The Sermon Life On God's Terms by David McGee
Jun 5, 2011
Life On God's Terms (25:24)
Referenced Scriptures: Romans 8
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Romans 8
1) There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don‘t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2) For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
3) For what the law couldn‘t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh;
4) that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5) For those who are after the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6) For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
7) because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God‘s law, neither indeed can it be.
8) Those who are in the flesh can‘t please God.
9) But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn‘t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
10) If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
11) But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
12) So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13) For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
15) For you didn‘t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, "Abba! Father!"
16) The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
17) and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
18) For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
19) For the creation waits with eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
20) For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope
21) that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
22) For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
23) Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
24) For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
25) But if we hope for that which we don‘t see, we wait for it with patience.
26) In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don‘t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can‘t be uttered.
27) He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit‘s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
28) We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
29) For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30) Whom he foreordained, them he also called. Whom he called, them he also justified. Whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31) What then will we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32) He who didn‘t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
33) Who could bring a charge against God‘s elect? It is God who justifies.
34) Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
35) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36) Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
37) No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38) For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39) nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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The final thrombus after I find out back there. Remember doing a lot with Romans eight thousand by the computer and where do the message Bible. So you're looking for translation. Anyhow, the new Romans chapter eight. I was trying to the Danielle whatever your writing assignment is it. Sometimes it's like you followed the unifying theme to find this particular Scripture or in this case, the final chapter, so I'll have to write a chapter eight is one of those very unique chapters and the title of the that the chapter is life on God 's terms. And I ask you? God turn one are God 's terms for our life by one are God 's terms for our life, what, what would be some of the things that we would think of. I know that some some may, in and hopefully we totally erase those from our thinking, but some would think that God turns her judge mental that he is hard to please that et al. if you don't make it and not only in this life than the one to come that God has impossible expectations. Any others think it opens on the that I'm missing, but you know what I want are the times that God has that God isn't too happy with this world, and even a judgment is coming so whatever we think on God 's terms I think we have a lot to send there are elements of truth in these things that that there is there is a heaven and hell. There is a perfect there is a plan that God has for us. The other are there is judgment day is coming, and you know these five things, but whenever we can, in our studies. The lesson we and now is very much a part of father Paul had written to the church in Philippi, and now that the initial experience of what Paul was writing about and how that he was writing from prison, but yet as a writing from prison. He's writing to these group of people and the whole letter is filled with victory and in a sense of accomplishment and ascent that God has been to take care of us and that God has a purpose of the plan for our life, and that nothing will separate us from the love of God. All listings are in their own skin. So that's in and in the end, Paul's writings within the church, a fellow plot, but in Romans chapter eight verse one& there is therefore not error, therefore, that there so moderated what is there is therefore now no what to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit now the very first thing the very first thing that that we find in this chapter that living life on God 's time is that there is no condemnation. Anybody know what a condemning person is about what a condemned person is a condemned person is what somebody was sentenced someone who was that he is in jail awaiting execution. That person has condemned are down there is therefore no