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Romans 8:18

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Good morning! How do you get through suffering? Here's a tiny example, one that
is quite easy to get through:

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You just wince up a bit, and when you feel the prick you know it will be over
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Romans 8:18

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Good morning! You might think that, having discovered our status as heirs of
God and co-heirs with Christ, we would now hear from Paul that our troubles are
over. We've just more than won the lottery. What can possibly go wrong?

Lots, actually.

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Romans 8:17

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Good morning! It's good to be back. We're at table in the most amazing of
spiritual restaurants, and today Paul serves us this verse, truly the bread of
angels:

17and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,
provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
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Romans 8: 16

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Good morning! We shall take one last look at this verse by itself. Although its
wording is somewhat abstract, what Paul is talking about here is the highest
experience a person can know on this earth.

6The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

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Romans 8: 16

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Good morning! Here again is the great statement of Paul's about one of the most
thrilling possibilities in Christian -- indeed in all of human -- experience:

16The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

We know how we are, how we can screw anything up, how we can fake things and
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Romans 8: 16

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Good morning! We're dwelling on this great verse for several of our
meditations, because it's so filled with hope. Here it is again:

16The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

People really get this verse only during revivals, and as they do, that spreads
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Romans 8:16

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We continue with the great verse from Romans about being filled with the Holy
Spirit:

16The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

This is a big experience Paul is describing here, so let me list a few of the
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Romans 8: 16

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Here comes one of the greatest of all the statements of the New Testament, a
shining truth that can warm us forever:

16The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

It's just a clause, really, but it's like a great lozenge that we want to let
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Romans 8: 15

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Good morning! I hope you had a wonderful Easter celebration. I'm dwelling these
days a lot on this tremendous statement by Paul:

15For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you
have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

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Romans 8:15

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Good morning! It's very early in the first morning of Holy Week, and I'm glad
to spend these quiet moments with God and with you. I know that coming on in
the next few days is much work and I want to go into all of it from a time of
resting with my Father and you brothers and sisters.

It's good to think for a moment about Abba, about Dad, about Father!
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Romans 8:15

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Good morning! We're continuing to feed on this verse about the Spirit that
takes us from fear and bondage into adoption by the One who loves us.

15For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you
have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

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Romans 8: 14 - 15

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Good morning! As the church I lead expands its ministry, I'm struggling a bit
to find time to prepare these meditations. I expect the time crunch to last
until summer, so once a week will probably be all I can manage until then.
Nevertheless, we are right at the very heart of Romans now, so let's hang tough
and, in the words of my favorite Cable Guy, git r done.

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Romans 8: 14

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Good morning! Once again, let's reflect on Paul's statement that

14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

And daughters.

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Romans 8:14

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We've been following the example of the great Lloyd-Jones as he preached his
way through chapter 8, considering especially this verse, which invites us to
examine ourselves --

14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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Romans 8: 14

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Good morning! We're ruminating on this word from God:

4For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Daughters, too.

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Romans 8: 14

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Good morning! Here's how the new section opens:

14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

It's good to seat this in the overall presentation Paul is making. Having
established justification by faith as God's way of salvation, Paul then began
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Romans 8: 12 - 13

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Good morning! It's a fine day for some battle, and to battle we now go!

12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the
flesh. 13For 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.

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Romans 8: 12 - 13

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Good morning! Today and tomorrow I want to dwell again in these two verses,
because they are so filled with life.

12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the
flesh. 13For 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.
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Romans 8: 12 - 13

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Good morning! We have a text that we'll be dwelling in for a couple of days, a
text that comes just before the great peak of this chapter. Paul wants us to
understand that there is something we are supposed to be doing as a result of
the great gift God has given us in Jesus. Whenever he has been presenting
doctrine, he then applies it, and almost always applies it through reasoning.
He puts in one of his great "so then's":
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Romans 8:11

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Good morning! Great stuff to chew on today . . .

11If 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.

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