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This morning at The Well we came upon Romans 8:31-39 in our study of the book of Romans. Paul begins this section by saying, “What shall we say about all these things…” Of course, the obvious question here is “what are all of these things?” Now, it could be all of what Paul has talked about in Romans or just the last few chapters, 5-8. But, I’m happy to say its all of Romans up to this point.
Here’s a quick snapshot of some of “all of these things…”
Salvation has been revealed and God has remained faithful to his covenant!
God’s wrath was revealed to man by giving him over to their desire to worship the creation rather than God himself, who made the creation.
This is true of everybody. Even the religious, even those who are supposed to be “righteous” in the worlds eyes.
It doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a gentiles, religious or not religious, all have turned away from God.
But God is faithful to his covenant.
We have been made right before Jesus.
We can have peace with God
We were once enemies; we are now his children.
While through Adam came death to all; through Jesus came life to all.
We are united with Christ in a way that what is true of him, is true of us.
We have moved from death to life.
We are now raised from the dead; so that we might bear fruit to God!
There is no longer any condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus!
We are not controlled by sin, but we’re controlled by the Spirit.
We are adopted as sons and daughters of God, we are co-heirs with Jesus Christ..
We eagerly await our full adoption, for our adoption to be made complete.
Now only we do eagerly await full redemption, but the world longs to …
