Amazing Grace Awesome God Romans 8 1 11

Amazing Grace. Awesome God. Romans 8: 1 -11

Amazing Grace. Awesome God. No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in him, is mine! Alive in him, my living head, And clothed in righteousness divine. Bold I approach the eternal throne, And claim the crown, Through Christ my own!

Amazing Grace. Awesome God. w Wesley began with a question mark w He ended with an exclamation mark Only God can bring the best of times out of the worst of times. w No condemnation … w No separation …

Amazing Grace. Awesome God. w Romans 7 – indwelling sin w Romans 8 – indwelling Spirit w Free from the penalty of sin (8: 1) w Free from the power of sin (8: 2) w Free from the practice of sin (8: 3)

Amazing Grace. Awesome God. Romans 8: 1 w We are part of God’s global family w We are his children … now! w We are brand new people w We are saints – and totally secure w We are pardoned sinners

Amazing Grace. Awesome God. Romans 8: 2 -4 ‘Free from the law, O happy condition’ w The law cannot claim us – verse 2 w The law cannot condemn us – verse 3 w The law cannot control us – verse 4

Amazing Grace. Awesome God. Romans 8: 5 -11 w Contrast between two very different lifestyles – the flesh versus the Spirit w A new mind – verses 5 -7 w A new fellowship – verses 8 -9 w A new hope – verses 10 -11

Amazing Grace. Awesome God. take-home message … for the Christian, the future is bright – the future is Christ!