Transcript Faith Works: Ridin’ in the Spirit Romans 8:1-17 BIG IDEA: Give _____ _____ to your reins the Holy Spirit.

Faith Works:
Ridin’ in the Spirit
Romans 8:1-17
BIG IDEA:
Give _____
_____ to
your reins
the Holy Spirit
Where God has me…
Where God wants me…
What God promises me…
Therefore, there is now no
condemnation for those who
are in Christ Jesus…
v. 1
Where God has me…
There is
___
no condemnation
_______________
for me as a
Christ follower
… …because through Christ Jesus
the law of the Spirit of life set me
free from the law of sin and death.
For what the law was powerless to
do in that it was weakened by the
sinful nature, God did by sending
his own Son in the likeness of
sinful man to be a sin offering.
v. 2-3
Where God has me…
I’m ____
set ____
free
through Christ by
the Spirit
…in order that the righteous
requirements of the law might
be fully met in us, who do not
live according to the sinful
nature but according to the
Spirit.
v. 4
Where God has me…
I’m made
positionally
_____________
right
_____ with God
through the Spirit
Those who live according to the
sinful nature have their minds set
on what that nature desires…The
mind of sinful man is death… the
sinful mind is hostile to God. It
does not submit to God’s law, nor
can it do so. Those controlled by
the sinful nature cannot please
God.
v. 5-8
Not true for
those controlled
___ ____
by _____
the flesh
Where God wants me…
As I give ___
my _____
reins to
the Spirit –
_____
I’ve ____
got ____
new ____
life
You, however, are controlled
not by the sinful nature but
by the Spirit, if the Spirit of
God lives in you.
v. 9
Val Downs
1. Comfort for friends who lost family members
in the recent earthquake
2. Pray that her visa will be renewed
3. Pray safe travel to a remote township school
4. Pray that the government will allow her to
stay in the "promised land"
Val Downs - Asia
Where God wants me…
obligated to let
I’m __________
the Spirit ________
control me
Therefore, brothers, we have an
obligation – but it is not to the
sinful nature, to live according to it.
For if you live according to the
sinful nature, you will die; but if by
the Spirit you put to death the
misdeeds of the body, you will
live… v. 12-13
What God promises me...
I’ll receive _________
practical
everyday ________
leading
_________
from the Spirit
…those who are led by
the Spirit of God are
sons of God.
v. 14
What God promises me...
I’ll experience
________
fearless __________
friendship
with Father God
For you did not receive a
spirit that makes you a slave
again to fear, but you
received the Spirit of
sonship. And by him we cry,
“Abba, Father.”
v. 15
What God promises me...
I’m assured that I
______
____
belong __
to God
The Spirit himself testifies
with our spirit that we are
God’s children.
v. 16
What God promises me...
I’m a _______
co-heir
with Christ
Now if we are children, then we
are heirs – heirs of God and coheirs with Christ, if indeed we
share in his sufferings in order
that we may also share in his
glory.
v. 17
Who will ______
hold my
___
______
reins this week?