1. 1.Introduction 1:1-15 2.Condemnation 1:16 - 3:20 3.Justification 3:21 - 4:25 4.Salvation 5:1 - 8:38 5.Illustration 9:1 - 11:36 6.Application 12:1 - 15:13 7.Conclusion 15:14 - 16:27

2. Romans 8:12-13 We don’t have to live according to the flesh.

3. Romans 8:12-13 We will have an experience of death if we live in relation to it. Romans 7:9, 11

4. Romans 8:12-13 Every believer knows the experience of feeling cut off from God and our inner self being subdued.

5. Romans 8:12-13 The joy and the peace we had experienced is gone.

6. Romans 8:12-13 When the promptings of the body are not followed, life changes.

7. Romans 8:12-13 We can again enjoy the eternal life that has been given to us when we live by the Spirit.

8. Romans 8:14-39 Spiritual victory over suffering.

9. Romans 8:14-39 Remember? We can view suffering differently! Romans 5:4

10. Romans 8:14 – Living Like Adults The person who lives with their mind set on the things of the Spirit is the person who is “led by the Spirit of God”.

11. Romans 8:14 – Living Like Adults Being led by the Spirit is not a reference to a feeling or inner direction.

12. Romans 8:14 – Living Like Adults Being led by the Spirit is a person who is living what God has revealed (8:4).

13. Galatians 4:1-7 – Living Like Adults The issue here is a minor child (not of legal age) vs. an adult child, a son, (one no longer under a tutor).

14. Adult children vs. Minor children Romans 8:14 Son (8:14) Heir (8:14, 17) Spirit’s cry, “Abba” (8:15) Adoption (8:15) Galatians 4:1-7 Son (4:4, 6) Heir (4:1, 7) Spirit’s cry, “Abba” (4:6) Adoption (4:5)

15. Romans 8:14 – Living Like Adults When we are led by the Spirit, believers are acting as adult sons, not simply children.

16. Romans 8:14 – Living Like Adults When we walk according to the Spirit, we are not like children under that Law, but experiencing freedom.

17. Romans 8:15 – Living Like Adults To be under the Law is to live in bondage and the fear of the retribution of the Law.

18. Romans 8:15 – Living Like Adults When we live as spiritual adults, we realize more and more the close relationship we have with God.

19. Romans 8:16 – Living Like Adults “bears witness” “to provide supporting evidence…support by testimony”

20. Romans 8:16 – Living Like Adults Our spirit (8:15) and God’s Spirit both testify to the Father that we are His.

21. Romans 8:16 – Living Like Adults This knowledge gives us strong confidence in prayer, whether we know what to pray or not! (8:26-27)

22. Rom. 8:17 – Living Like Adults in Suffering All believers are “heirs of God” and headed for an inheritance that is free of “sin, suffering, corruption, and death”. (Hodges, p. 224)

23. Rom. 8:17 – Living Like Adults in Suffering Notice that there are two heirships: 1)Heirs of God, and 2)Co-heirs with Christ…IF…

24. Rom. 8:17 – Living Like Adults in Suffering Co-heirship with Christ depends on our suffering with Him.

25. Rom. 8:17 – Living Like Adults in Suffering Co-suffering Co-heirship Co-glorified

26. Rom. 8:17 – Living Like Adults in Suffering In the Scriptures, suffering precedes glory. 1 Peter 1:11; also Mt. 20:22-23

27. Rom. 8:17 – Living Like Adults in Suffering Enduring in life is critical to our co-heirship with Jesus. 2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 2-3; esp. 3:21; note Heb. 5:8-9