Romans 8 is a remarkable chapter in the Bible and one that we go to time and again for understanding and comfort. We’ve bitten off a good chunk for this Sunday as we look at Romans 8:18-30 under the theme of “The Gospel is Hope.”
Adoption, on its face, is among the most profound expressions of sacrificial love we will ever see. And it is adoption that comes into focus as we look at Romans 8:12-17 this Sunday.
Only a person who has been genuinely redeemed by Jesus Christ can appreciate how the move from death to life changes everything; what it means to “bear fruit for God” and to have “died to that which held us captive.”
Some think that the gospel is a free pass to keep sinning after we’re saved. Far from abusing grace in this way, Christians are called upon to be “slaves of righteousness” and no longer “slaves of sin.”