Romans 8-9

Read Romans 8 - 9

"For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace." (8:6)

Where is your mind?

Peace is something we are promised many times as something we get through Jesus. It is also the only thing God promises in prayer. If we set our minds on God, things won't always be perfect, it won't make all your problems go away, but it will give you peace. A peace that we are told passes all understanding. Have you ever experienced that peace? Ask God to show it to you.

verse 15 tells us that God has adopted us as children. In a very real way we are given the right to call the Father our father. Abba is a word which was so revered that it couldn't be uttered due to the level of intimacy it conveyed. To call yourself a child of God was heresy and is what got Jesus killed ultimately. Now we are told we can refer to God in that same way.

One of the main messages of the chapter is summed up in verse 31, God is for us. Nothing can change that. God has adopted us as children and we cannot get away from that fact.

Chapter 9 covers many ways in which Jesus fulfills prophecy.

What is your reaction to verses 15-16?

Read ch 9 again, knowing that this was written to gentiles, what does it says about the nature of the relationship between gentiles and Jews?



Ch's 10-11 tomorrow.