![]() ![]() "The subject here is no longer Christ’s work for us, but the Spirit’s work within us. "Both the Spirit and sin and death are called the law because of the constancy of their influence and action." The Spirit’s work that comes to us because of faith in Jesus Christ leads to fullness of life, and sin leads to death. These laws refer to the certainty and regularity that characterize the operations of the Spirit and sin. He was not referring to the Mosaic Law (cf. Paul used "law" here figuratively for "principle" ( Romans 8:23). "The Law condemns but the believer has a new relationship to the Law, and therefore he cannot be condemned." Note the absolute force of this great promise. He will experience no condemnation, and we, as those He represents, will not either. The Savior has suffered the consequences of our sins as our substitute. The reason is that the believer is in Christ Jesus. katakrima, penal servitude) means that God will never condemn us to an eternity separate from Himself for our sins. ![]() No condemnation is different from freedom from judgment ( 2 Corinthians 5:10). " Romans 3:20 shows the ’therefore’ of condemnation but Romans 8:1 gives the ’therefore’ of no condemnation. A Christian must believe that he or she has permanent acceptance with God before that one will grow much in grace and godliness. He reaffirmed justification as the indispensable basis for sanctification. "Therefore" introduces a conclusion based on everything that Paul wrote from chapter 3 on, not just chapter 7, specifically Romans 7:6. Actually the chapter gathers up various strands of thought from the entire discussion of both justification and sanctification and ties them together with the crowning knot of glorification." "It is altogether too narrow a view to see in this portion simply the antidote to the wretched state pictured in chapter 7. This chapter explains the benefits of sanctification made available through the presence and power of God’s Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. Whereas there are about 30 occurrences of "I" in chapter 7, there are 17 references to the Holy Spirit in chapter 8. This chapter contains the greatest concentration of references to the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, an average of one almost every two verses. In chapter 5 our security depends on the Son’s life and in chapter 8 on the Spirit’s power, both of which rest on the Father’s love. Both chapters end by affirming the eternal security of the believer. " Īs the fifth chapter climaxed Paul’s revelation concerning the justification of the sinner, so the eighth culminates the truth concerning the sanctification of the saint. "It is undoubtedly the chapter of chapters for the life of the believer. viii would be the sparkling point of the jewel." "Spener is reported to have said that if holy Scripture was a ring, and the Epistle to the Romans its precious stone, chap. ![]()
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