Sermon
#1058 Miscellaneous Sermons
Title: THE
GLRIOUS EIGHTH CHAPTER OF ROMSNS
Text: Romans
8:1-39
Scripture Reading: II
Timothy 1:1-14
Subject: The
Believer’s Security In Christ
Date: Thursday Evening – December 3, 1992
Introduction:
Like you, I get a lot of mail. Like you, I throw a lot of mail in the trash can. If I open a letter that does not have my name on it, addressed “Box Holder,” “Resident,” or “Occupant,” I never bother reading it. I presume it is unimportant. I pay it no attention. If I get a letter that begins, “Dear Friend,” I will usually look to see who signed it. If I do not know the person, it goes into that round file sitting in the floor beside my desk. But, when I get a letter that begins, “Dear Don,” that gets my attention. It is addressed to me. It was written to me. It concerns me. It is important to me. When I read those words, “Dear Don,” I know that someone has taken the time to write to me, personally.
Tonight, I have a message to deliver to you that is
addressed to you who believe, to you who are in Christ. I want to preach to you
tonight from The Glorious Eighth Chapter of Romans.
If you are here without Christ, I want you to listen
carefully. What I have to say may be just the thing God will use to reveal his
Son in you and give you life and faith in Christ. But everything that is
written in this chapter is addressed to believers. This is manna from heaven,
sent by God to feed his Israel in this wilderness where no other bread can be
found for your souls.
Keep your Bibles open on your laps. Everything I
have to say tonight will come directly from Romans 8. This chapter begins with
no condemnation (v. 1) and ends with no separation (vv. 35-39); and everything
in between is grace, grace, grace!
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The Believer’s Freedom from condemnation in Christ.
·
Our Privileges as Christ’s Brethren and as children of God the Father
with him.
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Our everlasting Security from all possibility of harm, or separation
from our Redeemer, or from his great love.
Proposition:
Romans 8 is a glorious declaration of grace to
believing sinners in this sin-cursed world of woe.
I. Our
chapter begins by declaring The Believer’s Complete Freedom from the
Curse, Bondage and Condemnation of The Law – (vv. 1-4).
II. In verses
5-14 Paul describes The Believer’s Life In The Spirit.
There is no condemnation to them “that walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” What is it to walk after the Spirit
and not after the flesh? Paul tells us in verses 5-14.
NOTE:
v. 9 – We live in the Spirit!
III. Then the
Apostle The Blessed Witness of The Spirit (vv. 15-16).
This is the source of our assurance!
Illustration:
Mark 10:49-52 of Mark 8:22-26
I
John 5:8-15 The Spirit 0 The Water (Word) – The Blood
IV. The Believer, the person who is born of God, redeemed by the blood of Christ, the one who lives in the Spirit, lives in The Hope of Eternal Life, described in verses 17- 25.
A. We are
heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ (17-18).
B. We have
the earnest of the Spirit (19).
C. We are
waiting for a better day (20-21).
D. Here we
groan within ourselves – (Sin) (vv. 22-23).
E. But we
live in hope! (vv. 24-25).
V. In verses
26-27 Paul assures of God’s persistent grace, describing The Spirit of
Grace and Intercession.
A. In verse
25, He describes the Spirit’s intercession within us -
“We know not what we should pray for as we ought.”
Illustration:
Job
Jonah
Paul.
B. Verse 27
describes the Intercession of Christ for us in heaven.
1. He searches the heart!
2. He knows the mind of the
Spirit!
3. He maketh intercession for
the saints.
Though he makes intercession
for transgressors, he never calls us transgressors!
Illustration: John 17 –7 Times “The
people thou gavest me.”
4. His intercession is “according
to the will of God.”
VI. Then, in
the last part of the chapter, the Apostle declares The Absolute Security
of God’s Elect in Christ – (28-39).
Five Bold Challenges of Faith
A. “If God
be for us, who can be against us?”
God is for us in…
1. His Sovereign Providence (v.
28).
2. His Saving Purpose (vv.
28-30).
3. His Substitutionary
Provision (32).
4. His Securing Promises
(35-39).
B. “How
shall he not with him freely give us all things?” (32).
C. “Who
shall lay anything to the charge of God’s Elect?” (33).
D. “Who Is
He That Condemneth?” (vv. 34).
E. “Who
shall Separate us from The Love of Christ?” (35-39).
·
No Earthly Trouble!
·
No Spiritual Trouble!
·
Nothing In Heaven!
·
Nothing In Earth!
·
Nothing In Us!
·
Nothing In Heaven!
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Nothing In Time!
·
Nothing In Eternity!
1. The Purpose of God must
Stand!
2. The Blood of Christ Shall
never lose its power!
3. The Seal of the Spirit
cannot be broken!
4. The Promise of God cannot
fail!
Application: Can I claim these promises?
Yes, I can!
·
I am in Christ by faith!
·
I walk in the Spirit!
·
The Spirit of God is my Witness!
·
I Live in Hope! If the firstfruits of grace are mine, the full harvest
of glory shall be mine too!
·
I Have an Intercessor in Heaven! (I John 2:12).
·
I Believe God!