Romans 8: God Is Always There

It may be because I am a bit out of tune and haven’t read in a while, but this chapter stumped me a few times.  Some of the ideas don’t make that much since to me so maybe when you read through this you can let me know what you thought.

Romans 8 begins by explain what we are as humans.  We are weak and undeserving but God saw our strength and what we could do, he had grace for us.  In verse 2 and three it says “for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh.” Gods spirit has always been present and with every new born Christian the Holy Spirit is made stronger and Gods light in the world becomes brighter through us.

My favorite verse in this chapter is verse 10: “If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.”  This is, to me, a really good reminder that we need to live by the sprit.  Our flesh is already dead, so what’s the point of living by it?  It is important to have faith and trust in Gods plan for us, trust that whether it is good or bad it is what is supposed to be happening. 

Verses 12 and 13 really highlight these ideas, and verse 17 reminds us that being a Christian isn’t always rainbows and calm seas. 

The next section, verses 20 to 30 is become a bit unclear.  We are to inherit the kingdom as Gods his children.  We are waiting to be accepted to his kingdom by the redemption of our bodies (verse 23).  This makes since, but it’s a difficult thing to be clear on and wrap our heads around. 

In verse 26 it says that the Holy Spirit helps up when we are unable to conjure up the words to use to speak with God.  It says that the Spirit intercedes for us, which makes since because the Holy Spirit is our link to God.  We are not always left to our own resources and efforts.  Our God is gracious and He meets us where and when we need him to.  He wont make us get there on our own.

Next in verses 28 and 29 we are reassured.  Even though things may not always be easy and things may not go the way we want or the way we planned, they will always work together for our good.  The only thing we need to worry about is being like Christ.  Which should be enough in itself to worry about.  We need to trust God, pray, share, ect. like Jesus did when he was flesh.  It is our job as Christians to be the body of Christ.  This means taking the beatings and persecutions as well.  Things are never promised to get better and in fact they will probably get worse, but we need to have faith even in the hard times or we will sink just like peter.

This chapter ends on a wonderfully positive note: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angles, nor principalities, nor things present, not things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Not even Satan can separate us from Gods love.  If we are perusing Him and we have faith, God will always be there.  Even when we walk away and being to sink He will have His hand stretched out towards us waiting for us to grab on so He can pull us back to Him. 

He will never leave us or forsake us.


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Superhero
by: Family Force 5

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