Transcript Romans Paul’s Exposition of “Salvation by Grace Through Faith”

Romans
Paul’s Exposition of
“Salvation by Grace Through Faith”
Lesson 12
VI. God’s Righteousness:
PROVIDING FOR MAN’S NEEDS
Romans 8:1-39 (Page 92)
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D. Comfort in Suffering
Romans 8:18-25
1. Suffering is unimportant within God’s plan
(18-21)
a. Paul had just taught the Romans to embrace the
gospel of Christ and become heirs of God (17)
b. In verse 18, they are being told that they will
have sufferings
c. The sufferings of Christians come from two
areas:
 Because we are Christians
 Because of physical problems of all kinds
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D. Comfort in Suffering
Romans 8:18-25
1. Suffering is unimportant within God’s plan
(18-21) (continued)
d. Paul let them know the present sufferings are
insignificant compared to the glory to be
revealed to us after this life (18)
e. Their bodies will be raised in a better form and
into a better place
f. By faith they (and we) should be eagerly waiting
for this reward (19)
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D. Comfort in Suffering
Romans 8:18-25
1. Suffering is unimportant within God’s plan
(18-21) (continued)
g. God made all mankind (creation) subject to the
futility of this life (the bondage of corruption -physical death) as a temporary condition (20-21)
h. We have the hope of being delivered from this
condition to the glorious liberty of the children of
God (21)
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D. Comfort in Suffering
Romans 8:18-25
2. Suffering is not peculiar to God’s people
(22,23)
a. The entire human race endures their “birth
pains” hoping against hope that their sufferings
will come to an end (22)
b. But Christians (the firstfruits of the Spirit) groan
within themselves eagerly waiting the
redemption of the body (23)
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D. Comfort in Suffering
Romans 8:18-25
3. Hope for final relief improves character
(24,25)
a. The promise of the resurrection of all dead gave
a comforting hope to every saint (24)
b. We are saved in this hope by faith in the
resurrection -- something not yet seen (24)
c. Hope of reward fosters perseverance and
prevents us from abandoning our ultimate goal
(25)
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E. Assistance in Prayer
Romans 8;26,27
1. The Spirit helps when we cannot pray as we
should (26)
a. Another reward of the Spirit -- He helps in our
state of weakness (26)
b. This help is done in part through the guidance
He provides in the Scriptures (2 Tim.3:16,17)
c. The Spirit makes intercessions for us to God
because often “we do not know what we should
pray for as we ought” (26)
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E. Assistance in Prayer
Romans 8;26,27
2. God understands and accepts prayers thus
expressed (27)
a. God understands the Spirit’s request for us
because he knows the mind of the Spirit (27)
b. We may not know how the divine Beings work
together for us, but they do
c. What a comfort to know that we have a
representative to God who will intercede for us
“according to the will of God” (27)
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F. Trust in God’s Eternal Plan
Romans 8:28-30
1. “All things” work for our salvation (28)
a. “We know that all things work together for good
to those who love God, to those who are the
called according to his purpose” (28)
b. What a precious promise [1] to those called to
be a child of God and [2] to those who love God
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F. Trust in God’s Eternal Plan
Romans 8:28-30
2. God’s plan in its entirety will be
accomplished (29,30)
a. Never forget that God has a plan!
1) God foreknew those He would save (29)
 His choice of the saved was based on a class of
individuals, not on the individuals themselves
2) He predestined that the saved would be people in the
image of Christ (29)
3) He called to salvation those who were chosen (30)
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F. Trust in God’s Eternal Plan
Romans 8:28-30
2. God’s plan in its entirety will be
accomplished (29,30) (continued)
4) He justified those who accepted the call to be saved
(30)
5) He glorified the justified by a resurrection to eternal life
(30)
b. All five of these steps in God’s eternal plan were
formulated in His mind prior to the execution of
any of them.
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G. Conviction of Victory Over All Obstacles
Romans 31-39
1. God has shown His concern for our
salvation (31-32)
a. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (31)
b. What a profound promise to those brethren who
were weak and undergoing sufferings
c. Their opposition meant nothing as compared to
God’s support!
d. If God was willing to give His Son for us, he will
surely give us all things as long as we love Him
(32)
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G. Conviction of Victory Over All Obstacles
Romans 31-39
2. Man cannot negate the roles of God and
Christ (33,34)
a. No one can bring a charge against us if God has
forgiven us and justified us (33)
b. No one can condemn us if we meet the
conditions for forgiveness from God (34)
c. Christ died and was risen; He is at the right hand
of God; and, He makes intercession for us (34)
d. What a savior!
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G. Conviction of Victory Over All Obstacles
Romans 31-39
3. No influence from without can overcome our
faith (35,36)
a. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?”
b. What greater love for man can be shown than
for God to send His only begotten Son to die for
our sins
c. It is certainly not tribulation, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword
d. None of these things will cause God to withdraw
His blessings
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G. Conviction of Victory Over All Obstacles
Romans 31-39
4. Christians grow stronger through perseverance
in trials (37-39)
a. “We are more than conquerors through Him who
loved us” (37)
b. Paul was persuaded that nothing in this world, no
matter how powerful, could separate us from the
love of God (38, 39)
c. The only way one of His children can be separated
from His love, is for the person to just quit, to give
up, to stop loving Him. How sad when this happens.
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