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Before I answer these questions I want to share something that happened to me early on in my born again life with Jesus. This event happened shortly after I had been born again. One day, while I was going about my daily routine I was washing the dishes and conversing with God out loud as I often do. I asked Him,

Q1. (Romans 8:28) What is the actual promise contained in verse 28? And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose Since we belong to Him, we

What are the characteristics of a person who has lost hope? One who doesn

How does the Holy Spirit act as a Helper or Mediator or Intercessor in verses 26-27? What similarities do you see between the Holy Spirit's ministry here with Jesus' teaching of the Spirit's ministry as Counselor/Comforter/Paraclete in John 14:16 and 15:26)? The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don

In what ways was suffering Jesus' lot in life? Just as Jesus, we will enjoy great heights of pleasure, joy and happiness, we will also suffer the sadness, sorrows and pain that is a result of living in a fallen world. The times that we experience the great pleasure keep up our hope of a day that theses times will be surpassed with even greater joy in the future. It was Jesus, who would take on all the sins of this world so that we would know how to endure them while we are here. He paved the way so that we could walk upon that path with hope for a better life in eternity.. Why do we suffer? Because our ancestors gave away the right to the perfect world. Just like a child that is given up for adoption, they loose all their rights (against their own will and knowledge) of what their parents had to offer but when their new family adopts them, they are given the same rights as those who already live in the new family. Why does all creation seem to be suffering? The very same reason. All the animals that Adam had given names to were cursed because they to must suffer and die because of the consequence, as well as the earth that received just punishment for disobedience. God

Q1. In Romans 8:14-21, 28, how many times is the idea of being sons and daughters of God alluded to? 1. (vs 14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 2. Ro 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. When we received the spirit of adoption, this gave us the right to call Him Father, thereby we are His children.. 3. Ro 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 4. Ro 8:17

Q3. (Romans 8:9) Is it possible to be a Christian without the Holy Spirit residing in us? The word Christian as an adjective means: of, pertaining to, believing in, or belonging to the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ: As a noun it means: a person who believes in Jesus Christ; adherent of Christianity. In this case, yes, I am a christian because I follow and uphold the teachings of Jesus Christ / God the Father and the Holy Spirit. I personally do not like the word religion because it makes me sound like I am religious, which I am not because I do not belong to any type of religion. However, I daily build on a relationship with Jesus Christ as my foundation. The word Christian is only found three times in the King James Bible. Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Acts 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 1 Peter 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, and I pray that my life as lived, glorifies God. With out His Holy Spirit inside of me, I could not make it one more minute. I accepted Jesus as my Savior, I believe that He died for my sins and that He rose again on the third day and now sits at the right hand of the throne and is interceding on our behalf. I did not ask for a fish to live inside of me, I asked for Jesus and His spirit dwells inside of me. I believe that jesus Christ is God

How much is habit? I am still not sure if this is habit because I have only known the Lord this way since early 2005. So for the last three years, these thoughts of being in an argument with no-one really there, I do not know if I would call it a habit, but something that just pops u in my thoughts. What part does the Holy Spirit have it this? My answer was that I would have to get back to you. Here I am! I did a study this morning on The Contentious Spirit, once I realized what arguing would be in the Bible. Romans 2:7-9 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But unto them: God will shed the light of truth. He will manifest His indignation, and inflict wrath-punishment, on all who are contentious-who obstinately dispute against the truth, and obey unrighteousness-who act under the influence of the principle of sin, and not under the influence of the Spirit of God. 1Peter 1:6-7

Q2. (Romans 8:5-6) Exactly what does it mean to set your mind on the things of the Spirit? Staying focused on Him, beginning with my first breath and last breath of each day. How do you do this? Daily focusing my attentions on God, His Word, or specifically in prayer or conversations speaking to Him and in opening my ears to the availability to hear Him. Placing myself, my whole body in servant hood to Him to be useful in any and every thing. Funny, it just dawned on me that I only place my body on the alter when I am going into town. I never thought about making sure I was available to be used by Him, here at home on the farm and saying,

AWE! One of my very favorite chapters in the Holy Bible. Romans chapter 8. However I normally only use the King James Version, but this particular chapter I at one point had memorized by the New Living Translation. 1-17 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Q1. (Romans 8:3-4) Why can't obedience to the law save us? Because the law

