God delivered His Son to die for my sins. I have rested in this verse over and over and over again. Let me refer in passing to a few points more in the introduction, in order to link them together with that which the Spirit was furnishing to the Roman saints, as well as to show the admirable perfectness of every word that inspiration has given us. There is then the solemn truth also of divine wrath. You know things start going wrong, "Oh, I need to talk to someone," you know. But we have to note that that experience comes only to those who love God. On the contrary, the doctrine of faith establishes law as nothing else can; and for this simple reason, that if one who is guilty hopes to be saved spite of the broken law, it must be at the expense of the law that condemns his guilt; whereas the gospel shows no sparing of sin, but the most complete condemnation of it all, as charged on Him who shed His blood in atonement. They are going to be talking to you about new recipes, exotic new desserts, or they are going to be talking to you about drinks, or they're going to be talking to you about sex, or things that relate to the body appetites. The Gentiles the despised heathen were to be brought in; the self-satisfied Jews are left behind, justly and beyond question, if they believed the law and the prophets. The agreeableness of this to our present state, Romans 8:24; Romans 8:25. He shall come to Zion, says the other. If nature had a will (desire), Paul affirmed that it would have chosen to maintain a harmonious relationship with mankind. God, therefore, had not cast off His people, but was employing the interval of their slip from their place, in consequence of their rejection of Christ, to call the Gentiles in sovereign mercy, after which Israel as a whole should be saved. First, there is no condemnation, at all, for those in Christ. First, he raises the question, "Has God cast away his people?" He lays down such a summary as no Jew ever gave since they were a nation. 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. (a) It is God who acquits men--that is the statement. There are passages that refer to Gods eyes and fingers (see Job 38:7 for an example). Justification is not from works of law. I think it would be good for all of us to make a little plaque and put it on our mirrors or someplace where we are reminded every day that all things are working together for good to those who love God. I reckon that this suffering of this present time is not worthy to be compared to the glory that shall be revealed. 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 word has a very definite Old Testament background. So Jesus, in the hour of suffering or persecution, points us to the glory of that kingdom that we are going to experience for eternity. Her question to Jesus is, "Where do we worship God?" oh, man. For the creature was made subject to vanity. There we find Christian knowledge as to the matter introduced; but still it is the knowledge of one who is not in this state pronouncing on one who is. It is for the saints to learn, of course; but it is that which goes out in its own force and necessary aim to the need of man a divine righteousness, which justifies instead of condemning him who believes. The life of a salesman is a life of feast or famine, and potential great feast. Oh, what I wouldn't give if I couldn't take her place and suffer for her.Then I began to realize the pain the Father must have gone through to see His Son suffering, even more so than Him coming Himself. It is not a rash and sudden determination, but the product of a very serious and deliberate consideration. Unwittingly she was involved in the consequences of the sin of man. Here I had all my bills paid and I became current and we had the new living room furniture practically delivered, you know. But Paul goes on from there. might be truly said to be made subject thereunto, being under the Who shall deliver me from this life controlled by the body?" What the apostle had given him in fulness was the great truth, however fundamental it may be, that I am entitled, and even called on in the name of the Lord Jesus, to know that I am dead to sin; not that I must die, but that I am dead that my baptism means nothing less than this, and is shorn of its most emphatic point if limited merely to Christ's dying for my sins. (a) It is not only the word for Spirit; it is also the word for wind. It was the Lord giving us the profit of sorrow, and ourselves bowing to the way and end of God in it, so that the result of tribulation should be rich and fruitful experience. Many times the evil that he wouldn't do he was doing. Inevitably, therefore, all men die; but the man who is Spirit-controlled and whose heart is Christ-occupied, dies only to rise again. 