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Romans 8:1-13
30 June 2013
Role of good works in Christian life
Legalism?
Christianity is about keeping rules
Role of good works in Christian life
Legalism?
Christianity is about keeping rules
Antinomianism?
God’s grace means that no matter how I live, I
will still go to heaven
The message of Romans so far
Romans 3:21-25
But now the righteousness of God has been
manifested apart from the law, although the Law and
the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness
of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who
believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by
his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation
by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to
show God's righteousness, because in his divine
forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Romans 4:4-5
Now to the one who works, his wages are not
counted as a gift but as his due. And to the
one who does not work but believes in him
who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted
as righteousness,…
Romans 5:15
But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if
many died through one man's trespass, much
more have the grace of God and the free gift
by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ
abounded for many.
Romans 6:1
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in
sin that grace may abound?
Romans 6:15
What then? Are we to sin because we are not
under law but under grace?
Sequence of our salvation
Justification
Penalty of Sin removed (past)
Sanctification
Power of Sin removed (present)
Glorification
Presence of Sin removed (future)
Romans 6:1-7
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that
grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died
to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who
have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into
his death? We were buried therefore with him by
baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised
from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might
walk in newness of life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his,
we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection
like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him
in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing,
so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one
who has died has been set free from sin.
Romans 6:11-14
11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin
and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to
make you obey its passions. 13 Do not present your
members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness,
but present yourselves to God as those who have
been brought from death to life, and your members
to God as instruments for righteousness.
14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you
are not under law but under grace.
We are justified because the
Spirit has sanctified us
Romans 8:1-2
Romans 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law
of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ
Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Romans 7:21-23
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to
do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight
in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I
see in my members another law waging war
against the law of my mind and making me
captive to the law of sin that dwells in my
members.
Romans 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law
of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ
Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Justification
Sanctification
Pronouncement of judicial Growth in holiness &
verdict ‘not guilty’
obedience
Change in our legal
status/position
Change in our ethical
condition/nature
Instantaneous
Gradual
Christ’s righteousness
imputed to us
Personal righteousness
imparted to us
Romans 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law
of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ
Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Paraphrase:
There is therefore now justification for those
who are in Christ Jesus. For the Spirit of life
has sanctified them from the principle of sin
and death.
Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one
who does the will of my Father who is in
heaven.”
Romans 2:6-10
6 He will render to each one according to his
works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing
seek for glory and honour and immortality, he
will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are
self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but
obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and
fury. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for
every human being who does evil, the Jew first
and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honour and
peace for everyone who does good, the Jew
first and also the Greek.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will
not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who
practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the
greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
James 2:14-17
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone
says he has faith but does not have works? Can
that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is
poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and
one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be
warmed and filled,” without giving them the
things needed for the body, what good is
that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have
works, is dead.
Hebrews 12:14
14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the
holiness without which no one will see the
Lord.
1 John 3:6
6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning;
no one who keeps on sinning has either seen
him or known him.
We are sanctified by the Spirit
because of Jesus’ sacrifice
Romans 8:3-4
Romans 8:3-4
3 For God has done what the law, weakened
by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for
sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order
that the righteous requirement of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
according to the flesh but according to the
Spirit.
Romans 7:10-12
10 The very commandment that promised life
proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, seizing an
opportunity through the commandment,
deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So the
law is holy, and the commandment is holy and
righteous and good.
Romans 8:3-4
3 For God has done what the law, weakened
by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for
sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order
that the righteous requirement of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
according to the flesh but according to the
Spirit.
Romans 8:3-4
3 For God has done what the law, weakened
by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for
sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order
that the righteous requirement of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
according to the flesh but according to the
Spirit.
Romans 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law
of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ
Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Paraphrase:
There is therefore now justification for those
who are in Christ Jesus. For the Spirit of life
has sanctified them from the principle of sin
and death.
Sequence of our Salvation
Justification
Sanctification
Sequence of our Salvation
Justification
Sanctification
Or is it:
Sanctification
Justification
Romans 2:13
13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are
righteous before God, but the doers of the law
who will be justified.
