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Romans 8:1-11

 

Faith in Jesus is a countercultural quality to possess.  To admit that you are helpless in the face of your sin is ridiculous in the climate of our culture. Faith in Jesus, however, is a mindset that makes us more of who we are created to be, not less.

Mindset

 — Dale Beaver

Message Notes

Romans 8:1-11

1 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. 3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. 4 He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit. 5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. 9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) 10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

 

Romans 7:21-24

21 I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22 I love God’s law with all my heart. 23 But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. 24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.

 

We are powerless over sin and condemned under its penalty. (7:21-23)

We are provided rescue through redemption. (7:24-25)

Those in relationship with Jesus are not condemned but set free (8:1-2)

 

Our mindset must be formed by the forgiveness we have in Jesus.

 

Romans 8:1

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

 

Romans 8:1

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

 

A legal term emphasizing the punishable outcome of a judgment; a sentence of doom.

 

Romans 8:1

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

 

The object of your faith determines the quality of your mindset.

 

Romans 8:2

And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.

 

Your mindset rests not upon the perfection of your character but the sufficiency of His forgiveness.

 

Romans 8:3-4

3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. 4 He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.

 

Romans 12:2

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.