condemnation. There is no condemning qualities while counting, that was no condemning qualities in the person who is in Christ on a out and out in paragraph condemning thoughts in our you and if I don't make it. Hopefully we never tell them to our kids and grandkids. Yes, now you use the arm and I like these words devoted in our euros Nvidia never going to make it you not to do this you are previewing while you would think of such a thing never say those things enough never say those things never send them to yourself because the cute dog. We look at that and we look at the Christian life. The Christian life is filled with possibilities and authority to senior in Romans chapter eight life under our life on God 's terms. There's no condemning spirit. There is the spirit of Christ is not condemning you know when the spirit of God in whatever we feel guilty. I backup will bet there's a difference between guilt and guilt feelings. Guilt is that I have done something wrong and I'm guilty of my action that guilt. I bought forgiveness. Forgiveness is that God has forgiven me on my wrongdoing. He was without sin. Jesus Hedlund cast the first of so there's no one in there is no one that is without sin, hey, we've all stay to come short of the glory of God. Scripture says so. So our challenge is that we believe that Jesus Christ will forgive us of our sin, that will be taking Communion the blood of Jesus Christ shed upon the cross is the forgiveness of our sins without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God sacrificed himself so that we could have a right group should ship with Christ so that we would have an eternity with God so that we would be in that place that God wanted us to be when he created us before the fall, not last fall on mankind and I require the following mankind. God wanted to be in fellowship with him. I spread my friend Stan King separated Jesus Christ came and took away the separation so that we could be one with God. Now whenever we have Christ in our life that we have this oneness with God. There is now, therefore, no condemnation, no condemning spirit. If we are guilty, then there is something needs for human. So if I feel guilty I need to ask God please forgive me understand if I feel guilty that is in God guilt feelings don't belong to the child of God. Why, because the guilt is gone. If the guilt is gone. Y need to feel guilty for what is already forgiven. Now I must look for the opportunities that God is bringing about in my life and so I do not live under condemnation. The condemning spirit that I can't do won't do can't make it will not make it that those thoughts are not our most lots are not gods also confess their sins if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So our standards are forgiven. We are to have this relationship with Christ, and there is now, therefore, no condemnation, no condemning spirit to those who have rebelled against God, yes, there is again condemnation and we also see in this verse there is a character. There is a character quality that goes with it. No condemnation, and that character quality is that we walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit, spirit gives life, the spirit is the spirit of God that draws us to God gives us an understanding of God brings the presence of God. It are alive doll. There is no condemnation to Dalton walk in the character doesn't say that we are perfect without law, and all the didn't say that as we all always. We all stumble, fall Pauline and said things I wanted to I I don't do it also. Paul himself talked about his shortcomings and things went on in his life, but the new character that is in Christ is our weird change from the inside out and how they come by these privileges we come by then because of Jesus Christ. It is not by the law, you will law could not make people change. Now the ten Commandments EL- a rule those out they can have those in the in the schools and in public systems on the because they are associate. A lot of the change anybody law doesn't change it. The speed limit is fifty five. How many people have driven faster than fifty five hundred private driven by so getting a lot of the change is everybody knows what is the limited life. This may limit. I say what good is a fifty five okay on a note of Clearwater. This may limit hello, I flyer everybody say fifty five. Thank you I may limit is seventy five hundred have broken as they limit the login that you propagated it. My grandson is a whole saw the law doesn't make a big name in the ten Commandments, the you will make a perfect law can make you perfect by using the spirit of God works in our hearts to give us an attitude that all I going placid and fifty five, and I don't want a ticket but I know I know fifty eight. Your way with it. Hopefully, but the ideas easy exchanging for change when the spirit of God changes us. It changes us from the inside out versus three for thoughts about God when sin. This is when and whenever the law couldn't do this in my own ten Commandments wasn't enough. Paul says there's no condemnation to those who are in Christ, who, following in the character of Jurek of Christ who walk after the Spirit of Christ. Okay then talked about how this happened, verses three and four. God went for the jugular when he sent his son. He didn't get what the problem as something remote or unimportant. In his son Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of a struggling humanity to set it right once and for all the law code, weakened as a wise as a lot as it always was by fractured human nature, could never have done that so what happens is the lock button bring man back door right relationship with God. So