Q5. (Romans 7:14-25) Christians disagree about who is the "I" in Romans 7. Is Paul referring to himself or others? What is your opinion? (We won't all agree here, but we'll learn what the issues are by taking and arguing for a position -- lovingly). 1. (Paul) who represents all of us pre-conversion (Paul's pre-conversion autobiography) 2. Adam who also represents all of us as fallen man. (Of people in general) 3. Israel, being the key word here. God is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and is the God of Israel. If He then is our same God and He is, then we are in effect all Israel, although we are the grafted ones. (Of the Jewish people in particular) I think the I, is every human being, represented in man, all whom have inherited the sin of man but, now through Jesus has a new inheritance, a freedom from sins nature, by the power of the Holy Spirit, because of the grace and mercy of God , whom is Spirit. (

Q4. (Jeremiah 17:9; Matthew 15:18-20; Romans 7:24) The words were spoken by Jeremiah concerning his own countrymen, not all of them, probably, but the more corrupted part of the nation, who to their other vices had added a consummate hypocrisy; and of the hearts of these men he draws a most hideous picture, and describes them under three bad characters. What is the doctrine of "total depravity"? 1: Deceitful above all things. deceitful--from a root, "supplanting," "tripping up insidiously by the heel," from which Jacob (Ho 12:3) took his name. In speaking of the Jews' deceit of heart, he appropriately uses a term alluding to their forefather, whose deceit, but not whose faith, they followed. His "supplanting" was in order to obtain Jehovah's blessing. They plant Jehovah for "trust in man" (Jer 17:5), and then think to deceive God, as if it could escape His notice, that it is in man, not in Him, they trust. 2. Desperately wicked. Incurable (Mic 1:9). Trust in one's own heart is as foolish as in our fellow man. He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Proverbs 28:26 The heart is abominably wicked, so that neither can a man know his own heart, nor can any other know that of his neighbor's. 3. Tries to live according to it

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? Show us our need for salvation from sin. What does it do poorly? The law does not justify us, nor does it provide salvation. It barely kept us even somewhat clean with the blood of animals. It only covered our defilement which was our sin against the law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. What is the problem here? We could never be saved from the law of sin and death with out the blood of Christ Jesus.

Q2. (Romans 7:7-8) The law reveals sin for what it is. Why wouldn't we be better off just not knowing that we should not covet, for example? Because with out the law to show us our sin, we would never recognize our need for a savior. Without the law, we would have no knowledge of our sin. Why does the flesh respond to being told "Do not covet" by coveting all the more? Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. If we didn

Q1. (Romans 7:5) Paul uses the word "flesh" (or NIV "sinful nature") many times in chapters 7 and 8. In your own words, what does Paul mean by "flesh" in these verses? Paul is talking about the old era in which the Law was that under which one served sin, or under which one was married to sin. Now, in the new relationship with Christ, one serves not under sin but under the Spirit. Since the word flesh is used, sarx in the greek teaches us about the external, the body in which we have been given to live in is, by law, subject to sins curse, which is death and before Christ, we are married to sin. Under the new covenant with Christ, we are not under sin

Q4. (Romans 6:17b) How does good doctrine affect the way we live?

Q4. (Romans 6:17b) How does good doctrine affect the way we live?

Q3. (Romans 6:15-18). What does obedience have to do with slavery? The law never had any provision for pardon or salvation. Under the law, those who disobeyed, were found guilty and put to death. The wages of sin, is death. There is no doubt or misunderstanding here. The law never could save us and it never will. Jesus did not do away with the law, He stated this Himself. He also said that to teach others that they should disobey the commandments, those who taught men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. Jesus said that He would not do away with the tiniest part of the law ( one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law) and that it would be in effect until heaven and earth had passed away. (Matthew 5: 17-19) He said that He came to fulfil the law AND the prophets. He gave us the provision in the law, the pardon that we needed, He fulfilled this part of the law and as for the words of the prophets, He fulfilled some of what they had prophesied. Heaven and earth have not passed and neither has the law, because there is more that He will fulfill. The law forbid all sin. But under Grace, we have been given our pardon, if only we believe in Jesus Chris as our Savior who has saved us from eternal death. Paul objects here that forgiveness of sin, was an encouragement to sin. Paul is implying in verse 15 that this is a false charge, since grace; forgiveness, implied that the sinner had died to sin. It is those who have been freed from the dominion of sin who are delivered from its penalties. And we can thank God for His mercy and Grace for sending Jesus who shed His blood as the atonement, the covering which we all need. Now, no animal needs to be sacrificed anymore, for He is the ultimate, Lamb of God, who died, once.... for all. We are not however, given any free night off now and then to sin

