Far from denying or obscuring what they boasted of, he goes beyond them "Who are Israelites," says he, "to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all God blessed for ever." When all this was completed, the adoption was complete. It must not be, assumed too readily. Abraham is the proof of the value of faith in justification before God. For we know that the whole creation is groaning and travailing in pain together until now ( Romans 8:22 ). These things are matters of conscience, and depend much for their solution on the degree to which souls have attained. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.". We have reason to pity the poor creatures that for our sin have become subject to vanity. The King James Version rendering is famous. (2.) Though they were willingly vain, yet they were not willingly made subject to vanity; they willingly went into idolatrous and other evil practices, but the devil made them subject, or slaves unto them; he led them captive at his will, and powerfully worked in them, by divine permission, so that they became vassals to him, and to their lusts; for he seems to be designed, "by him who hath subjected the same", and not Adam, by whom sin entered into the world. This section is about how Paul defended the doctrine of justification by faith. It is not doing, but believing; therefore it is what is proclaimed to them, and what they receive and believe. No matter what happens to them, nothing can separate them from the unchanging love of God (38-39). Romans 8 William Barclay's Daily Study Bible The Liberation Of Our Human Nature The Two Principles Of Life Entry Into The Family Of God The Glorious Hope All Is Of God The Love From Which Nothing Can Separate Us Hope is always in something not yet seen. Let me call your attention again to its force. 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. Not only does the created world do so, but so do we, even though we have received the first-fruits of the spirit as a foretaste of the coming glory, yes, we too groan within ourselves earnestly awaiting the full realization of our adoption into the family of God. This passage gives a very wide perspective of Gods great plan of redemption, which is the heart of Pauls theology. (verses 22-32.) (ii) It followed that he became heir to his new father's estate. His only concern is feeding himself, and of procreation, and so forth and he looks a little bit like me. That is, that bondage to our flesh any longer. Through the new birth there is an inversion, and man becomes then spirit, soul, and body. Romans 8:20, ESV: For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope. This was no question of legal obedience, although the law came from Jehovah. This is a very difficult passage because it is so highly compressed, and because, all through it, Paul is making allusions to things which he has already said. Genesis 3:22-24. in hope -- Hope has a reference to the future, and the Christian sighs for deliverance from our corruptible, mortal bodies, and expects it. 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). This is what made the gospel to be so sweet and precious, and, what is more, absolutely necessary, if he would escape certain and eternal ruin. Paul speaks about height and depth. If man is acquitted by God, then he is saved from every other condemnation. It is the deep experience of the Christian that all is of God; that he did nothing and that God did everything. It is not only a blessing in its own direct character, or in indirect though real effects, but the Giver Himself is our joy, and boast, and glory. The sense of the apostle in these four verses we may take in the following observations:-- (1.) Now the earliest creed of the Church, which is still the essence of all Christian creeds, ran like this: "He was crucified dead and buried; the third day he rose again from the dead; and sitteth at the right hand of God from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead." The vision of God and the fruition of God make up the inheritance the saints are heirs to. Light affliction, it is just but for a moment. ( Romans 8:24 ). Paul says in effect: "God for us did not spare his own Son; surely that is the final guarantee that he loves us enough to supply all our needs." Here is an instance of what is so reprehensible. The gospel goes forth universally. God doesn't love me when I am good and hate me when I am bad. But then it will be complete, when the Captain of our salvation shall bring the many sons to glory, Hebrews 2:10. In addition, after man ruined perfection, even nature had to bear some of the consequences. It had condemned him to death. Not one of them is able to separate the Christian from the love of God which is in Jesus Christ, Lord of every terror and Master of every world." God created you for His pleasure. 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. So creation is groaning. A man may go to a physician, and be prescribed a course of treatment which at the time is unpleasant or even painful; but if he trusts the wisdom of the man of skill, he accepts the thing that is laid upon him. Not willingly - Not voluntarily. For what remains unsolved by and in Christ? To whom, then, did the law address itself? The second included powers, lordships and mights. Of course, it could hardly be the law: that was the boast of Israel. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.". Disappointments, setbacks, things that I just don't understand, and I am prone to be concerned, or worried, or get upset, and then this verse will come to mind. Romans 12:1-21 looks at the mutual duties of the saints. "For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Our problem is that we just don't understand the depth of God's love for us. He is body, mind, and spirit. Hence the action of the Spirit of God in a double point of view comes before us. The first was known as mancipatio, and was carried out by a symbolic sale, in which copper and scales were symbolically used. They had their own stables, their own pools. Coffman's Commentaries on the Bible Romans 8. . 