3). This passed away with man when he sinned. world. That is what we are told here. c. Who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit: These words are not found in the earliest ancient manuscripts of the Book of Romans and they do not agree with the flow of Paul's context here. This designs the vanity and emptiness of the minds of the Gentiles, who were without God and Christ, and the Holy Spirit, without the law and Gospel, and grace of God; also the vain conceits they had of themselves, of their wisdom, knowledge, learning, and eloquence; likewise their vain philosophy, particularly their gross idolatry, their polytheism, or worshipping of many gods; together with their divers lusts and vices, to . And thus, though the forces of hell be gathered against you, they are nothing compared with that power that is available to you, because God is for you.How do I know God is for me? 8:20-21: For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. <p>Lot Of 10 Chuck Missler Bible Commentaries-CD-ROM/Mixed Media With Bonus DVD. For we know that the whole creation is groaning and travailing in pain together until now ( Romans 8:22 ). Those that now partake of the Spirit of Christ, as his brethren, shall, as his brethren, partake of his glory (John 17:24), shall sit down with him upon his throne, Revelation 3:21. 1 Corinthians 15:42-57). 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. "[39] However, Locke's interpretation fails to give proper weight to Adam's responsibility. "For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Nevertheless the apostle does not expressly mention heaven here. That there is a present vanity to which the creature, by reason of the sin of man, is made subject, Romans 8:20; Romans 8:20. 15), "because we are not under the law, but under grace?" That is why creation waits for this event with eager longing. We need not here enter into the details; but on the surface we see how the apostle brings all down to that which is of the deepest interest to every soul. This was no question of legal obedience, although the law came from Jehovah. Was it not sure and evident that Israel could not take the promise on the ground of mere connection after the flesh? It is true, it is needful for man to learn; but in nowise is it good news. Increase of privileges can never avail without the soul's self-judgment before the mercy of God. Lord, thank You. First, we cannot pray aright because we cannot foresee the future. "Well, I know, but not this case. ENTRY INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD ( Romans 8:12-17 ). There is a new law that is working in me. Nor should they fear persecution or even martyrdom, because through Christ they are assured of final victory (35-37). Oh boy, I'd go up an get me a house in Montecito, like that one where I stayed. 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. See the gains of suffering for Christ; though we may be losers for him, we shall not, we cannot, be losers by him in the end. God is revealing a righteousness of His own in the gospel. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. But though we know not all the reasons why they are continued here in this state of vanity, we can see some of them: In hope - See the note at Romans 5:4. Thither He shall come, and thence, go forth. (ii) In Romans 8:38-39 Paul makes a list of terrible things. If we are children then we are also heirs; and if we are the heirs of God then we are 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. Grace is the first-fruits of glory, it is glory begun. Sermon. 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. At the same time he connects, in a singularly interesting manner, this disclosure of the principles of the eternal judgment of God with what he calls "my gospel." God delivered Jesus up for us all, how much more then shall He not freely give us all things? So creation is groaning. Romans 8:20-21. It became simply a question whether, in fact, God did call Gentiles, or whether He had revealed such intentions. But if it were so, He had not done with them. If man is acquitted by God, then he is saved from every other condemnation. Such is the doctrine and the fact. At the moment creation is in bondage to decay. C. H. Dodd defines prayer in this way--"Prayer is the divine in us appealing to the Divine above us.". To man this is the hardest of all obedience; but when once secured, it leads peacefully into the obedience of every day. But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 8:1-4 There is, therefore, now no condemnation against those who are in Christ Jesus. This world that is dominated by the flesh, dominated by men who are dominated by the flesh. He speaks of the Jews being his kinsmen kata ( G2596) sarka ( G4561) ( Romans 9:3), that is to say, speaking of human relationships. In our present state we come short, not only in the enjoyment, but in the knowledge of that glory (1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 John 3:2): it shall be revealed. God, I am going to do better." You know, He is through with me. Not just some of the things, but because you have been called according to His purpose you can rest in the confidence that God is in control and all things are working together for good. ( Romans 8:24 ). Conscious deliverance, to be solid according to God, must be in the line of His truth. If I think of prayer as an instrument by which I can get