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Romans 8 was the focus this week, with the message tracing how believers move from the condemnation and struggle described in earlier chapters into the freedom that comes from walking by the Holy Spirit. The teaching worked through the whole chapter, showing how the Spirit's presence in a believer's life changes everything, from how we fight sin to how we understand suffering. It was a personal...

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1. Romans 1 recap: the gospel is the power of God for salvation, men are without excuse, men exchanged the truth for a lie
2. Romans 2 recap: no partiality with God, Jews with stubborn hearts will also experience wrath
3. Romans 3 recap: by works of the law no flesh will be justified, the law shows us our sin
4. Romans 3:23 all have sinned and fall short, Jews and Gentiles alike
5. Romans 3-4 recap: justification, Christ stood in our place, salvation is by faith
6. Romans 4 recap: always been by faith, through Abraham's example in the Old Testament
7. Romans 4:13 the promise to Abraham that he would be heir of the world, through righteousness of faith not the law
8. Romans 5 recap: while we were still sinners Christ died for us, saved from wrath
9. Romans 6 recap: baptized into Christ's death, no longer slaves to sin
10. Romans 7 recap: the law is good and holy but living by it in the flesh leads to failure
11. Romans 8:1 no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
12. Romans 8:2 the law of the spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death
13. Romans 8:3 what the law could not do God did, sending His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as an offering for sin
14. Romans 8:4 the requirement of the law fulfilled in those who walk according to the spirit
15. Romans 8:5-8 those in the flesh set minds on flesh; mindset on flesh is death, on spirit is life and peace
16. Romans 8:9 you are in the spirit if the spirit of God dwells in you; without the spirit of Christ you do not belong to Him
17. Romans 8:10 if Christ is in you the body is dead because of sin yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness
18. Romans 8:11 the spirit who raised Jesus will also give life to your mortal bodies
19. Romans 8:12 we are under no obligation to the flesh to live according to the flesh
20. Romans 8:13 if living according to the flesh you must die; if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live
21. Romans 8:14 all who are being led by the spirit of God are sons of God
22. Romans 8:15 you received the spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out Abba Father, not a spirit of slavery leading to fear
23. Romans 8:16 the spirit testifies with our spirit that we are children of God
24. Romans 8:17 if children then heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if we suffer with Him we will be glorified with Him
25. Romans 8:18 sufferings of the present time not worthy to be compared with the glory to be revealed
26. Romans 8:19 creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God
27. Romans 8:20 creation was subjected to futility not willingly but in hope
28. Romans 8:21 creation will be set free from slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God
29. Romans 8:22 the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth
30. Romans 8:23 we ourselves groan waiting for our adoption as sons and the redemption of our body
31. Romans 8:24-25 in hope we have been saved; hope that is seen is not hope; we wait with perseverance
32. Romans 8:26-27 the spirit intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words according to the will of God
33. Romans 8:28 God causes all things to work together for good for those called according to His purpose
34. Romans 8:29 those foreknown are predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son
35. Romans 8:30 those justified will also be glorified; none will slip through
36. Romans 8:31-33 if God is for us who can be against us; who will bring a charge against God's elect
37. Romans 8:34 Christ died, was raised, is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us
38. Romans 8:35 nothing, tribulation distress persecution famine nakedness peril or sword, can separate us from the love of Christ
39. Romans 8:36 we are considered sheep to be slaughtered all day long
40. Romans 8:37 we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us
41. Romans 8:38-39 nothing, death life angels principalities things present or to come powers height or depth, can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus
42. Romans 10:17 faith comes through hearing and hearing by the word of Christ
43. Romans 1:17 the just shall live by faith
44. Ezekiel 36:26-27 God promises a new heart and new spirit, removing the heart of stone, causing His people to walk in His statutes; prophesied the new covenant
45. Hebrews 2:17 Christ had to be made like man in every way to become a merciful high priest and make atonement for sins
46. Ephesians 6:16-17 the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, is how we put sin to death
47. Hebrews 13:5-6 be free from love of money, content with what you have, God will never desert or forsake you, the Lord is my helper
48. Matthew 13:43 the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father when glorified
49. 2 Corinthians 4:17 momentary light affliction is producing an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
50. Mark 13:8 nation rising against nation and earthquakes and famines are the beginning of birth pains, connected to creation's groaning
51. Genesis 50:20 Joseph tells his brothers they meant evil but God meant it for good to preserve many people alive
52. John 8:36 if the Son makes you free you will be free indeed
53. Song of Solomon 1:4 draw me after you and let us run together, illustrating the love relationship with Christ

Talk about it

1. The teacher described two ditches people fall into: treating God's grace as a license to keep sinning, or grinding away trying to live the Christian life in your own strength. Which of those two ditches do you find yourself closer to, and what does that look like in your day-to-day life?
2. Romans 8:13 says if by the spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. John Owen's line was quoted: 'Be killing sin or it will be killing you.' What does it actually look like, in a practical sense, to fight your own sin rather than being preoccupied with the sin you see in the world around you?
3. The sermon described the Holy Spirit and Jesus both interceding for us before God, and said that because of this, no one can bring a charge against God's elect. How does it change the way you pray or the way you face a hard day to know that God is praying His own will for you?
4. Romans 8 pictures all of creation groaning like a woman in labor, and says we ourselves groan as we wait for the full redemption of our bodies. Where do you feel that groaning most right now, and how does knowing it is leading somewhere, like birth pains leading to new life, change how you sit with it?
5. The teacher closed by saying Jesus is not just 'the way to get to heaven' but a person to be treasured, and that our eternity is going to be with Him. How does thinking of your relationship with God as a relationship with a person, rather than a system to follow, change what the Christian life feels like to you?