8:12-17 So then, brothers, a duty is laid upon us--and that duty is not to our own sinful human nature, to live according to the principles of that same nature; for, if you live according to the principles of sinful human nature, you are on the way to death; but if by the spirit you kill the deeds of the body, you will live. For with his mind in his heart he wanted to serve the law of God, but as Jesus said concerning Peter, "The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak" ( Matthew 26:41 ). To hold the truth in unrighteousness would be no security. While he was a Pharisee he thought of the law as physical, intended to control man's outward actions. Thus the deliverance is not merely for the joy of the soul, but also for strength in our walking after the Spirit, who has given and found a nature in which He delights, communicating withal His own delight in Christ, and making obedience to be the joyful service of the believer. In life we live with Christ; in death we die with him; and because we die with him, we also rise with him. They set up the golden calf, and thus cast off the true God, their God, even in the desert. So Paul says in this passage that there was a time when the Christian was at the mercy of his own sinful human nature. But, when he became a Christian, into his life there came the surging power of the Spirit of God, and, as a result, he entered into victorious living. What fun it would be to be an heir of some wealthy person. It doesn't require sleep. Grace Evangelical Church Buzzsprout-648864 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:00:00 -0600 2313 Wednesday Night full false Women's Bible Study | Hebrews 4:14-6:12 | Paula Hedgepeth Women's Bible Study | Hebrews 4:14-6:12 | Paula Hedgepeth That is what we are told here. The kingdom of God is within you, and will be so to eternity. With a touch of imaginative insight, he says that the state of nature was even worse than the state of men. But this great work of Christ was not and could not be a mere vindication of God; and we may find it otherwise developed in various parts of Scripture, which I here mention by the way to show the point at which we are arrived. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh ( Romans 8:3 ). It was Paul's picture that when a man became a Christian he entered into the very family of God. Next, he enters upon another branch of the truth the Spirit not as a condition contrasted with flesh (these two, as we know, being always contrasted in Scripture), but as a power, a divine person that dwells in and bears His witness to the believer. God has made prayer such a simple, beautiful thing. First of all the apostle points out that death has come in, and that this was no consequence of law, but before it. "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." So God elected me. It had its interest. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets" (verses 20, 21). The sense of the apostle in these four verses we may take in the following observations:-- (1.) "Well, I know, but not this case. So Paul, thinking in terms of his own day, says, "Not even the grudging, jealous angels can separate us from the love of God, much as they would like to do so. You know the amazing thing to me is that God can interpret that as intercession according to His will. I understand that God loves me. Many times I am willing to acknowledge, "Oh yes, God is going to work out good in this. Thou shalt not desire thy neighbor's wife or anything that belongs to your neighbor, and he had realized that he had violated that. We know that the Jews divided all time into this present age and the age to come. The believer is not put under law, you will observe, but under grace, which is the precise reverse of law. But the Jew might argue that it was an unjust thing in principle this gospel, these tidings of which the apostle was so full; for why should one man affect many, yea, all? The believer, therefore, unwittingly though really, dishonours the Saviour, if he be content to walk short of this standard and power; he is entitled and called to walk according to his place, and in the confidence of his deliverance in Christ Jesus before God. If one may so say, He thus holds the man, instead of letting the man presume that he is holding fast the truth. or who hath first liven to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? So that when some big deal would fall out of escrow he would just look at that little plaque, "all things are working together for good." There is no brain activity, the consciousness is gone. The majority of the people in the world are living after the flesh. In the same way the apostle disposes of all pretence on the score of ordinances, especially circumcision. Two words keep occurring again and again in this chapter, flesh (sarx, G4561) and spirit (pneuma, G4151) . As Paul saw it, prayer, like everything else, is of God. The extent is what God Himself, so to speak, possesses the universe of God, whatever will be under Christ: and what will not? Beware that you do not confound it with souls being quickened, or even brought into joy. People often do. God delivered His Son to suffer, to be despised and rejected, as was prophesied in Isaiah, and to be delivered for my sins.I didn't fully appreciate that until I became a parent and I watched my own little babies suffer from some of the childhood maladies. A wondrous way, but most blessed! When we pray in tongues, we give the Holy Spirit freedom to help us pray. See more of C.A.C Sunday School & Weekly Bible Study for Belivers/Denomination on Facebook . Besides this, which seems to be a most comprehensive expression for embracing every sort and degree of human iniquity, we have one very specifically named. The wrath of God could not possibly be glad tidings. I do not mean by this its truth merely, but its exquisite suitability; so that the opening address commences the theme in hand, and insinuates that particular line of truth which the Holy Spirit sees fit to pursue throughout. God's righteousness was now manifested as to the past sins He had not brought into judgment through His forbearance, and yet more conspicuously in the present time, when He displayed His justice in justifying the believer. The flesh is the lower side of man's