therefore Jesus Christ went for the jugular. He went further, that the main part, of the reason of man was failing, became the law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid and now that the law code asked for but we couldn't deliver is accomplished as we instead of redoubling our efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us so, the law says ten Commandments says don't prevent you know the law that the commander for were forgiven. It were given to us for protection and for provision gag protect us protect our relationship with God protect our relationship with people have no other gods before me, and adults don't lie. Don't bear false witness don't those steel is your relationship with people. Don't break those relationship, but you see we did, and so I will try harder and I'll be better. Paul says embrace what the Spirit is doing in you embrace what the Spirit is doing in you. It's not about condemning you, and guilty new into this. I'll be a better Christian. You know, I don't want availability out a letter on the IL on the letter. Next time I'll push myself harder. I'll try harder. I'll be a better, not workers unity comes from our relationship with Jesus Christ comes by the Spirit of God, and it is a relationship is not being dealt. It's being led tilted is being manipulated, being led is my sheep know my voice, and they follow it out. Rhonda speaks under students and she has a couple of the year. She wants this, so I'm not referring to anyone in the class. When I use the sport story from many many many years ago others. It's the same with all of us that I'm right. I did the same when I was at the counseling nude but anyhow to talk about how she got this one will boy he had something that he installed in all it was in his hand and she says that belonged to sell, install, and it's been missing I fill it what you have. Yeah, I didn't feel it while you get found or was it within his desk and I found it at. I feel it now, but they got in years is that we all day as well as adults. While the Daniel years ago, you will level may be given OR is not my fault that if they went about this, I would've done that is not my fault in the law against the last went to grace and mercy of God into the hearts and changes us versus nine through eleven. But if God himself has taken up residence in our life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, was not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won't know what we're talking about, but for you welcome him in whom he dwells even though you still experience limitations of sin. You yourself experience life on God 's terms. Let's say because Jesus Christ is integrated your heart and into your life doesn't mean that we haven't experienced temptation and don't have problems and don't have difficulty that we have to face, but we have this experience of knowing Jesus Christ as our Savior. I idle back to the Hebrews eleven on that faith is the substance of things hoped for. Faith is a substance substance of our faith and words that come from the talk will be about this in Sunday school workers face come from faith comes from hearing the word of God, so as we hear the word of God. There is a stock since there are Scriptures there is evidence of Jesus Christ 's life is teaching is his burial. His resurrection and his ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit. We have all of the substance of those experiences coming together for our establishment of our faith. We believe in something, someone who is very real. So there is a substance to our faith. There is now, therefore, no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit there is substance to thinking and understanding. I'm not allowed to become the condemning or condescending to myself or others. There's a substance that they were such substance come from. It comes from God 's word, because God 's Spirit dwells in us. We just read. Now, it stands to reason, doesn't it, that if the alive and present God, who raised Jesus from the dead fans. The reason if the alive and present God, who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life. He'll do the same thing in you than he did in Jesus bring you a live to himself. Substance of our faith that if the same spirit, the raised Christ from the dead dwell in you, he will bring you a live to God. Not only whenever I have this body has ceased to have life but this body that is now given to Christ through forgiveness for the asking of forgiveness and the surrender of our life to him, allowing his spirit to bring us when God lives in brief interview and he dies as surely as he did in Jesus, you are delivered from that that deadline you are delivered from that deadline. The deadline that constantly couldn't keep the Commandments couldn't live right no matter how hard you try, has found a way to live. Why, because of God 's help and God 's mercy and God 's grace. And yes, we may fall, but falling isn't the problem. It's getting up again and keep on going with God 's Spirit in God 's help because of the substance of his work in the substance of that faith. It is alive in a is alive in us and against us. Against us move. Hold it against us in the beginning every day. The promises of God are renewed in our lives. The King James version of verse eleven, but the spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you either raised by Christ from the dead will quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit who dwells in you is a way of life on God 's terms. God 's terms about giving you life and giving it to us in abundance, giving us an understanding that there is a plan and a purpose for our lives in the no matter what happens in our life. God is at work. God is at work. God is at work in us, causing everything to come to a point, a place that is for us to grow and develop everything that we needed to be God put inside of us when we were yet in her mother 's will take, then we send our children you all. We all go to school& school. I know some of you, but at least the sixth grade and get a public involvement, he wasn't paying attention, but I I think about are we all went to go. We all learn things no doubt about it. Without instilling and building enough quality that were basic my bacon for our our growth or development and other. We can function in the dollars K what have not only with dolls. While that in there. But what if the things that we are yet to develop as a person is a character are still being brought out as we get into the obstacles and difficulties of life, no matter what our age. We hitter we enter difficulties, no matter why our responsibility. We enter difficulties that what brought upon something that we are either going to be critical and an end and condemnation condemning about it or we are not to see the opportunity disguised as difficult and how is that brought about by opportunities by the Spirit of God who is alive inside verse fifteen to seventeen, the resurrection life that you receive from God is not a timid, grave tending life. I like that this resurrection life that he received from God is not attended grave tending life. It's adventurous it's adventurously expectant adventurously expectant, are we adventurous are we expected grading dog with a childlike faith that what that pop-up. Broadside after one/ Popeye gets traveling here now we got her shoes on and were ready to go. Our life is without fear of constantly going to hell our life as a is an understanding that great opportunities await us to draw upon the that now resources that are already inside of us on March twenty nine gone now what he was doing from the very beginning. As I said from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him. Along the same lines as the life of his son. God is where that verse thirty one. This is that it is why started with the alternative verse thirty one what shall we then say to these things as you read the whole chapter is, you read that chapter and usually there's no condemning spirit as you see that the mystery of God that is revealed to us in Jesus Christ, the relationship has changed us know condemning spirit walking, not after the flesh, but after the spirit, not the law that could change us. But Jesus did. Embracing what God is doing in us and through us by his word. God has taken up residence in your life in the same spirit, the race price of the dead dwell in you, he will change real question you life on God 's time resurrected life is not a timid, grave tending life as adventuresome, God knew what he was doing whenever he formed you watch on at least saying, what shall then what shall we then say to all of these things, what shall we say to all of this knowledge, what shall we say to all of these experiences, what shall we say to all of the things that Paul is telling the church of Rome, what shall we say to all of the substance of our faith. What shall we say then to Jesus Christ in his love and his indwelling presence in us, what shall we say to all of this. Paul says they tell us and Paul blog because they hate you, they were scanning the facts I got off one by one. None of this phase is not because Jesus loved, but severe persecution in the but you know what, under the severest of persecution, not of this is anything different than what they did to Jesus. They do lots but not about this phases us because Jesus loves us, and this is and what we say to all of this. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing, nothing, living or dead angelic or demonic today or tomorrow high or low thinkable or unthinkable. Absolutely nothing can get between us and God 's love. Because of the way that Jesus our master has a brief stops in our efforts on this verse. A few weeks ago, but it's different today, but the ideas in this final thing not being can get between the way the God embraces us think God embraces us in such a way that nothing can ever separate. So what can we say to this, what can we say to all this knowledge, I am embraced by God, and nothing can tear us apart. He loves us themThe final thrombus after I find out back there. Remember doing a lot with Romans eight thousand by the computer and where do the message Bible. So you're looking for translation. Anyhow, the new Romans chapter eight. I was trying to the Danielle whatever your writing assignment is it. Sometimes it's like you followed the unifying theme to find this particular Scripture or in this case, the final chapter, so I'll have to write a chapter eight is one of those very unique chapters and the title of the that the chapter is life on God 's terms. And I ask you? God turn one are God 's terms for our life by one are God 's terms for our life, what, what would be some of the things that we would think of. I know that some some may, in and hopefully we totally erase those from our thinking, but some would think that God turns her judge mental that he is hard to please that et al. if you don't make it and not only in this life than the one to come that God has impossible expectations. Any others think it opens on the that I'm missing, but you know what I want are the times that God has that God isn't too happy with this world, and even a judgment is coming so whatever we think on God 's terms I think we have a lot to send there are elements of truth in these things that that there is there is a heaven and hell. There is a perfect there is a plan that God has for us. The other are there is judgment day is coming, and you know these five things, but whenever we can, in our studies. The lesson we and now is very much a part of father Paul had written to the church in Philippi, and now that the initial experience of what Paul was writing about and how that he was writing from prison, but yet as a writing from prison. He's writing to these group of people and the whole letter is filled with victory and in a sense of accomplishment and ascent that God has been to take care of us and that God has a purpose of the plan for our life, and that nothing will separate us from the love of God. All listings are in their own skin. So that's in and in the end, Paul's writings within the church, a fellow plot, but in Romans chapter eight verse one& there is therefore not error, therefore, that there so moderated what is there is therefore now no what to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit now the very first thing the very first thing that that we find in this chapter that living life on God 's time is that there is no condemnation. Anybody know what a condemning person is about what a condemned person is a condemned person is what somebody was sentenced someone who was that he is in jail awaiting execution. That person has condemned are down there is therefore no condemnation. There is no condemning qualities while counting, that was no condemning qualities in the person who is in Christ on a out and out in paragraph condemning thoughts in our you and if I don't make it. Hopefully we never tell them to our kids and grandkids. Yes, now you use the arm and I like these words devoted in our euros Nvidia never going to make it you not to do this you are previewing while you would think of such a thing never say those things enough never say those things never send them to yourself because the cute dog. We look at that and we look at the Christian life. The Christian life is filled with possibilities and authority to senior in Romans chapter eight life under our life on God 's terms. There's no condemning spirit. There is the spirit of Christ is not condemning you know when the spirit of God in whatever we feel guilty. I backup will bet there's a difference between guilt and guilt feelings. Guilt is that I have done something wrong and I'm guilty of my action that guilt. I bought forgiveness. Forgiveness is that God has forgiven me on my wrongdoing. He was without sin. Jesus Hedlund cast the first of so there's no one in there is no one that is without sin, hey, we've all stay to come short of the glory of God. Scripture says so. So our challenge is that we believe that Jesus Christ will forgive us of our sin, that will be taking Communion the blood of Jesus Christ shed upon the cross is the forgiveness of our sins without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God sacrificed himself so that we could have a right group should ship with Christ so that we would have an eternity with God so that we would be in that place that God wanted us to be when he created us before the fall, not last fall on mankind and I require the following mankind. God wanted to be in fellowship with him. I spread my friend Stan King separated Jesus Christ came and took away the separation so that we could be one with God. Now whenever we have Christ in our life that we have this oneness with God. There is now, therefore, no condemnation, no condemning spirit. If we are guilty, then there is something needs for human. So if I feel guilty I need to ask God please forgive me understand if I feel guilty that is in God guilt feelings don't belong to the child of God. Why, because the guilt is gone. If the guilt is gone. Y need to feel guilty for what is already forgiven. Now I must look for the opportunities that God is bringing about in my life and so I do not live under condemnation. The condemning spirit that I can't do won't do can't make it will not make it that those thoughts are not our most lots are not gods also confess their sins if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So our standards are forgiven. We are to have this relationship with Christ, and there is now, therefore, no condemnation, no condemning spirit to those who have rebelled against God, yes, there is again condemnation and we also see in this verse there is a character. There is a character quality that goes with it. No condemnation, and that character quality is that we walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit, spirit gives life, the spirit is the spirit of God that draws us to God gives us an understanding of God brings the presence of God. It are alive doll. There is no condemnation to Dalton walk in the character doesn't say that we are perfect without law, and all the didn't say that as we all always. We all stumble, fall Pauline and said things I wanted to I I don't do it also. Paul himself talked about his shortcomings and things went on in his life, but the new character that is in Christ is our weird change from the inside out and how they come by these privileges we come by then because of Jesus Christ. It is not by the law, you will law could not make people change. Now the ten Commandments EL- a rule those out they can have those in the in the schools and in public systems on the because they are associate. A lot of the change anybody law doesn't change it. The speed limit is fifty five. How many people have driven faster than fifty five hundred private driven by so getting a lot of the change is everybody knows what is the limited life. This may limit. I say what good is a fifty five okay on a note of Clearwater. This may limit hello, I flyer everybody say fifty