Romans 8:12-17
Big Idea: In Christ We Are No Longer Alienated From God But Adopted By God.
“And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, He has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His (Jesus’s) death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him.”
- Colossians 1:21-22
Children Of God (Romans 8:12-17):
1) Have new identity and faith family (v. 14)
2) Have a confident security and authority (v. 15a)
3) Have a deep relational intimacy with God (v. 15b)
4) Have a glorious eternal inheritance (v. 16-17)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.”
– 1 Peter 1:3-4
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
– John 16:33
“Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.”
– Acts 6:41