Romans Chapter 8

Chapter 1: I Want to Share the Gospel

Chapter 2: A Warning for Those Who Know

Chapter 3: No Reason to Boast

Chapter 4: The Promiser Is Powerful to Act

A review of chapter 5: We Have Peace before God

A review of chapter 6

Recognize Your New Relationship

— You died to sin

— Serve your new master

— Rejoice in your new future

A review of chapter 7

A Christian and God’s Law

— You died to the law

— Sin works death through the law

— I agree with, yet I disobey, the law

WAIT FOR FINAL VICTORY

Something exciting is going to happen in your life. What’s the hardest part about waiting?

SERVE YOUR FATHER WHILE YOU WAIT

Romans 8:1-17

We have a flesh but are not in the flesh

Read Romans 8:1-11

Because of our sinful flesh, the law’s intended purpose (Romans 7:10) was not achieved. How did life come?

What is the difference between living in the flesh (8:9) and having a sinful flesh in you (Romans 7:18)?

In respect is your body now dead (8:10)? In what respect will your body be made alive (8:11)?

Read Romans 8:12-17

Why is “putting to death” the actions of the body a good image for describing our battle against the sinful flesh?

Use the pictures included in verse 15 to help someone who says, “It’s got to be horrible to be a Christian. You have to obey all those rules.”

YOU DO NOT WAIT ALONE

Romans 8:18-25

Suffering now, rescue later

Read Romans 8:18-25

As children who serve out of love for the Father, we enjoy another characteristic of children: an inheritance. Whatever sufferings we experience now, they don’t even come close to comparing to the glory that is coming. In what way does creation help make this point? (Cars on the roadside at Rocky Mountain National Park)

God says that creation was subjected to futility. What evidence do we see of this?

What is creation looking forward to? What are we Christians looking forward to?

What truths help you eagerly look forward to heaven while still being patient?

GOD HELPS YOU WHILE YOU WAIT

Romans 8:26-39

If God is for us . . .

Read Romans 8:26-27

Not only does creation help us as we suffer from the assaults of our flesh and from the hurts of life. What other assistance has God provided us?

Read 1 John 5:14-15. Why are the Spirit’s prayers so precious?

Read Romans 8:28-30

Why is it helpful, as we are facing difficult times in our lives, to remember that our salvation is completely God’s work?

Read Romans 8:31-39

As we fight the weakness of our flesh and find ourselves sinning against our will (Ro 7), we might despair. What comfort does God give us?

In what way does the phrase “is at the right hand of God” add to our joy?

Explain why it can be said that we don’t just survive in suffering; we SUPER-CONQUER in sufferings.

Any enemy we might face as we wait for final victory is something created. Why is this fact so important to remember?

WAIT FOR FINAL VICTORY

Serve your Father while you wait

You do not wait alone

God helps you while you wait

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