Overcoming Through Suffering and Weakness: Romans 8

1st Suffering Happens: Even to the Children of God. 14-18

Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this Present time are not worthy to be compared with the gory that is to be reveled to us.

Sufferings: Misfortune, calamity, Loss, Evil and Affliction

Jesus Suffered: Isaiah 53:1-9 1 Peter 2:20-25

Paul Suffered: 2 Corinthians 11:22-28

We Suffer: 1 Peter 5:6-11

2nd Weakness Abounds:

Weakness: Without strength: Moral weakness, infirmity, disease sickness, Physically and Morally weak.

It’s those moments in life when we lack strength and even the capacity:

– To understand what’s going on in our trials
– To do great and glorious things.
– To Restrain sinful and corrupt desires
– To Bear trials and troubles
– To Say no to sin, take offense.

3rd We Overcome: We Get Through: 26-39

By the Holy Sprit’s Work/Intercession 26-27

The Spirit Constantly Helps You: John 16:7 (The Helper)
The Spirit Empowers You! Acts 1:8
The Spirit Leads You into all truth 1 John 2:20
The Spirit Sanctifies Your 1 Thessalonians 2:13
The Spirit Convicts You of Your Sin. John 16:8
The Spirit Prays for you according to the will of God: Romans 8:26

We Get Through By The Incredible Work of the Father 28-30

– He Causes All Things To Work Together for Our Good

Matthew 15:8 This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me. 9 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.

John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My Commandments.

– He Causes All Things To Work Together for Our Good According to His Purpose:

Purpose: Determination: To Be Conformed into the Image of His Son.
Conformed: To have the same form as another, fashioned like unto

By the Work, Rule and Intercession of Jesus 31-39

– Jesus, the Son is Not Spared. But is delivered over for us all.
If He Gives You His Best then He will Give you the Rest.
– Jesus Raised at the right hand of God, also intercedes for us
– Nothing Separates Us from the Love of Christ. The Love that compels us and controls us.
– We Overwhelmingly Conquer Through Our Suffering and Trials

Look what He’s been talking about: Romans 8:1-8

– We Believe that We are in Christ and in Christ there is No Condemnation: 1
– We Set Our Mind On the Spirit of the Life: 6

Colossian 3:1-4 – We Keep Seeking the Things Above where He Is!
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Suffering & Weakness Produce in us an Eternal Weight of Glory

– We Walk by the Spirit, Not the Flesh: 13
– We have been set free from a Spirit of Slavery 15
– We Are Children of God: We cry Out Abba! Father! 15

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 – Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh