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Romans 8: Life in the Spirit
Romans 8
Life in the Spirit
Romans 8 shows how to live by the Spirit, letting peace rule in our hearts.The Holy Spirit within us testifies that we are children of God. He gives us assurance before God so we are convinced that nothing will ever separate us from His love. This is a passage of hope because we know our future is bright in Christ.
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." ( Romans 8:1 )
Guilt, shame and remorse are debilitating. These like a cancer will keep you motionless, defeated and unworthy of your calling. If you are…
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"...because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death." ( Romans 8:2 )
Did you know that Christ has set you free! This is a hard concept for humans to understand. We look at everything around us and…
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"For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man" ( Romans 8:3 )
The law could…
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Saturday, 21 November 2009
Romans 8:4 - The Righteous Requirements of the Law Are Fulfilled In You
Written by Juli Camarin
"...in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit." ( Romans 8:4 )
Are you righteous? If I was standing in front of you today and asked you this question,…
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"Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires." ( Romans 8:5 )
Did you know this verse was written for believers? It comes…
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"The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace: ( Romans 8:6 )
This verse is a barometer to how one is fairing in life. Jesus said, "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the…
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"The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so." ( Romans 8:7 )
The natural mind cannot receive the things of God. Paul says that the sinful mind or carnal mind is hostile to God. It hates the very things…
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Romans 8:8 - The Sinful Nature Cannot Please God
Written by Juli Camarin
"Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God." ( Romans 8:8 )
My sister commented the other day that she didn't know that we were suppose to have a relationship with the Lord until well into her twenties. This came as quite a shock to her and since then,…
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Thursday, 26 November 2009
Romans 8:9 - You Belong To Christ if You Bear His Spirit
Written by Juli Camarin
"You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ" ( Romans 8:9 )
When a person gets married amazing things happen. Not…
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"But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness." ( Romans 8:10 )
It is easy to get distracted in life while we wait for the Lords return. We look forward to the day when we will see…
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Monday, 30 November 2009
Romans 8:11 - The Same Spirit That Raised Christ From the Dead
Written by Juli Camarin
"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you." ( Romans 8:11 )
No matter what you are going through in…
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"Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation-but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it." ( Romans 8:12 )
Did you know that our obligation to the Lord stems out of love. We have a love debt with the Lord because of everything he has done for…
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"For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live" ( Romans 8:13 )
Since we have been freed from the sin nature, Paul is telling us to live accordingly. This…
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Thursday, 03 December 2009
Romans 8:14 - Those Who are Led By the Spirit of God are Sons of God
Written by Juli Camarin
"because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God." ( Romans 8:14 )
Isn't it amazing to know that you are a child of God? His Spirit inside testifies to this very thing. This truth is easy to take for granted especially if you grew…
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Saturday, 05 December 2009
Romans 8:15 - The Spirit of Sonship To Cry Abba Father
Written by Juli Camarin
"For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."( Romans 8:15 )
An incredible love exists towards you from the Lord. It is a perfect love. It is a love…
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Sunday, 06 December 2009
Romans 8:16 - The Spirit Himself Testifies with Our Spirit that we are God's Children
Written by Juli Camarin
"The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children." ( Romans 8:16 )
Our belonging to the family of God is more than a feeling. God didn't leave confirmation for something this important based on the whims of emotions. If we had to rely on our natural…
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Monday, 07 December 2009
Romans 8:17 - Sharing In His Suffering Means Sharing In His Glory
Written by Juli Camarin
"Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." ( Romans 8:17 )
Through faith we were born into God's family. He has given us a new…
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009
Romans 8:18 - The Glory that Will Be Revealed In Us
Written by Juli Camarin
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." ( Romans 8:18 )
Paul had such an amazing perspective on things. He warned us that throughout this life we would face hardship and persecution at the hands of the world,…
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Friday, 11 December 2009
Romans 8:19 - Creation Waits for the Sons of God to be Revealed
Written by Juli Camarin
"The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed." ( Romans 8:19 )
