1. Romans Chapter 8

2.  Rome was a
place of power.

3.  It was also a
place of tension.

4. Acts 18:2
[2] And he found a Jew named
Aquila, a native of Pontus,
having recently come from
Italy with his wife Priscilla,
because Claudius had
commanded all the Jews
to leave Rome. …

5. Romans 7:24
[24] Wretched man that I am!
Who will set me free from the
body of this death?

6. A Theme of Victory

7. 1) Victory over our past.
 Through the
work of
Jesus Christ.

8. Romans 8:1-4
[1] Therefore there is now
no condemnation for those
who are in Christ Jesus.
[2] For the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus has set
you free from the law of sin
and of death.

9. Romans 8:1-4
[3] 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,

10. Romans 8:1-4
[4] so that the requirement of
the Law might be fulfilled in
us, who do not walk
according to the flesh but
according to the Spirit.

11. 2) Victory in our present.
 Through
the work of
the Spirit.

12. Romans 8:7-9
[7] because the mind set on
the flesh is hostile toward
God; for it does not subject
itself to the law of God, for it
is not even able to do so,
[8] and those who are in the
flesh cannot please God.

13. Romans 8:7-9
[9] However, you are not
in the flesh but in the Spirit,
if indeed the Spirit of God
dwells in you. But if anyone
does not have the Spirit
of Christ, he does not
belong to Him.

14. Romans 7:6
[6] But now we have been
released from the Law,
having died to that by which
we were bound, so that we
serve in newness of
the Spirit and not in
oldness of the letter.

15. Romans 8:11
[11] But if the Spirit of Him
who raised Jesus from the
dead dwells in you, He who
raised Christ Jesus from the
dead will also give life to
your mortal bodies through
His Spirit who dwells in you.

16. Romans 8:13
[13] for if you are living
according to the flesh, you
must die; but if by the
Spirit you are putting to
death the deeds of the
body, you will live.

17. Romans 8:14
[14] For all who are being
led by the Spirit of God,
these are sons of God.

18. Romans 8:16
[16] The Spirit Himself
testifies with our spirit that
we are children of God,

19. Romans 8:26-27
[26] In the same way the Spirit
also helps our weakness;
for we do not know how to
pray as we should, but the
Spirit Himself intercedes
for us with groanings
too deep for words;

20. Romans 8:26-27
[27] and He who searches the
hearts knows what the mind
of the Spirit is, because He
intercedes for the saints
according to the will of God.

21. 3) Victory in our future.
Through the
love of God.

22. Romans 8:18,23
[18] For I consider that the
sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be
compared with the glory that
is to be revealed to us.

23. Romans 8:18,23
[23] And not only this, but also
we ourselves, having the first
fruits of the Spirit, even we
ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting eagerly for
our adoption as sons, the
redemption of our body.

24. Romans 8:28
[28] And we know that God
causes all things to work
together for good to those
who love God, to those
who are called according
to His purpose.

25. Romans 8:31-39
[37] No, in all these things we
are more than conquerors
through him who loved us.
(ESV)

26. Reflecting on what
Christ has done…

27. No matter what the world throws
at us - we are more than
conquerors – let’s live like it!