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Romans 8:34
34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died–more than that, who was raised to life–is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died–more than that, who was raised to life–is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
Jesus came not to condemn the world but to save it, as John's Gospel makes clear. Condemnation was already a reality due to God's justice against sin, and Jesus warned those who placed hope in their own righteousness that Moses himself would accuse them for not keeping the Law. We have a great hope, however -- that Jesus was sacrificed to secure our freedom from the Law's demands and also was raised so that we might have a new spiritual life. As Moses interceded for the people of Israel on Mt. Sinai, Jesus intercedes now and evermore in heaven on behalf of the Church and ministers to her through the Spirit (see Isaiah 53:12, Hebrews 9:24-26). Who will condemn us, then, if Christ is advocating for us in heaven pleading our blood-bought freedom and forgiveness in the face of all our adversities?
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Romans 8:24
24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
What is our guiding hope, the unseen reality that our faith is directed at? It is simply and beautifully this -- eternal life with Christ through the promised resurrection. This shows in Paul's description of his own salvation in Philippians 3, as he talks about how Christ 'had made him his own'. Paul lost all that he had known in coming to this knowledge of Christ, and all of his life's purpose was directed toward the end of knowing Jesus and the fellowship of His suffering, even to the point of imminent execution. What is the ending to this great passage about enduring all of these things? "...that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead." Here, too, Paul has been talking about suffering and now he reminds them that there is a greater purpose to their living and dying for Christ which will only be clear in the coming age. For now we are to live faithfully for this unseen hope, which looks like foolishness and a giving-away of everything precious to those living under the light of the various hopes of the world. As John says, 'what we will be has not yet appeared...' (1 John 3:2).
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Romans 8:23
23Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
23Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
If the transition between the present age and the age of glory is likened to birth pains, Paul gives us no reason to believe that we who experience the first-fruits of God's Kingdom in our lives will attain to glory without going through the same process. What we await is an eternal weight of glory (see 2 Cor. 4:16-18) that we set our hope on as we groan with anticipation, endure suffering in patience, or persevere in faith through trial and temptation. It is the work of the Holy Spirit in us that makes us aware of our inheritance in Christ; we shouldn't be surprised to find that walking in the Spirit will cause us to yearn and groan increasingly as we become less and less satisfied with fleeting things and more and more satisfied in Christ.
Bookmarked 10 months ago.
Romans 8:19
19The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
19The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
Paul has in mind the complete plan of salvation from beginning to end -- from Fall to Glory. The creation has been awaiting its full redemption since Adam and Eve sinned and brought the curse upon not only humans but even the created order itself (Genesis 3:17-19). We are in the aftermath of Jesus's incarnation, death, resurrection, and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon believers--signs that God's kingdom has come and is coming to the earth. 'The old has passed away', and finally the new has come -- new life in the Spirit, a new hope in the resurrection of our bodies, and a new day of victory for the children of God who were captive to sin and will still experience death (unless the Lord comes before we die). The next few verses will show very clearly that the groaning of creation hasn't ceased, but rather become more pronounced as it awaits the completion of the redemption that started and will be completed upon Christ's return. The creation waits for the revealing of the children of God because it is only at the resurrection that God in His glory -- Jesus Christ our Lord -- will dwell among all created things, seated on the throne amidst the New Jerusalem (see Rev. 21).
Bookmarked 10 months ago.
Romans 8:11
11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
We have new life in the Spirit even in the midst of the presence of sin within our frail bodies, and yet this is not how it will always be. When Christ returns and the dead are raised, all of sin's effects will be finally reversed and we will be with the Lord. Then we receive our inheritance -- a new body and a new home in God's presence, an unshakeable kingdom and a glorious, powerful bodily life (see 1 Corinthians 15). This is the hope of the Christian and a crucial part of the Gospel that we cannot neglect to proclaim. In the midst of death's reign, there is no real hope apart from resurrection -- simply making life better for people now does not answer humanity's deepest problem. And yet we have hope that we will be raised just as Christ was raised on the third day, by the power of the Holy Spirit within us who also raised our Lord. This is our hope and the greatest encouragement to run the race well and receive the crown of glory that awaits the faithful (Heb. 2:9,14-15).
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