five. Thank you I may limit is seventy five hundred have broken as they limit the login that you propagated it. My grandson is a whole saw the law doesn't make a big name in the ten Commandments, the you will make a perfect law can make you perfect by using the spirit of God works in our hearts to give us an attitude that all I going placid and fifty five, and I don't want a ticket but I know I know fifty eight. Your way with it. Hopefully, but the ideas easy exchanging for change when the spirit of God changes us. It changes us from the inside out versus three for thoughts about God when sin. This is when and whenever the law couldn't do this in my own ten Commandments wasn't enough. Paul says there's no condemnation to those who are in Christ, who, following in the character of Jurek of Christ who walk after the Spirit of Christ. Okay then talked about how this happened, verses three and four. God went for the jugular when he sent his son. He didn't get what the problem as something remote or unimportant. In his son Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of a struggling humanity to set it right once and for all the law code, weakened as a wise as a lot as it always was by fractured human nature, could never have done that so what happens is the lock button bring man back door right relationship with God. So therefore Jesus Christ went for the jugular. He went further, that the main part, of the reason of man was failing, became the law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid and now that the law code asked for but we couldn't deliver is accomplished as we instead of redoubling our efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us so, the law says ten Commandments says don't prevent you know the law that the commander for were forgiven. It were given to us for protection and for provision gag protect us protect our relationship with God protect our relationship with people have no other gods before me, and adults don't lie. Don't bear false witness don't those steel is your relationship with people. Don't break those relationship, but you see we did, and so I will try harder and I'll be better. Paul says embrace what the Spirit is doing in you embrace what the Spirit is doing in you. It's not about condemning you, and guilty new into this. I'll be a better Christian. You know, I don't want availability out a letter on the IL on the letter. Next time I'll push myself harder. I'll try harder. I'll be a better, not workers unity comes from our relationship with Jesus Christ comes by the Spirit of God, and it is a relationship is not being dealt. It's being led tilted is being manipulated, being led is my sheep know my voice, and they follow it out. Rhonda speaks under students and she has a couple of the year. She wants this, so I'm not referring to anyone in the class. When I use the sport story from many many many years ago others. It's the same with all of us that I'm right. I did the same when I was at the counseling nude but anyhow to talk about how she got this one will boy he had something that he installed in all it was in his hand and she says that belonged to sell, install, and it's been missing I fill it what you have. Yeah, I didn't feel it while you get found or was it within his desk and I found it at. I feel it now, but they got in years is that we all day as well as adults. While the Daniel years ago, you will level may be given OR is not my fault that if they went about this, I would've done that is not my fault in the law against the last went to grace and mercy of God into the hearts and changes us versus nine through eleven. But if God himself has taken up residence in our life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, was not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won't know what we're talking about, but for you welcome him in whom he dwells even though you still experience limitations of sin. You yourself experience life on God 's terms. Let's say because Jesus Christ is integrated your heart and into your life doesn't mean that we haven't experienced temptation and don't have problems and don't have difficulty that we have to face, but we have this experience of knowing Jesus Christ as our Savior. I idle back to the Hebrews eleven on that faith is the substance of things hoped for. Faith is a substance substance of our faith and words that come from the talk will be about this in Sunday school workers face come from faith comes from hearing the word of God, so as we hear the word of God. There is a stock since there are Scriptures there is evidence of Jesus Christ 's life is teaching is his burial. His resurrection and his ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit. We have all of the substance of those experiences coming together for our establishment of our faith. We believe in something, someone who is very real. So there is a substance to our faith. There is now, therefore, no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit there is substance to thinking and understanding. I'm not allowed to become the condemning or condescending to myself or others. There's a substance that they were such substance come from. It comes from God 's word, because God 's Spirit dwells in us. We just read. Now, it stands to reason, doesn't it, that if the alive and present God, who raised Jesus from the dead fans. The reason if the alive and present God, who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life. He'll do the same thing in you than he did in Jesus bring you a live to himself. Substance of our faith that if the same spirit, the raised Christ from the dead dwell in you, he will bring you a live to God. Not only whenever