So many people worship nature, but the Bible says that nature worships its creator. Isn't it interesting that creation knows what lots of people don't... that God designed and created it. Because…
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Saturday, 12 December 2009
Romans 8:20 - Creation was Subjected to Frustration
Written by Juli Camarin
"For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope..." ( Romans 8:20 )
Unlike Adam, creation didn't have a choice when it was brought into the bondage of the kingdom of darkness. That is because…
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Sunday, 13 December 2009
Romans 8:21 - Creation will be Liberated into Glorious Freedom
Written by Juli Camarin
"[in hope] that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God." ( Romans 8:21 )
Isn't is amazing that part of our redemption was the total restoration of all things. Jesus came to get everything back…
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Monday, 14 December 2009
Romans 8:22 - Creation is Groaning as in the Pains of Childbirth
Written by Juli Camarin
"We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. " ( Romans 8:22 )
God created a paradise and sin ruined it. Fortunately for us that is not the end of the story, creation is longing to be…
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"Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies." ( Romans 8:23 )
Heart change comes quickly on the heels of Salvation. This is because at Salvation our entire being…
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"For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?" ( Romans 8:24 )
Hope is an amazing thing. Hope is the catalyst to our faith. Hope based upon the sweet and precious promises of the…
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"But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently." ( Romans 8:25 )
In a world that seems ever increasingly dark and hopeless, as Christians our hope is based upon the promise of God. This promise is our salvation. While we have already…
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Saturday, 19 December 2009
Romans 8:26 - The Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness
Written by Juli Camarin
"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express." ( Romans 8:26 )
It is amazing to have such a partner in life. Throughout the…
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Sunday, 20 December 2009
Romans 8:27 - He Who Searches Our Hearts Knows the Mind of the Spirit
Written by Juli Camarin
"And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will." ( Romans 8:27 )
Do you know what God's will for your life is? The Holy Spirit does, he is the one who actively intercedes for…
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"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." ( Romans 8:28 )
In today's passage, Paul is encouraging us that when we join with the Holy Spirit in intercession we can be confident…
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Romans 8:29 - For Those God Foreknew He Also Predestined
Written by Juli Camarin
"For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers." ( Romans 8:29 )
It is amazing to me that God chose us. His desire has always been to be in relationship with you. Peter…
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Romans 8:30 - Those He Called He Also Justified and Glorified
Written by Juli Camarin
"And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified." ( Romans 8:30 )
In many states, when you adopt a child a new birth certificate is issued. The adoptive parents are listed as the birth parents and the original birth…
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Thursday, 24 December 2009
Romans 8:31 – If God is For Us Who Can Be Against Us?
Written by Juli Camarin
"What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?" ( Romans 8:31 )
Amazingly enough, this is a question that we should be asking ourselves regularly. ‘If God is for us, who can be against us?' In Romans 8 alone,…
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Friday, 25 December 2009
Romans 8:32 - If God Did Not Spare His Son What Will He Withhold?
Written by Juli Camarin
"He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?" ( Romans 8:32 )
We don't question whether or not God can do things, we question whether or not God will do them…
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"Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies." ( Romans 8:33 )
Who can accuse you before God? Who has any right to bring an accusation against you? The Bible tells us that God didn't even spare his own son for us…
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Monday, 28 December 2009
Romans 8:34 - Jesus is at the Right Hand of God Interceding for Us
Written by Juli Camarin
"Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died-more than that, who was raised to life-is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us." ( Romans 8:34 )
If God doesn't condemn us based on the fact that he is the one justifying us, who can…
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Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Romans 8:35-36 - Who Shall Separate Us From The Love of Christ?
Written by Juli Camarin
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." ( Romans 8:35-36 )
If anybody…
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"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." ( Romans 8:37 )
Everyone loves to watch an exciting football game. We hold our breath and root for the underdog, but some teams excel to the point where they cannot be beat. This fall…
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Thursday, 31 December 2009
Romans 8:38-39 - Nothing Can Separate Us From His Love
Written by Juli Camarin
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."…
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