my will done, I totally misunderstand prayer. Wouldst thou have me hold office or eschew it, stay or flee, be rich or poor? But if children, we are His heirs. Right now I am living in a tent, this body. [The mind of the flesh, or] the carnal mind is death ( Romans 8:6 ); That is, spiritual death, which biblically would be interpreted as separation of man's consciousness from God. The application of this was more evident to the Gentile than to the Jew. 1 Corinthians 2. The created order will therefore share the destiny of the sons of God. Because, though my spirit was indeed willing, my flesh was weak. Yes, but this is another principle. What baptism sets forth is more than that, and is justly found, not in Romans 3:1-31, but inRomans 6:1-23; Romans 6:1-23. The consciousness of man is responsive to whatever controls the man. (d) He makes intercession for us there. Jesus said, "I didn't come to condemn the world, but that the world through Me might be saved. From the first verse we have the application of the dead and risen Christ to the soul, till in verse 11 we see the power of the Holy Ghost, which brings the soul into this liberty now, applied by-and-by to the body, when there will be the complete deliverance. (iv) In the eyes of the law he was absolutely the son of his new father. It is the adoption manifested before all the world, angels and men. And because God has the foreknowledge, He can speak as Paul said of things as existing even though as yet they do not exist, because He knows they are going to exist. But more than this "Whosoever shall call." The weak are not to judge the strong, and the strong are not to despise the weak. We know that God intermingles all things for good for those who love him, for those who are called according to his purpose. Hence it is, as he says, herein revealed "from faith," or by faith. It is God who now makes known a righteousness to man, instead of looking for any from man. Because I will be led by the Spirit of God. Today we're going to be studying Romans 7:1-6 and its overall message/theme. Psalms 19:1-14 is used in the most beautiful manner to insinuate that the limits are the world. Commentary on Romans 8:10-17 (Read Romans 8:10-17) If the Spirit be in us, Christ is in us. Then your principle is your condemnation. . more, nor shall there be any more drought throughout the land, no famine, or hail to work havoc on the crops" (Sibylline. In Romans 8:19 he uses a wonderful word for eager expectation. Then comes a great saying. - For the creature (or, creation, as before) was subjected to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who subjected it in hope. The answer is, that this will not do one whit better; for when we come down to the next generation, it is apparent that the two sons of Isaac were sons of the same mother; nay, they were twins. It is the experience of life for the Christian that all things do work together for good. Nature was not interested in becoming hostile towards humanity. There was an angel of the winds, of the clouds, of the snow and hail and hoarfrost. how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! learning, and eloquence; likewise their vain philosophy, Christ, as Mediator, is said to be the heir of all things (Hebrews 1:2), and true believers, by virtue of their union with him, shall inherit all things,Revelation 21:7. Our happiness is not in present possession: We are saved by hope. And those who have, hungered shall rejoice; moreover, also, they shall behold marvels, every day. Now it was manifested, and not promised or predicted merely. Undoubtedly divine judgment fell on Him; but this is not "the righteousness of God," as the apostle employs it in any part of his writings any more than here, though we know there could be no such thing as God's righteousness justifying the believer, if Christ had not borne the judgment of God. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called them he also justified; and whom he justified them he also glorified." 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? Sin came into this world and with sin came death, the consequence of sin. But then Paul goes on to declare to the saints of God. He has no desires of his own; the will of Christ is his only law. Death, and nothing short of it, rightly dissolves the bond. If you only knew that God's love for you is broader than the universe, and God's desires for you are only for your good, and it is foolish to run from God. Because (or, that; i.e. He which has begun a good work in me shall surely continue to perform it. Romans 3 Man had sinned deliberately; but it was involuntarily that nature was subjected. (3) Their lot in life; their being subjected to this state of vanity, is the arrangement of God. Live with Rachel Mellema. But we have had it fully in Romans 3:1-31. and to their lusts; for he seems to be designed, "by him who hath AU $80.05 . One might know a most real clinging to Jesus; but this would not set the heart at ease with God. 