Romans 6:16
16 Do you not know that if you present
yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are
slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin,
which leads to death, or of obedience, which
leads to righteousness?
James 2:24
24 You see that a person is justified by works and
not by faith alone.
Sequence of our Salvation
Initial justification (at conversion, by faith,
inward & invisible)
Sanctification (throughout the Christian life)
Final justification (on Judgment Day, by works,
outward & visible)
Glorification (eternal life in heaven)
Romans 8:30
30 And those whom he predestined he also
called, and those whom he called he
also justified, and those whom he justified he
also glorified.
There are only
two kinds of people
Romans 8:5-11
Romans 8:5-11
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds
on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to
the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to
set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on
the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the
flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's
law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot
please God.
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in
fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not
have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if
Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin,
the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit
of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he
who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to
your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Romans 8:5-11
5 For those who live are according to the flesh set their
minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live are
according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the
Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set
the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that
is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to
God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh
cannot please God.
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in
fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not
have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if
Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin,
the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit
of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he
who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to
your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Romans 8:5-11
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds
on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to
the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to
set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on
the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the
flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's
law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot
please God.
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in
fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not
have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if
Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin,
the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit
of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he
who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to
your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Those according to the flesh
Set their minds on the things of
the flesh (8:5)
Leads to death (8:6)
Mind is hostile to God (8:7)
Mind does not and cannot
submit to God’s law (8:7)
Cannot please God (8:8)
Subject to both physical and
eternal death
Will not share in eternal
resurrection life
Those according to the Spirit
Set their minds on the things of
the Spirit (8:5)
Leads to life and peace (8:6)
Mind is submissive to God
Mind can and does submit to
God’s law
Can and does please God
Subject to physical death, the
Spirit gives eternal/resurrection
life because of God’s gift of
righteousness (8:10)
Will be resurrected by God
through the Spirit just as Christ
was resurrected (8:11)
Paul David Tripp
“Since sin makes worship of yourself more
natural than worship of God, grace must free
you from your bondage to you.”
Charles Spurgeon
“It is ever the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our
eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan’s work
is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly
trying to make us regard ourselves instead of
Christ.”
Romans 8:5-11
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds
on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to
the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to
set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on
the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the
flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's
law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot
please God.
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in
fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not
have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if
Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin,
the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit
of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he
who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to
your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
There are only
two ways to live
Romans 8:12-13
Romans 8:12-13
12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to
the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For
if you live according to the flesh you will die,
but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds
of the body, you will live.
Colossians 1:29
29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy
that he powerfully works within me.
Philippians 2:12-13
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have
always obeyed, so now, not only as in my
presence but much more in my absence, work
out your own salvation with fear and
trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you,
both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace you have been saved through
faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the
gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no
one may boast.
Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For by grace you have been saved through
faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the
gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no
one may boast. 10 For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good
works, which God prepared beforehand, that
we should walk in them.
How then will you live?
Practical application
1. Never think that good works are optional
for final salvation
Practical application
1. Never think that good works are optional
for final salvation
2. Never rely on good works for salvation
Practical application
1. Never think that good works are optional
for final salvation
2. Never rely on good works for salvation
3. Work hard to put sin to death
deat
Galatians 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident:
sexual immorality, impurity,
sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife,
jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries,
dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness,
orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I
warned you before, that those who do such
things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Practical application
1. Never think that good works are optional
for final salvation
2. Never rely on good works for salvation
3. Work hard to put sin to death
4. Rest in God who works in us to produce
holiness
Letter by John Newton
“You say, you find it hard to believe it [is]
compatible with the divine purity to embrace
or employ such a monster as yourself. [In
thinking this, you] express not only a low
opinion of yourself, which is right, but too low
an opinion of the person, work, and promises
of the Redeemer; which is certainly wrong.”
Hebrews 7:25
25 Consequently, he is able to save to the
uttermost those who draw near to
God through him, since he always lives to
make intercession for them.