SEVEN CRITICAL QUESTIONS (5 OF 5)
by Craig Smith
Scripture: Romans 8:31-39
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Seven Critical Questions (5 of 5)
Series: Fresh Wind - Romans 8
Craig Smith
Romans 8:31-39
Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. Whether you're joining us online or in person, we're so glad to have you with us today. We're wrapping up our Fresh Wind series today. For the last several weeks, we've been working our way through Romans 8, unpacking the simple but powerful truth that following Jesus isn't about rowing hard, it's about raising sails to catch the fresh wind of God's Spirit.
Because when we say yes to following Jesus, several things happen. Our sins are forgiven. We are adopted as God's children. And, the Holy Spirit, who is both the person and the power of God, comes into our lives and begins to do something no other religion can. Every religion has rules...and the rules tell us the kind of people we should be. But Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit so that we could be everything the rules tells us we should be. The Holy Spirit actually begins to move us forward in becoming what God always intended us to be which, we saw last week, hard as this might be to believe, is glorious. God created us to be glorious. To be the kind of people that, if we could see ourselves now as we will be, we would think ''there's no way...that can't possibly be me.'' But as a follower of Jesus, it will be. That's what the Holy Spirit is doing in our lives...turning us into men and women who are - to use God's word - glorious.
We've covered a lot of ground over the last few weeks, but as we wrap this series up, as Paul draws Romans 8 to its conclusion, he looks back at all the incredible things he's taught us and he asks a series of seven questions that I think help us to grab hold of everything he's been telling us.
So if you want to grab a bible and start making your way to Romans 8, we'll be starting in verse 31 today. And Paul starts right off the bat with the first of these six important questions:
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What, then, shall we say in response to th ...
Series: Fresh Wind - Romans 8
Craig Smith
Romans 8:31-39
Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. Whether you're joining us online or in person, we're so glad to have you with us today. We're wrapping up our Fresh Wind series today. For the last several weeks, we've been working our way through Romans 8, unpacking the simple but powerful truth that following Jesus isn't about rowing hard, it's about raising sails to catch the fresh wind of God's Spirit.
Because when we say yes to following Jesus, several things happen. Our sins are forgiven. We are adopted as God's children. And, the Holy Spirit, who is both the person and the power of God, comes into our lives and begins to do something no other religion can. Every religion has rules...and the rules tell us the kind of people we should be. But Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit so that we could be everything the rules tells us we should be. The Holy Spirit actually begins to move us forward in becoming what God always intended us to be which, we saw last week, hard as this might be to believe, is glorious. God created us to be glorious. To be the kind of people that, if we could see ourselves now as we will be, we would think ''there's no way...that can't possibly be me.'' But as a follower of Jesus, it will be. That's what the Holy Spirit is doing in our lives...turning us into men and women who are - to use God's word - glorious.
We've covered a lot of ground over the last few weeks, but as we wrap this series up, as Paul draws Romans 8 to its conclusion, he looks back at all the incredible things he's taught us and he asks a series of seven questions that I think help us to grab hold of everything he's been telling us.
So if you want to grab a bible and start making your way to Romans 8, we'll be starting in verse 31 today. And Paul starts right off the bat with the first of these six important questions:
Main Body
What, then, shall we say in response to th ...
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