As we look at Romans 8:13, one thing we clearly see is that mortification, or putting sin to death, is our responsibility. Paul said, “You put to death.” This is something we must do. It is not something we turn over to God. Rather it is our responsibility as Paul also emphasized in Colossians 3:5. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Romans 8’
This Is Clearly Our Responsibility
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged Colossians 3, Mortification, Responsibility, Romans 8 on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is God’s Goal for all Who Follow Christ
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged Christlikeness, II Corinthians 3, Romans 8, Sanctification on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The goal of sanctification is likeness to our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul said in II Corinthians 3:18 that we “are being transformed into his likeness.” In Romans 8:29 he said that God “predestined [all believers] to be conformed to the likness of his Son.” Christlikeness is God’s goal for all who trust in Christ and [...]
What Does It Mean to Say No to Ungodliness?
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged Romans 8, Sin, Ungodliness, Wordly Passions on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What does it mean to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions? Basically it means a decisive break with those attitudes and practices. In one sense this decisive break is a divine act that occurred when we died to the dominion of sin in our lives. In fact, the tense of the Greek denotes the [...]
That For Which We We Wait Eagerly
Posted in Horton, Michael, tagged Gnosticism, Gospel, Romans 8, Sin on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Even now, the new birth is not the emancipation of a supposedly truer inner self from the external reality of history and the body, but the pledge of the consummation for which the whole creation waits eagerly (Romans 8:18-25). Unable to bring final liberation of humanity apart from leaving everything creaturely behind, Gnosticism loses the [...]
This is Extremely Comforting
Posted in Chan, Francis, tagged Holy Spirit, Prayer, Romans 8 on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fourth, the Holy Spirit has His own mind, and He prays for us (Romans 8:27). I don’t know about you, but I find the thought of the Spirit of God praying for me according to the will of God extremely comforting. – Chan, Francis; Forgotten God: Reversing the Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit; David [...]
Adopted
Posted in Driscoll, Mark, tagged Galatians 3, Hebrews 12, Romans 8, Sons of God on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For those who turn from sin and trust in Jesus, the Bible declares that we are now adopted into the family of God; God is our Father and we are sons of God (Romans 8:14; Galatians 3:26; Hebrews 12:7). – Driscoll, Mark and Gary Breshears, Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods, Crossway Books, Wheaton, [...]
We Are, By Nature and By Choice
Posted in Driscoll, Mark, tagged Adam, God's Law, Hebrews 4, I John 1, I John 3, Isaiah 53, Luke 6, Matthew 6, Proverbs 17, Proverbs 20, Proverbs 4, Psalm 14, Psalm 51, Romans 3, Romans 8, Sin, Sinner on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every person since Adam is a sinner, both by nature and by choice (Psalm 51:5; 58:3; Romans 3:23). Everyone (except Jesus Christ) is, from conception, sinful by nature and corrupted to the very core of his or her being and therefore incapable of doing anything that pleases God (Psalm 51:5; Romans 3:10-18; 8:7-8). Thus everyone, [...]
What is Propitiation?
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Galatians 3, God's Love, I John 4, Propitiation, Punishment, Romans 8, Sin, Wrath of God on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In John’s mind, the great manifestation if God’s love is that God sent his Son - John says this twice (I John 4-9-11). The aim of that sending , he says, was to be the propitiation for our sins. That’s what makes the sending to be his love. And what is propitiation? It means that he came [...]
What We Won’t Have Without the New Birth
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Born-Again, Children of God, Children of Wrath, Condemnation, Ephesians 2, Fellowship, Galatians 2, Galatians 5, I Corinthians 1, I John 3, I Peter 1, I Timothy 1, II Corinthins 5, II Thessalonians 2, II Timothy 1, John 1, John 3, Joy, Justification, Matthew 24, New Birth, Philippians 2, Philippians 3, Revelations 2, Revelations 20, Romans 15, Romans 6, Romans 7, Romans 8, Unbelief on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What we won’t have without the new birth: Without the new birth, we won’t have saving faith, but only unbelief (John 1:11-13; Ephesians 2:8-9; Philippians 2:29; I Timothy 1:14; II Timothy 1:3) Without the new birth, we won’t have justification, but only condemnation (Romans 8:1; II Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 2:17; Philippians 3:9) Without the new [...]
