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So, you are a sinner, a wretched man.
Some questions to ask yourself
What is a wretched man?
Oxford: (adj) (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state. of poor quality; very bad.
Why are you, were, a wretched man?
Is there anything you can do to change that?
Let this simmer for a minute, then read the definition again.
For yes you can change your position of being wretched.
but not from sinner to saint on your own
So, this morning we want to
Glean from our passage
What can deliver me (7:24-25)
No condemnation (8:1)
Free (8:2-4)
Gleaning from passage
Simply Christians leaning in to expect, to experience, to engage.
Starts with leaning in to hear God’s word.
What do you notice in this passage?
Who is speaking, and to whom?
What do you think the mood is here?
What does the speaker know about himself (v.24)?
Think about this, there are two laws mentioned (v.25); what are they?
In the law of God there is what (v.1)?
What sets you free, and from what (v.2)
Why can the law not save you (v.3)?
How was the requirements of the law fulfilled in us (v.4)?
Whew, that is a lot of questions, and as Simply Christians leaning in, we really should grasp the seriousness and the elation we can find in this passage.
What can deliver me?
Paul knew he needed deliverance, or is reminded that he did.
May we remember too, and how we were delivered.
Thought maybe would be good to put the passage up again.
Is it what, or who that can save you?
Notice it is not what (the law); but who, God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
We cannot do it ourselves, we need to know we can’t.
There is no work, even works of righteousness that make us righteous in God’s eyes.
Why
Sin dwells in us, I cannot deliver myself (consider Rom7:14, 17,20)
And
All verses we looked at recently.
What is the commonality in these verses?
Sin dwelling in me
Turn with me to (Rom6:8-17 for a quick reminder.
We were slaves to sin, now slaves to righteousness we have been set free!
OK, from wretched to saint?
How do we know we are free?
Glad you asked.
No Condemnation
What does condemnation mean?
Were we once condemned?
How do you know?
Are we, as Christians condemned today?
Why or why not?
What is the status of those who are “in” Christ Jesus?
Let’s look briefly at the when, how and why in (Rom6:1-4)
Why? Sin
When?
When we were baptized
How? Through raising of Christ we too are raised to the newness of life
For those who are in Christ
From the wretchedness in chapter-7 to the newness in chapter-8.
From the storm in chapter-7 to the calm brought by the Spirit in chapter-8.
what a difference the spirit makes in the man who is at peace with God (5:1) and is not condemned (8:1) Oh, much more to get on this as we continue to look at chapter-8 over the next few weeks.
FREE!
Can you talk about freedom, what kinds of freedom do we enjoy in this life (in the flesh)?
Spirit frees us from power of sin and death
Under the law, or even under the moral law of God we were wretched, separated from God, but under Christ there is no condemnation.
What the law could not do, God did (8:3)
For what the law (that which is moral, just, holy and perfect) could not do; justify us; relieve us of the penalty of sin and death God did.
What we could not do in our own works and merit, God did His part, then we have our part to do.
In the flesh, in our own merit, what we could not do, God did.
Our part is to continue to crucify the flesh (see Gal2:20, 5:24, 6:14; and Rom8:13)
Heck might as well give you the others on your outline too.
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Do you get the theme here?
What is it?
By crucifying the flesh we put to death the things that hinder our walk with Christ so we walk in the Spirit, and we do it under the power of the Spirit not the weakness of our flesh.
We must put to death these things for our flesh is weak because of sin but god is not weak.
Sending Jesus was part of God’s scheme of redemption, part of the big plan for sinful man to be saved.
Jesus came not only in likeness of flesh (8:3; Php2:7-8) but in the flesh as noted in 1Jn4:2)
Because He came in the flesh and the likeness of sinful flesh He was able to condemn sin, for He was sinless.
Something that is condemned has no power, so sin has no power in the Christian since it is sin condemned and there is no condemnation in the Christian.
We have power, power in the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit of God (more on this as we continue in chapter-8 as mentioned before).
Maybe we should pause for a minute and take a quick side trip.
The how, when and why Jesus was able to take sins power away from the Christians
He fulfilled the righteous requirements of the law
For the wages of sin is death (6:23); sin had a price and that price had to be paid.
The price was Jesus Himself offering Himself up as our sin offering, once and for all.
When?
When He died on the cross for our sins to be put on Him.
Why?
Because the Father loved us so much as to send the Son and the Son loved us so much He was willing to take on that burden for us.
No death sentence, but a life sentence eternal life that is.
What are you going to do with your eternal life sentence?
Make it count, for the days are evil and we need to make the most of our time (Eph5:16)
Remember there is no condemnation for those in Christ (8:1)
You have been set free from the law of sin and death
What you do with your deliverance, your freedom.
The free gift from God; well it is your gift back to God.
So, may we chose to give back to God with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind and all our strength.
In what we do just as much as in what we say
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