SF482 - FREEDOM FROM FAILURE (Romans 8 28-30)

SF482

FREEDOM FROM FAILURE

Romans 8:28-30

INTRODUCTION

Our greatest fear is failure

We fear failure because it emphasizes our humanity.

We can have freedom from this fear when we realize what we have in Christ Jesus...

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1A.       BECAUSE WHAT GOD DOES AROUND US (28)

“know” = to perceive, to see, we get our word optical from this word.

1B.       He Is All Powerful

“all things”

Is not limited in where He can work

Is not limited in what He can do

Is not limited in when He can work

2B.       He Is All Loving

Seen in His desire

“for the good...”

“good” = God’s perfect plan, our best, morally.

Seen in His design

“who love him...”

1 John 4:19

We love because he first loved us.

John 14:15

"If you love me, you will obey what I command.

“who have been called”

“called” = to invite, effectual

“purpose” = God’s plan

Ask...

How is God working in me?

What can this mean later in my life?

What have I learned?

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2A.       BECAUSE OF WHAT GOD DOES FOR US (29)

“foreknew” = to have knowledge beforehand. An experiential, intimate knowledge.

1B.       He Has A Path For Us To Follow (29)

We are “predestined”

God has set out the way for us to go!

Train tracks

2B.       He Has A Plan For Us To Fulfill         

We are “to be conformed”

To have the same form - to be like Christ!

Philippians 3:10-11

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, {11} and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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3A.       BECAUSE OF WHAT GOD DOES IN US (30)

1B.       He Calls Us

“called” = invitation - call to salvation

John 6:44

"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

2B.       He Cleanses Us

“Justified” = to declare righteous

Christ righteousness imputed to us!

3B.       He Completes Us

Sanctification

“glorified” = to hold in honor

Colossians 3:3‑4

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. {4} When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

This is our present position in Christ

This will be our future reality in heaven

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APPLICATION

NO FEAR!!!!

If God Has Called YOU.

If God Has Cleansed YOU.

Because God Will Care For and Complete YOU!