Q2. (Romans 6:13) In what ways do you "offer the members of your body" to either sin or God multiple times in a day? When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death. We are to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service. Jesus, whom his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. Now that this has been accomplished for us, we no longer live the rest of our time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. Why is it that we can sin unconsciously? Sin is dominate unto the nature of man. How can we begin to offer our members deliberately to God? By offering ourselves daily unto Him as a living sacrifice. Pouring ourselves at the alter of His feet in servant hood to Him. What changes will it take in our daily life to do this? Constantly staying in intimate relationship with Jesus, daily in prayer and conversation and by reading and applying the Word of God, allowing it to wash over us by the power off His Spirit. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Hebrews 9:27, Romans 7:9, Romans 6:10 The object of this is to illustrate the fact that Christ died but once for sin, and that is done by showing that the most important events pertaining to man occur but once. Every single man will die because death is the wage we are paid for our sins. But those who place their hope in Jesus, our sins have been paid for by His blood, but we still will die. Next is judgement when we shall all go before the throne of grace. The Bible tells us that there will be some alive at His return, but they too, will be changed in the twinkling of an eye.

Q1. (Romans 6:12) What does obedience have to do with the "reign" of sin? Many Christians feel plagued by guilt, especially when they have done something to feel justified by guilt. Unfortunately, this is the time when we feel like God has left us, but in reality, we are the ones who

Q5. (Romans 6:11) What does it mean to "reckon, consider, count" in verse 11? To reason and come to a conclusion. The death of Christ was as a death or sacrifice for sin; a sin-offering. It is in this understanding that no man has ever died for us, for our sin, or ever could. Jesus Christ was with out blemish. A spotted or blemished lamb is an abomination unto God and this Lamb of God, had to be spotless. The design of His death was to destroy sin; to make an atonement for it, and to put it away, once and for all. Once and for all means that there is no need to repeat His death, because it does not need to be repeated. Sin is done and buried. His resurrection shows us the power of the living glory of God. Our new power through the Holy Spirit, promotes God

Q4. (Romans 6:6-7) In what way has our "body of sin," our "flesh," our old nature been made powerless because of our crucifixion with Christ? Well, since when we are living along in a sinful life and we do not recognize that we are in effect dead men walking to a certain death in eternity, it is a body that is walking. Once we have been crucified with Christ, our body no longer follows it

Q3. (Romans 6:1-7) Is Paul referring to a figurative "death" to sin, or to a kind of historical, actual death? Both. Figuratively, it is a symbol to us of what happens when we die, but in reality, we daily die until we die in the actual. If we do not daily die to sin, it is all a bunch of hooey. We are changed in an instant, tis true, but still, we grow more and more like Christ, in His image, daily. Sin speaks a dead language that means nothing to us; God speaks our mother tongue, and we hang on every word. We are dead to sin and alive to God. That's what Jesus did for all of us.. It is kinda like a circumcision. A little bit by a little bit is cut away and that is old dead skin, the old me what used to be life. Now, it is peeled away, layer by layer as we take on the image of Christ. A new creature evolves over time. Whose death is he talking about? The death of the old self, the one who sinned and was locked into a certain death of sin. How does this death become our own? We give it up to live with Jesus and live a new life in Him, by His spirit, with in us. We literally give up the life that we have when we meet Him at the cross. To what degree is this just theological mumbo-jumbo or does it have some basis in reality? This is and never will be mumbo jumbo to those who have their hope in Christ. It is Christ in me, the hope of Glory.

Q2. (Romans 6:3-4) In Paul's reference to baptism in 6:3-4, what does "buried" (6:4a) correspond to in the act of baptism? What does "Christ was raised from the dead" (6:4b) correspond to in baptism? When we are lowered into the water, it is like the burial of Jesus; when we are raised up out of the water, it is like the resurrection of Jesus.

Remember, be kind and loving to those who disagree with you. Q1. (Romans 6:3-5) In what sense does baptism bring about our union with Christ? It is kinda like Spring closet cleaning. You throw out all the old stuff that you used to wear and get all new stuff. With jesus, we died and all the old self is dead too and now with Him, we are a whole new closet. In what sense does baptism symbolize our union with Christ? When Jesus died, He was buried, well placed into a tomb because that is how they used to do back then. When I was baptized, I was so excited, I felt like a bride getting ready for the wedding day. When I was dunked it represented my death, going down under and when I came up, it represented me being all washed off, up and into a new life. Just like they do in the Jordan River. Eqypt on one side represents slavery and bondage and on the other side of the Jordan river is Israel. You walk away from sin and down into the Jordan River where your sins are washed away and up into the side of Israel, the side of God.