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His Victory for our Freedom
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May 23rd 2004 at Saffron Walden Baptist Church
A sermon by Andy Paine of the Damascus Trust
51 Clockhouse Way Braintree CM7 3RD
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Romans 7,25 - 8.17
7 v 25 So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
8 v 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man,
4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
5 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
6The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;
7the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
8Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
12Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. .
13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,
14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
17Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Rev 1 v 5-6
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
We are set free not to do what we like but to serve the LORD and do what He likes. Saved to serve Him who made us.
Our old nature constantly attacks us
Paul said “That which I would not do that I do”.
Let us live in the reality Christ gives
William Temple. One time Archbishop of Canterbury said about Christ’s work of salvation of humans
“All is of God, the only thing I contributed to my salvation was my sin”
Romans 8 v 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
Romans 8 v 2, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8 v 10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness
Romans 8 v 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
CHRIST IS CENTRAL. The Victory is all of Jesus.
His victory has turned Curse, Defeat and Shame to Blessing.
CURSE Deut 21 v 22, 23
22If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his body is hung on a tree, 23you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God's curse. You must not desecrate the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance
DEFEAT James 1 v 15 The defeat that is death.
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death
SHAME Hebrew 12 v 2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God
His Victory has brought Blessing, Triumph ,Glory
BLESSING Ephesians 1 v 3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ
TRIUMPH Colossians 2 v 15
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross
GLORY Philippians 2 v 8-9
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name
Material blessings may fade away. You may lose your big house and have to have a small one or lose even that. t you may be made redundant, or bankrupt.
Material blessings are FICKLE They can all be lost
Spiritual blessings are ETERNAL. They cannot be lost
we can have victory over enslavement to sin, habits, temptations.
THE FREEDOM GAINED
Freedom cam men being exempt from. a burden, set free from enslavement or imprisonment
Romans 8 v 1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
Romans 8 v 2, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8 v 3
3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man
Romans 8 v 9
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ
Before Christ or before we knew Him we had to do what our human nature demanded of us, we had no choice, no alternative
but now in Christ we have an alternative way to live,
we have a choice.
Romans Verse 12 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it
Romans 8 v 6
6The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace
Romans 8 v 10
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Romans 8 v 11
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
Romans 8 v 13
13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,
In Christ new Life has been given to our mortal bodies
At the resurrection we will have new bodies
Capable of living in New Jerusalem which will be our home but the doors will be ever open,
Eating from the Fruit of the Tree of Life which produces a harvest every month.
We will also be able to move about freely through God’s created Universe.
There will be much to enjoy, and to do.
STICK WITH JESUS NOW
YOU’LL ENJOY ETERNITY BETTER
THE ALTERNATIVE IS AWFUL
May the Holy Spirit enliven and excite us.
Whatever happens to you in Christ you can be content.
Richard Wurmbrandt was a frail little man who endured communist persecution to the point of near extinction.
Connie Ten Boom suffered great indignity from the Germans and lost her sister in the Concentration Camp.
Gladys Aylward suffered in China at the brutal hand of the Japanese,
THEY ALL LOST EVERYTHING MATERIAL
but the world could not take away they freedom they had, in Christ.
The freedom we have gained is
Freedom to be the Children of God, to be right with God
A little talk with Jesus makes things right all right
A little talk with Jesus makes things right all right
Thank God I always find
In trouble of every kind
That a little talk with Jesus makes it right all right
The freedom we have gained is to be right with God
Roman 8 v 4
in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
THE RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT FULLY MET.
Jesus Christ became a Sin Offering for us.
He has taken our SIN, GUILT. SHAME.
And clothed us in His righteousness,
We are clothed in the Royal Robes of Jesus
as if a great big House of Lords ermined scarlet gown had been wrapped around our naked dirty body.
Romans 8 v 6. We have been given life and peace.
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace
Life with a kick,
Peace the world cannot know
Peace te world cannot take away
A REAL PEACE
Romans 8 v 14
because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God
We have been adopted as Sons of God
entitled to a close relationship with God, as our Dad, whom we can turn to about anything, confident that he can and will help us.(Abba Father, My own Father )
We may be females but in the new world we will all be equal
all Sons of God. Inheritors of all that God has
Joint inheritors with Christ
All God has for Jesus is now also for us. for you and for me.
Think of some whose lives he changed
The Woman caught in adultery “You are forgiven Go and sin no more”
Zaccheus the fraudulent tax collector gave away 50% of what he made for himself and refunded 4 fold to those
he had defrauded, and probably made himself bankrupt but it did not matter, He was freed from greed and He had Christ which was better than anything money could buy.
The woman who had a bleeding problem for 12 years and lost all her money on doctors bills with no improvement just touched the edge of Jesus’s garment and was healed.
Whatever we have that is binding us, Hurting us
Jesus can free us
Set us free...and it’s all free!.
What He has done for you.