nature. There was a most important trial of man in the person of Adam; but after this, what dispensation was there? If we are children then we are also heirs; and if we are the heirs of God then we are joint-heirs with Christ. In the most literal sense, there is no future in it--because it is getting further and further away from God. For God did not intend for man to live after the flesh and be a slave to his flesh, but God intended that man should live and walk after the Spirit.You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit if the Spirit of God is dwelling in you. . The life that is dominated by the desires and activities of sinful human nature is on the way to death. Lord, what is man, that thou shouldst thus magnify him! Then who is going to lay anything to my charge, because God elected me? Those that will deal with God must deal upon trust. There is no need of dwelling now on "salvation" as employed in the Old Testament, and in some parts of the New, as the gospels and Revelation particularly, where it is used for deliverance in power or even providence and present things. Nor should they fear persecution or even martyrdom, because through Christ they are assured of final victory (35-37). The children of God have bodies as well as souls; and, till those bodies are brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God, the adoption is not perfect. Now as I have told you, you are not going to always understand your circumstances. It is the unanimous vote, the joint desire, of the whole church, all agree in this: Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly. Paul is only a servanta person under orderssomeone who does what he is told. And what is the world compared with God? The righteousness of Christ imputed, secures the soul, the better part, from death. Proof that this view is right is found in 20b where Paul said, not of its own will. This is another example of personifying nature (human emotions are applied to inanimate objects). This world that is dominated by the flesh, dominated by men who are dominated by the flesh. "Shall we sin," says he, proceeding yet farther (ver. The whole work is done. God said to Jeremiah, "I will make a new covenant with the people, no longer written on the tables of stone, but I will write my law in the fleshly tablets of their hearts." Joint-heirs with Christ. He is, of course, the same absolutely perfect and unchangeable God of goodness; but His perfection has displayed itself in new and more glorious ways in Christ's death, in Him who humbled Himself, and was obedient even to the death of the cross. They declare, "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor, for You have created all things," listen carefully, "and for Your pleasure they are and were created." Zechariah 4:10. For years he was a sales engineer for the Southern County Gas Company, and then he went into the real estate business and was a realtor here in Santa Ana for many years. This also is a most important truth, my brethren, to bear in mind. He uses still another picture from Roman adoption. Who is he that condemneth? The first included thrones, cherubim and seraphim. Faith is the mother of hope. Pleasing God is our highest end, of which those that are in the flesh cannot but fall short; they cannot please him, nay, they cannot but displease him. There could be but one satisfactory answer. By the creature here we understand, not as some do the Gentile world, and their expectation of Christ and the gospel, which is an exposition very foreign and forced, but the whole frame of nature, especially that of this lower world--the whole creation, the compages of inanimate and sensible creatures, which, because of their harmony and mutual dependence, and because they all constitute and make up one world, are spoken of in the singular number as the creature. Observe, At the second coming of Christ there will be a manifestation of the children of God. more ways than one. This first shadow of the gospel of Jesus Christ (see gospel in the OT - Gal 3:8) provided the firm foundation for hope (absolute certainty that God would do good to us and to the creation in the future) and this hope was the basis for the creation's eager anticipation that Paul described in the previous verse (see note Romans 8:19) Romans 8:21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. Sounds pretty wonderful, doesn't it? Accordingly Romans 8:1-39 pursues in the most practical manner the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. The great point is to note the true picture given us of a soul quickened, but labouring and miserable under law, not at all consciously delivered. He is saying four things about Jesus. God was rather provoking Israel to jealousy by the call of the Gentiles. And we know well that this does not take freewill away. Those who live according to the dictates of the Spirit are absorbed in the things of the Spirit. ", No malign influences (powers) will separate us from Christ. Even the Greeks knew that. And this leads the apostle into the moral history of man the proof both of his inexcusable guilt, and of his extreme need of redemption. Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein CHAPTER 8 In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. Not only was Abraham justified without law, but apart from that great sign of mortification of the flesh. And that man ought to be more concerned with the spiritual realm than the material realm. without the law and Gospel, and grace of God; also the vain Jesus said, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, but that which is born of the spirit is spirit. As he breathes in the air and the air fills him, so Christ fills him. "The law is weak to us, because we are weak to it: the sun cannot give light to blind eye, not from any impotency in itself, but merely from the incapacity of the subject it shines upon." (Poole) c. In that it was weak through the flesh: The law is weak because it speaks to our flesh. Whosoever believed should not be ashamed; whosoever called should be saved. It was a glorious day when we moved out of that tent and into this new sanctuary. The subject terminates with the grand truth which must never be obscured by details that we are to receive, one another, as Christ has received us, to the glory of God. Hereupon he enters upon the direct proofs, and first cites Hosea as a witness. Hence it is, as he says, herein revealed "from faith," or by faith. How many times have you interpreted it that way? In this, as in other things, God hath made our present state a state of trial and probation--that our reward is out of sight. In vain will you preach Romans 3:1-31, or even 4 alone, for souls to know themselves consciously and holily set free. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which baffle speech to utter; but he who searches the hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because it is by God's will that he intercedes for those whose lives are consecrated to God. The notion that this passage (Romans 8:19-23) is a reference to all creation lower than the level of humanity "yearning in hope" is contrary to reason. All then that believe, though uncircumcised, might claim him as father, assured that righteousness will be reckoned to them too. God help us to comprehend what is the length, the breadth, the depth, the height, and to know that love of Christ that God has for us in Him.Father, we thank You for Your Word and for the glorious blessings and hope and strength and comfort that is ours tonight because of Your Word. From this time the world lay under heathenism till the bringing in of the Gospel, upwards of 2000 years after. But there was far more in Jesus. So he comes now into that life of victory that one can experience while still living in the flesh. This accordingly leads the apostle into the earlier portion of his great argument, and first of all in a preparatory way. And the blessedness of the gospel is, that it is (not merely an exercise of mercy, but also) divinely just. He could reckon not by art only, but by experience; for he knew both. Because God created a way to save humanity, both man and creation itself have hope. Hence it is wholly apart from the law, whilst witnessed to by the law and prophets; for the law with its types had looked onward to this new kind of righteousness; and the prophets had borne their testimony that it was at hand, but not then come. "At any rate he is a saved soul," we hear. 21). There is hardly any phraseology that tends to more injury of souls in these matters than a loose way of talking of salvation. This is that which we expect, in hope of which our flesh rests, Psalms 16:9; Psalms 16:10. He had this, of course, in a revelation that was from God; he had law; he had prophets; he had divine institutions. "There is therefore now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus" ( Romans 8:1 ). Even where the law was, not by it but by faith the just lived. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. It is quite clear, especially from the last instance, that Paul is not using flesh simply in the sense of the body, as we say flesh and blood. . You would never try to hide from Him again. How we appreciate this marvelous position that we have in Christ Jesus where nothing can separate us from Your love. There is an enmity of one creature to another; they are all subject to continual alteration and decay of the individuals, liable to the strokes of God's judgments upon man. Clearly this was a serious and an impressive step. That I could have that ear infection and I could somehow take her suffering and bear it for her so that she wouldn't have to suffer. We are told to be careful lest we deceive ourselves. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Of these only a remnant would be saved. And so the creature, God created him subject to this emptiness by reason of Him who created him that he might be subjected in hope. Because that is where the mind of natural man is, because the body is in control, what he is thinking about constantly are those body needs, the body drives.But when a man is born again by the Spirit of God and the spirit, then, is in control in his life, that man, then, is concerned with spiritual things and he is going to be talking about God, his relationship, the work of God within his heart, the work of God, spirit, how to please the Lord, how to serve the Lord. There is then the solemn truth also of divine wrath. This is applied in the two chapters that follow. The book of Genesis shows that God created the earth to be kind to man. The most cursory reading of Paul's letters will show how often he uses the word, and how he uses it in a sense that is all his own. No man can tell. Romans 16. Bible Verse; Newest; Oldest; Most Viewed; Sermon. While man and his environment will never be completely reconciled in time, man can be restored to a perfect environment and fellowship with God in eternity. One that they cannot understand, and when a person cannot understand you, you will always become a threat to them. we know how this was in Israel, how it might be, and has been, in Christendom. It should be understood that nature does not literally think and experience emotions. Yes, He suffered, but as He suffered He was looking forward to the glory of the kingdom and the joy of being able to redeem lost man. (iii) In law, the old life of the adopted person was completely wiped out; for instance, all debts were cancelled. them; he led them captive at his will, and powerfully worked in There are three statements in this verse: (1) the creation was subjected to vanity; (2) this subjection was not voluntary, but imposed by God; and (3) the very subjection is a basis of hope, for otherwise there would have been no point at all in granting to rebellious humanity any further tolerance at all. He says that those who are in the flesh cannot please God ( Romans 8:8). How glorious it is to walk in the Spirit, to be in union with the Spirit of God, to be led by the Spirit of God, and to have that glorious assurance of God's Spirit bearing witness to mine. We heard the story of this wondrous love. He at the same time unfolds the essential difference between the righteousness of faith and that of law. All devotionals for romans-8:19-21 free on BiblePortal.com. 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