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Heirs with Christ
Hey guys, Good morning!
I just want to begin today with welcoming you into the house of the Lord.
This place is His and we have the joy of meeting our brothers and sisters here, worshiping together and are blessed to stand in the presence of Jesus when we do worship.
[Marci and I extend a blessed thank you to each of you for sending us away and giving us the resources to enjoy our time away.
We had an wonderful break .
So thank you for blessing us!]
This morning we come back to the book of Romans, and today we will examine the first part of chapter 8.
I hope you are enjoying it as we walk through these texts, this is really the best way to hear/study the Word of God...
One of the most beautiful things that happens when we come to faith in Christ, is that we are saved and with that we receive the Holy Spirit into our lives.
He is such a blessing to the believer.
The Holy Spirit illuminates the Word so we can better understand these Spiritual truths, He has already convicted of sin in bringing us to Christ and will continue when we step out of line.
He will guide us, help us and yes, is the assurance of our salvation, we are sealed with Him until the day of redemption.
And He reminds us that we are the children of God.
Life in and by the Holy Spirit is wonderful.
And this is where Paul is going in this chapter.
So as we open this chapter, let’s consider this first of three thoughts this morning...
So the first thought is this....
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No Condemnation in Christ...
As we open this chapter, the first verse sets forth one of the most important truths of our Christian faith..
Look at verse Romans 8:1
Now the verses starts with that word, “Therefore” and it reminds us, What Paul has just said is important, and because of that, there is the outcome..
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So what did Paul just tell us, in Romans 7, verse 25??
He says the freedom from and over the power of our sinful nature, the nature that man enters the world with, has been dealt with forever through the atoning work of Christ on the cross.
Because of that, there is no longer any condemnation for those who are in Christ.
Those who have received Christ has their Lord and Savior.
So the verdict of death that mankind deserved has been forever removed because Christ died in our place, He paid our sin-debt.
So mankind is not condemned any longer.
There is joy for us my friends.
Great joy! Why?
We are free!
Look at verses 2-4 Romans 8:2-4
Paul says that since there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus, and as such we are free!
Here is why...
A. We are Free… The Spirit has set us free, you see Paul is contrasting two different laws here in the text… the law of death and the law of the Spirit.
1.
The old law (law of death), the power of sin results in death.
The law could point out sin, the law revealed our short comings, but the law couldn’t rescue mankind from sin.
Death reigned in our lives because of it.
There is where we stood condemned.
But there is the second law....
2. The new law is of the Spirit.
The law of the Spirit sets the believer free from the power of sin.
God has saved us and then the Holy Spirit enters of our life and keeps us, He keeps us safe, secure until the day of redemption.
The day of redemption is the day we leave here to see Jesus or Jesus returns and takes us home.
It doesn’t matter which one, He keeps us safe.
But secondly, not only are we free, God did what we were not able...
B. God did what we were not able… God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful men, ( literally in the flesh) the phrase “incarno” with flesh or in flesh, (like chili con carne) He was made like us, yet without sin.
Why?
That He might be made sin for us. he took on our fallen nature, this veil of flesh yet he did not sin, (remember the temptation of Christ by the devil)
Then his death we remember Jesus hung on the cross that day and took upon himself the sins of humanity, past, present and future.
He bore that awful state upon his life that He might atone for our sin.
The law couldn’t do that, all the law could do was pronounce humanity as guilty.
All the law could do was to set the penalty for sin.
But God atoned for our sin.
His mission was to put an end to sin reigning in our life, to condemn that which held humanity hostage since the fall of man.
The couldn’t do that… But God did!
Because of that, there is no longer condemnation for those in Christ.
So the outcome, His death satisfies the righteous requirement of the law, as Paul said in verse 4
R.
A Knox says God “signed the death warrant of sin.”
The writer of Hebrews says this...
We are free....
Noe lets move to our next thought my friends....
Since you are in Christ, you were joined to Him when you called out for salvation and forgiveness.
At that moment you passed from the old way, death and were brought to life… This new life is of the Spirit.
2. You are in the Spirit.....
We often forget we are a Spiritual creature.
We often only consider what we see and know, feel and touch the most about right now.
But you have a living soul, you are a spiritual agent.
Since you are both, physical and spiritual, you have the opportunity to walk with God through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in your life.
Why, you are spiritual too.
Look with me at verses 9-11
So look at what Paul tells you about your spiritual life.
He wants you to be clear, to understand your life in Christ.
A. Your life is in Christ....
So Paul says plainly, clearly if you are in Christ, if you belong to him you are in the Spirit, literally, the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Friends, there is nothing more clear that says when you are born again the Holy Spirit enters your life.
A one time act, and the Holy Spirit is there until you see Jesus.
Listen to what Paul shared in Ephesians....
I love this because it tells us he seals us, and his presence in us is a picture, memorial that reminds us of the guarantee that is to come.
And then secondly, You are alive in Christ.
B. You are alive by the Spirit... Now we know as the consequence of sin, our physical bodies are subject to death.
Simply said, we must die physically as long as Jesus delays his coming.
But the spiritual man is enjoying life.
Why?
Because we are in Christ.
The life our spiritual man is enjoying is the blessing and reward of justification.
And because of our life is in Christ, since we are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul says the Holy Spirit, will raise us from the dead just as Jesus was raised.
So it is important what we be in Christ, in fact it is the most important decision a person can make my friends.
To make a person decision about Christ in this lifetime, is life and death.
Because without Christ a person is dead in their trespasses and sins, and if you are dead, the Spirit of God is not in you and there is no hope of the resurrection.
But to know Christ, to be filled with the Holy Spirit, means that we are heirs of Christ.
This is my last thought for today....
3. Heirs of Christ....
Having given our hearts over to the Lord Jesus and having been filled with His Spirit, ensures our place in the family of God.
This place my friends is the greatest place, the greatest position that we can find ourselves in, we see this in verses 12-17, as Paul shares this place with us.
Look with me at verses Romans 8:12-17
What Paul says here is so rich in meaning my friends.
So there are a few things I want to remind you of in this passage.
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