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. But you know what it is to be more than a conqueror? John Locke insisted that Adam's disobedience was not of his own will, since it occurred "not through his own choice, but by the guile of the devil. Paul goes further; he goes on to speak of the spiritual experience of every Christian. So Paul says in this passage that there was a time when the Christian was at the mercy of his own sinful human nature. If Christ had to suffer, we also inherit that suffering; but if Christ was raised to life and glory, we also inherit that life and glory. It was the boast of the Jews that the law spoke about them; that the Gentiles had no right to it, and were but presuming on what belonged to God's chosen people. In this book this term is used to describe freedom from things like death and the law in places like Romans 6:18; Romans 6:22; Romans 8:2. "We are saved by hope." The creatures are often abused to the dishonour of their Creator, the hurt of his children, or the service of his enemies. Like it or not, God created you for His own good pleasure. If that be so, is there anything in this or any other world that can separate us from our Risen Lord? The reason for the anticipation of creation of the glorification was that creation itself was subjected to "futility.". I think that this particular verse has meant more to me than almost any other passage of scripture, because I lived so many years of my Christian life in constant condemnation. 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. Who is he who condemns? They were probably added by a copyist who either made a mistake or thought he could "help" Paul by adding these words from Romans 8:4. The expression means that righteousness which God can afford to display because of Christ's atonement. That word delivered is speaking of the cross, delivered Him to die. He was regarded as a new person entering into a new life with which the past had nothing to do. Under the bondage of corruption,Romans 8:21; Romans 8:21. Observe, the gospel is not simply remission of sins, nor is it only peace with God, but "the power of God unto salvation." Paul's answer is this. There is no inconsistency in Ananias's word to the apostle Paul "wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord." The first was known as mancipatio, and was carried out by a symbolic sale, in which copper and scales were symbolically used. Man was not complete. He might have taken his people at once to heaven as soon as they are converted. Jesus said, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, but that which is born of the spirit is spirit. . (4.) He shows that, on the responsible ground of being His nation, they were wholly ruined. In biblical viewpoint, man and creation are so bound together that man's sin brought a curse on the created order. He is at work in all their affairs, right from his eternal choice of them to be his sons to his act of final glorification when they will share the likeness of Jesus Christ (28-30).Christians need have no doubts about any aspect of their salvation. This accordingly leads, as connected with the deliverance of the body, to the inheritance we are to possess. As the accomplishment of the saints' present hopes and expectations, Romans 8:19; Romans 8:19, c. As the saints are suffering for it, so they are waiting for it. Even those that seek a place of separation to the Lord outside that which is now hurrying on souls to destruction are, nevertheless, deeply affected by the condition of that Christendom in which we find ourselves. Romans 8 concludes the second main section of the body of the letter, ' Living under grace '. I am not yet in my glorified state. And when I was a child I spent one summer in a home in Montecito where my aunt was the maid. Let me call your attention again to its force. To this then the apostle comes, after having spoken of the divine favour shown himself, both when a sinner, and now in his own special place of serving the Lord Jesus. Having shown first, then, the sources and the character of the blessing in general as far as regards deliverance, the apostle sums up the result in the end of the chapter: "That as sin hath reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life," the point being justification of life now through Jesus Christ our Lord. What was it? 7). These things are matters of conscience, and depend much for their solution on the degree to which souls have attained. Not, of course, that the Roman saints were in this condition; but that God, writing by the apostle to them, seizes the opportunity to lay bare man's state as well as His own grace. This describes substantially the same condition as Romans 7:15-24. Present receivings and comforts are consistent with a great many groans; not as the pangs of one dying, but as the throes of a woman in travail--groans that are symptoms of life, not of death. Although many agree that God is spoken of here, Godet thought it was Adam who, through his rebellion, subjected the lower creation to the curse of God; and Hammond was quoted by him as applying the term "him". 