Romans

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            Two weeks ago we began a new section in chapter 8 in which we have three groans for deliverance from the corruption of sin: the groan of creation which we looked at two weeks ago, the groan of believers which we will look at today, and the groan of the Holy Spirit which we will look at next week, Lord willing.

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            Last Sunday we began looking at three more verses in Romans 8 and only got through the first one.  This morning I want to look at the next two verses that we did not get to last week.  In these three verses Paul uses the picture of adoption to show our close and permanent relationship with God the Father as His beloved children.

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            We have journeyed through the first 13 verses of Romans 8 so far.  This morning we are going to begin to look at 3 more.  In the three verses that we will begin to look at this morning Paul will use the idea of adoption to explain to us our close and permanent relationship to God the Father as His well-loved sons.  As we move into this passage, I think that it would be good for us to understand the word adoption from the Roman perspective, because it is in this sense that Paul uses it.

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THE CHRISTIAN’S FREEDOM – PART 1

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