Romans 8

Continued (Vs. 14-28)

Earlene Davis

V. 14 – Walk in the Spirit[ of God is proof we are born of God, that we are His sons. Walking in the Spirit also speaks of development into full grown sons. God sent His Spirit to teach us His Word and show us the way to have a victorious life in Christ. We learn to follow the Spirits leading. The Holy Spirit tells us all about our Lord – Jn. 16:13-15, “When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall  not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come, He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said, I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.” The more He reveals to us, the more we want to know Him that loves us so. And our love for Him deepens more and more. This is how the believer grows out of baby hood or from being carnal and self-willed.

V. 15 – The law only leads into bondage and fear, but the Spirit has brought us into sonship. By God’s grace He has made us His sons by the death of His Son; and it is His Spirit that conducts us into His  presence without constraint. We come unto our heavenly Father, as His sons. V. 16 – Thank God for this witness, its not just a feeling, but is based on the Word of God. V. 17 – As children of God, we have a great inheritance. It is real and worth seeking. Some will get a greater, fuller reward than others. Some will  have joint-heirship with Christ (If we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him). Not all believers appreciate their inheritance, nor desire it, because of the sacrifice.

V. 18 – When we get a glimpse of glory, the toils of this life seem nothing. II Cor. 4:17, “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory (there is no comparison). We look forward to that glorious day. All the glories in store for Christ can be ours, as we follow our guide and overcome the difficulties in the way He leads. The glory shall be revealed IN us. V. 19 – We not only wait for our blessings as sons of God, but for all creation’s deliverance. 

Vs. 20–21 – The whole lower creation of which Adam was made the head, has been in confusion since Adam’s fall. Its unveiling is dependent on the manifestation of the sons of  God. Man’s full redemption will free creation from the bondage of corruption and bring liberty. We have such a meager conception of the marvelous fact that we are the sons of God. We look at each other and we see the veil of the flesh. Just like men did when they looked upon Jesus as he walked among them. They did not see the Lord of glory in that humble guise. We also don’t see the Son of God, the true life as we look on the outward man. All creation is waiting for its true Lord. THE SON, with the sons of God. And all created intelligence in heaven and on earth and under the earth shall bow and marvel at the unveiling of the sons of God. 

 

Vs. 22-23 – All creation groans and moans and sighs. And believers also look forward for deliverance in expectation. Our new man longs for his body of glory, which will have no infirmity. The Lord once gave me a dream of this which I shall never forget. We won’t look old, for He has said, “Behold, I make all things new” – Rev. 21:5. Vs. 24-25 – This statement “we are saved by hope” refers to the body. For we have not come into our redemption rights concerning the body. We are still waiting with patience for that new heavenly body. It is still future. If we already had our glorified bodies as some say, we would not be hoping for them.

We are in a body of limitations and infirmities, and we grown for deliverance and the Spirit like wise groans and prays effectually for the perfect will of God, though there maybe no utterance. We don’t always pray what we should, but the Spirit over-rules and prays and prevails. We get the answer for what we should have asked if we had only known. It is marvelous how God undertakes for us in every way. God searches our hearts and sees the need for which the Spirit is making intercession and God’s will comes to pass. V. 28 – No matter how things appear, the all things are working for our good in answer to the Spirit’s groaning. Yet, this does not apply to every believer. It is true to those that love God and that are called according to His purpose.

Many of God’s people love the world and the flesh more than they love God. So they do not surrender to God nor find their place in His perfect will. The all things are not working for them. Believers that put God first in their lives and yields to Him, do not complain when trials come, for they know and believe Rom. 8:28.

I pet. 4:12-13 , “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as through some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” And V. 19,  “Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.”

To be continued