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. Coffman's Commentaries on the Bible Romans 8. . In heaven it will fill us perfectly; but there is no more perfect joy there, nor anything. [2.] The Old Testament speaks of it without elaboration and without detail. To the limits of the holy land? "By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith." He talks of this present age and of the glory that will be disclosed. He had reasoned the case within himself, weighed the arguments on both sides, and thus at last resolves the point. Romans 12:9-18 Sundry practical duties re-commended, Romans 12:1 Commen-taries: Therefore I urge you, brethren . It is his wise arrangement. Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake. Because he had violated that spiritual aspect of the law, though he had never committed adultery, yet he found that he desired his neighbor's wife and he realized that the desire was sin. Of the Jew by his own confession. Proud as you may be of that which distinguishes you, it is hard to make sin and death peculiar to you, nor can you connect them even with the law particularly: the race of man is in question, and not Israel alone. When you have got it in escrow you are feeling pretty good about it. All the effects of sin will be removed, and believers will be raised from the dead in imperishable spiritual bodies suited to life in the coming age (23; cf. So in suffering we should not be looking at the suffering, but at the glorious kingdom that shall come when our Lord comes to claim His own. Much of this hope is found in the word delivered (eleutheroo), a word used in secular Greek to describe the freeing of slaves. 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. Paul was no pessimist. Thus the first argument shows that the rejection was not total; the second, that it was but for a season. In life we live with Christ; in death we die with him; and because we die with him, we also rise with him. For better or for worse, for richer for poorer. 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. To Him be the glory forever! He shall come, says one Testament, out of Zion. The Stoic believed that this world was permeated with that logos ( G3056) . Therefore, he found himself in this dilemma, whenever he would intend to do good, evil was present with him. Man classifies death as the separation of man's consciousness from his body. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. (Donovan) Paul starts his letter to the Romans by identifying himself. 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 ). We see then that every step of Roman adoption was meaningful in the mind of Paul when he transferred the picture to our adoption into the family of God. It had its smells of the kerosene heaters. Why it is, he has not seen fit to inform us fully. 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!) He says, that they have been subjected to vanity, and for this reason, because they abide not in a constant and durable state, but being as it were evanescent and unstable, they pass away swiftly; for no doubt he sets vanity in opposition to a perfect state. Interactive Bible study with John Piper. All men die because they are involved in the human situation. God has given to everything its charge; and he has not only by a distinct order commanded what he would to be done, but also implanted inwardly the hope of renovation. [Note: See Don N. Howell Jr., "The Center of Pauline Theology," Bibliotheca Sacra 151:601 (January-March 1994):50-70.]. Romans 8:26-27 form one of the most important passages on prayer in the whole New Testament. The answer is found in this portion of our epistle (that is, from the middle of chapter 5). It brings out the Christian character, and fits it for the skies. It is not in any degree settled as to itself by His blood. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified ( Romans 8:30 ). Gentiles, who were without God and Christ, and the Holy Spirit, I don't have to live as a subject to my flesh anymore. But then he gives us the other side. It is not so alone; but in His death, unto which I am baptized, I am dead to sin. But for the time it is held fast, though in unrighteousness. It is difficult to know just how to take Romans 8:33-35. For those whom he knew long ago he long ago designed to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the first born among many brothers. We all know where it is and must be for the Christian. Three items in Paul's statement and in the early creed are the same, that Jesus died, rose again, and is at the right hand of God. "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 . He believed that the logos ( G3056) not only had an order for the universe, but also a plan and a purpose for the life of every individual man. Accordingly the apostle says that boast and works are completely set aside by this principle which affirms faith, apart from deeds of law, to be the means of relationship with God (verses 27, 28). The confusion of tongues, by which true religion was lost in the world, is a proof that the builders of this tower sinned against God in the highest degree. 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