I have this body has ceased to have life but this body that is now given to Christ through forgiveness for the asking of forgiveness and the surrender of our life to him, allowing his spirit to bring us when God lives in brief interview and he dies as surely as he did in Jesus, you are delivered from that that deadline you are delivered from that deadline. The deadline that constantly couldn't keep the Commandments couldn't live right no matter how hard you try, has found a way to live. Why, because of God 's help and God 's mercy and God 's grace. And yes, we may fall, but falling isn't the problem. It's getting up again and keep on going with God 's Spirit in God 's help because of the substance of his work in the substance of that faith. It is alive in a is alive in us and against us. Against us move. Hold it against us in the beginning every day. The promises of God are renewed in our lives. The King James version of verse eleven, but the spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you either raised by Christ from the dead will quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit who dwells in you is a way of life on God 's terms. God 's terms about giving you life and giving it to us in abundance, giving us an understanding that there is a plan and a purpose for our lives in the no matter what happens in our life. God is at work. God is at work. God is at work in us, causing everything to come to a point, a place that is for us to grow and develop everything that we needed to be God put inside of us when we were yet in her mother 's will take, then we send our children you all. We all go to school& school. I know some of you, but at least the sixth grade and get a public involvement, he wasn't paying attention, but I I think about are we all went to go. We all learn things no doubt about it. Without instilling and building enough quality that were basic my bacon for our our growth or development and other. We can function in the dollars K what have not only with dolls. While that in there. But what if the things that we are yet to develop as a person is a character are still being brought out as we get into the obstacles and difficulties of life, no matter what our age. We hitter we enter difficulties, no matter why our responsibility. We enter difficulties that what brought upon something that we are either going to be critical and an end and condemnation condemning about it or we are not to see the opportunity disguised as difficult and how is that brought about by opportunities by the Spirit of God who is alive inside verse fifteen to seventeen, the resurrection life that you receive from God is not a timid, grave tending life. I like that this resurrection life that he received from God is not attended grave tending life. It's adventurous it's adventurously expectant adventurously expectant, are we adventurous are we expected grading dog with a childlike faith that what that pop-up. Broadside after one/ Popeye gets traveling here now we got her shoes on and were ready to go. Our life is without fear of constantly going to hell our life as a is an understanding that great opportunities await us to draw upon the that now resources that are already inside of us on March twenty nine gone now what he was doing from the very beginning. As I said from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him. Along the same lines as the life of his son. God is where that verse thirty one. This is that it is why started with the alternative verse thirty one what shall we then say to these things as you read the whole chapter is, you read that chapter and usually there's no condemning spirit as you see that the mystery of God that is revealed to us in Jesus Christ, the relationship has changed us know condemning spirit walking, not after the flesh, but after the spirit, not the law that could change us. But Jesus did. Embracing what God is doing in us and through us by his word. God has taken up residence in your life in the same spirit, the race price of the dead dwell in you, he will change real question you life on God 's time resurrected life is not a timid, grave tending life as adventuresome, God knew what he was doing whenever he formed you watch on at least saying, what shall then what shall we then say to all of these things, what shall we say to all of this knowledge, what shall we say to all of these experiences, what shall we say to all of the things that Paul is telling the church of Rome, what shall we say to all of the substance of our faith. What shall we say then to Jesus Christ in his love and his indwelling presence in us, what shall we say to all of this. Paul says they tell us and Paul blog because they hate you, they were scanning the facts I got off one by one. None of this phase is not because Jesus loved, but severe persecution in the but you know what, under the severest of persecution, not of this is anything different than what they did to Jesus. They do lots but not about this phases us because Jesus loves us, and this is and what we say to all of this. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing, nothing, living or dead angelic or demonic today or tomorrow high or low thinkable or unthinkable. Absolutely nothing can get between us and God 's love. Because of the way that Jesus our master has a brief stops in our efforts on this verse. A few weeks ago, but it's different today, but the ideas in this final thing not being can get between the way the God embraces us think God embraces us in such a way that nothing can ever separate. So what can we say to this, what can we say to all this knowledge, I am embraced by God, and nothing can tear us apart. He loves us them