Good News
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Good News!
Good News!
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Introduction - Now when we see the stark contrast between the flesh and the Spirit, what conclusion do we draw? Good news
We deaden the works of the flesh and live....
Bad news sells - hurt disaster , family turmoil, financial collapse etc...
Tonight I want to share share Good news about what we possess
What we have
What we can do
We can finish strong
We can enjoy the Christian life.
It does not have to be burdemsone
It can be lived out with Joy and excitement
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free spirit.
The most exciting thing about the Christian life is hope. Not a hope so, guess so, think so, hope. But, an eager expectation (Romans 8:19) for the will of God to be revealed.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
David expressed this hope after a time of terrible sins in his life: adultery, murder, lying. If he can be restored to joy, so can you.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. (Psalm 51:12)
Tonight I want to talk about good new
What is it that gives us joy and hope in the Christian Life?
I. Debt Free
I. Debt Free
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Illustration of debt free - no ball and chain to answer to
When i get pain no one has their fingers on my check
When we get saved we are not debtors to the flesh
We owe nothing to to past works and are free ....
I no have the ability to live for Christ debt free from my past sin
I can live for God
yes I can reject pornography
yes I can tell the truth
yes I can keep by temper under control
All this is done through the humility and broken that comes from accepting Christ
Sin has wreaked havoc in ourselves, others, and the world. Sin has marred the image of God in mankind and introduced guilt, shame, fear, sorrow, pain, and death into the world (Genesis 2:17; 3:7, 10, 18, 19).
Sin resulted in our original ancestors being ejected from the garden of Eden (Genesis 3:24).
Every human now has a sin nature (Psalm 51:5). It is not only we who are adversely affected by sin; we damage others by our sinfulness (Matthew 15:19).
To be free from sin means to reverse these effects and to guarantee that they do not return.
This is exactly what God has promised to do and has already begun doing by sending His Son to break the power and penalty of sin (Genesis 3:15; John 8:36).
For those of us who have repented from sin and received Jesus Christ, freedom from sin has begun.
We who believe have been set free from the penalty of sin, including the fear of death, condemning guilt, and hell itself (Hebrews 2:14–15; Romans 8:1; John 3:16–18).
We have also been set free from the dominating reign of sin over our own hearts and conduct (Romans 6:6, 17–18). Having received the Spirit of God, we are given new hearts that desire to love and obey God (Romans 8:15; 2 Corinthians 5:17).
We are no longer bound to sin. Paul writes in Romans 6 about being free from sin and a slave to righteousness. In Christ, we are free to not sin and to instead live righteously.
We owe nothing to the flesh, to live according to its dictates. The old, evil, corrupt nature has been nothing but a drag. It has never done us a bit of good.
If Christ had not saved us, the flesh would have dragged us down to the deepest, darkest, hottest places in hell. Why should we feel obligated to such an enemy?
You are debt free and can live a life of excitement and joy w/o the bondage of debt
II. Spirit Lead
II. Spirit Lead
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
The good news is we are spirit led.... God lead us as we depend on him
Israel - 2013 we had no idea where we were going of what to see?
We could have landed in Israel and blindly wondered hoping to find Biblical places of signifinance
But the good news was before we arrived we had procured a tour director that knew exactly where to go and how to get there ..
He had soem indide the country places to see and many biblical illustrations of the places we went to.
When we receive Christ our life is to be lead by the spirit not bey us?
The spirit will mortify all the works of the flesh that used to appeal to us....
No longer to I have those desires .....
The good news is when have not bee left by our selves we have been given a comforter ....
vs 13 - Those who live according to the flesh must die, not only physically but eternally.
To live according to the flesh is to be unsaved. This is made clear in 8:4, 5. But why does Paul address this to those who were already Christians? Does he imply that some of them might eventually be lost? No, but the apostle often includes words of warning and self-examination in his Letters, realizing that in every congregation there may be some people who have never been genuinely born again.
The rest of the verse describes what is characteristically true of genuine believers. By the enablement of the Holy Spirit they put to death the deeds of the body. They enjoy eternal life now, and will enter into life in its fullness when they leave this earth.
You cant break that sin by your power but God’s
III. Adopted In
III. Adopted In
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
The last good news is that we have been adopted into the family of God .....
To be adopted means the father on purpose knowingly chose you to be a part of his family.
Natural kids are born into the family at birth they are part of the family weither the parents want them are not
An adopted child is chosen by the parents and a decision is made to become a part of the family.
I belong!
We all have the desire to belong and loved
Grandkids - loved failure that someone would reject them ...
Sonship implies reception into God’s family, with all the privileges and responsibilities of adult sons. A new convert does not have to wait a certain time before he enters into his spiritual inheritance; it is his the moment he is saved, and it applies to all believers, men and women, boys and girls.
8:15 Those living under law are like minor children, bossed around as if they were servants, and shadowed by the fear of punishment.
But when a person is born again, he is not born into a position of servitude. He is not brought into God’s household as a slave.
Rather, he receives the spirit of adoption; that is, he is placed in God’s family as a mature son. By a true spiritual instinct he looks up to God and calls Him
“Abba, Father.” Abba is an Aramaic word which suffers in translation.
It is an intimate form of the word father—such as “papa” or “daddy.” While we may hesitate to use such familiar English words in addressing God, the truth remains that He who is infinitely high is also intimately nigh.
The phrase the Spirit of adoption may be a reference to the Holy Spirit as the One who makes the believer aware of his special dignity as a son. Or it may mean the realization or attitude of adoption in contrast to the spirit of bondage.
8:16 There is a spiritual instinct in the newborn believer that he is a son of God. The Holy Spirit tells him that it is so. The Spirit Himself bears witness with the believer’s spirit that he is a member of God’s family. He does it primarily through the word of God. As a Christian reads the Bible, the Spirit confirms the truth that, because he has trusted the Savior, he is now a child of God.
8:17 Membership in God’s family brings privileges that boggle the mind.
All God’s children are heirs of God. An heir, of course, eventually inherits his father’s estate. That is just what is meant here. All that the Father has is ours. We have[1] We have not yet come into the possession and enjoyment of all of it, but nothing can prevent our doing so in the future. And we are joint heirs with Christ. When He returns to take the scepter of universal government, we will share with Him the title deeds to all the Father’s wealth.
When Paul adds, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together, he is not making heroic suffering a condition for salvation.
Neither is he describing some elite inner circle of overcomers who have endured great afflictions. Rather, he sees all Christians as being co-sufferers and all Christians as glorified with Christ. The if is equivalent to “since.” Of course, there are some who suffer more than others in the cause of Christ, and this will result in differing degrees of reward and glory. But all who acknowledge Jesus as Lord and Savior are seen here as incurring the hostility of the world, with all its shame and reproach.[2]
We will reign with him ....
Good News!
Debt free
Lead by the Spirit
Adopted In