We recommend you to write to
Andy Paine of the Damascus Trust
51 Clockhouse Way Braintree CM7 3RD
or phone 01376 342529
or email info@damascustrust.org
for a copy of THINK & RESPOND a helpful instructive booklet
Which is FREE on request
Also we recommend his web site. www.damascustrust.org
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May 23rd 2004 at Saffron Walden Baptist Church
A sermon by Andy Paine of the Damascus Trust
51 Clockhouse Way Braintree CM7 3RD
###############################
Romans 7,25 - 8.17
7 v 25 So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
8 v 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man,
4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
5 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
6The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;
7the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
8Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
12Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. .
13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,
14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
17Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Rev 1 v 5-6
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
We are set free not to do what we like but to serve the LORD and do what He likes. Saved to serve Him who made us.
Our old nature constantly attacks us
Paul said “That which I would not do that I do”.
Let us live in the reality Christ gives
William Temple. One time Archbishop of Canterbury said about Christ’s work of salvation of humans
“All is of God, the only thing I contributed to my salvation was my sin”
Romans 8 v 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
Romans 8 v 2, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8 v 10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness
Romans 8 v 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
CHRIST IS CENTRAL. The Victory is all of Jesus.
His victory has turned Curse, Defeat and Shame to Blessing.
CURSE Deut 21 v 22, 23
22If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his body is hung on a tree, 23you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God's curse. You must not desecrate the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance
DEFEAT James 1 v 15 The defeat that is death.
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death
SHAME Hebrew 12 v 2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God
His Victory has brought Blessing, Triumph ,Glory
BLESSING Ephesians 1 v 3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ
TRIUMPH Colossians 2 v 15
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross
GLORY Philippians 2 v 8-9
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name
Material blessings may fade away. You may lose your big house and have to have a small one or lose even that. t you may be made redundant, or bankrupt.
Material blessings are FICKLE They can all be lost
Spiritual blessings are ETERNAL. They cannot be lost
we can have victory over enslavement to sin, habits, temptations.
THE FREEDOM GAINED
Freedom cam men being exempt from. a burden, set free from enslavement or imprisonment
Romans 8 v 1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
Romans 8 v 2, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8 v 3
3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man
Romans 8 v 9
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ
Before Christ or before we knew Him we had to do what our human nature demanded of us, we had no choice, no alternative
but now in Christ we have an alternative way to live,
we have a choice.
Romans Verse 12 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it
Romans 8 v 6
6The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace
Romans 8 v 10
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Romans 8 v 11
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
Romans 8 v 13
13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,
In Christ new Life has been given to our mortal bodies
At the resurrection we will have new bodies
Capable of living in New Jerusalem which will be our home but the doors will be ever open,
Eating from the Fruit of the Tree of Life which produces a harvest every month.
We will also be able to move about freely through God’s created Universe.
There will be much to enjoy, and to do.
STICK WITH JESUS NOW
YOU’LL ENJOY ETERNITY BETTER
THE ALTERNATIVE IS AWFUL
May the Holy Spirit enliven and excite us.
Whatever happens to you in Christ you can be content.
Richard Wurmbrandt was a frail little man who endured communist persecution to the point of near extinction.
Connie Ten Boom suffered great indignity from the Germans and lost her sister in the Concentration Camp.
Gladys Aylward suffered in China at the brutal hand of the Japanese,
THEY ALL LOST EVERYTHING MATERIAL
but the world could not take away they freedom they had, in Christ.
The freedom we have gained is
Freedom to be the Children of God, to be right with God
A little talk with Jesus makes things right all right
A little talk with Jesus makes things right all right
Thank God I always find
In trouble of every kind
That a little talk with Jesus makes it right all right
The freedom we have gained is to be right with God
Roman 8 v 4
in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
THE RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT FULLY MET.
Jesus Christ became a Sin Offering for us.
He has taken our SIN, GUILT. SHAME.
And clothed us in His righteousness,
We are clothed in the Royal Robes of Jesus
as if a great big House of Lords ermined scarlet gown had been wrapped around our naked dirty body.
Romans 8 v 6. We have been given life and peace.
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace
Life with a kick,
Peace the world cannot know
Peace te world cannot take away
A REAL PEACE
Romans 8 v 14
because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God
We have been adopted as Sons of God
entitled to a close relationship with God, as our Dad, whom we can turn to about anything, confident that he can and will help us.(Abba Father, My own Father )
We may be females but in the new world we will all be equal
all Sons of God. Inheritors of all that God has
Joint inheritors with Christ
All God has for Jesus is now also for us. for you and for me.
Think of some whose lives he changed
The Woman caught in adultery “You are forgiven Go and sin no more”
Zaccheus the fraudulent tax collector gave away 50% of what he made for himself and refunded 4 fold to those
he had defrauded, and probably made himself bankrupt but it did not matter, He was freed from greed and He had Christ which was better than anything money could buy.
The woman who had a bleeding problem for 12 years and lost all her money on doctors bills with no improvement just touched the edge of Jesus’s garment and was healed.
Whatever we have that is binding us, Hurting us
Jesus can free us
Set us free...and it’s all free!.
What He has done for you.
We recommend you to write to
Andy Paine of the Damascus Trust
51 Clockhouse Way Braintree CM7 3RD
or phone 01376 342529
or email info@damascustrust.org
for a copy of THINK & RESPOND a helpful instructive booklet
Which is FREE on request
Also we recommend his web site. www.damascustrust.org