a daughter, Octavia. And quickly they will plug it back in and say, "Well, we thought he was gone, but there is a slight movement." What a title, then, God gives me now in beholding Christ, no longer dead but risen, to have it settled before my soul that I am in Him as He now is, where all questions are closed in peace and joy! It became simply a question whether, in fact, God did call Gentiles, or whether He had revealed such intentions. The law never delivers; it condemns and kills us. And we know well that this does not take freewill away. Now, because Jesus was fully a man, just as we were one with Adam, we are now one with him; and, just as we were involved in Adam's sin, we are now involved in Jesus' perfection. Did they venture to plead that it must be not only the same father, but the same mother? Man classifies death as the separation of man's consciousness from his body. On the contrary, it was the Jew provoked by the Gentiles "By them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you." Paul also used it in Galatians 5:1. As a man lives in the air, he lives in Christ, never separated from him. The downfall of man, when he thus abandoned God, was most rapid and profound; and the Holy Spirit traces this solemnly to the end ofRomans 1:1-32; Romans 1:1-32 with no needless words, in a few energetic strokes summing up that which is abundantly confirmed (but in how different a manner!) 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; Read full chapter. Day shall be saved it merely Romans 3:1-31 there could not be full peace with God as there is inheritance. Where the romans 8:20 commentary, not the full extent of salvation in Isaac seed. 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