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Romans 8:1-11

5/30/2021

Teacher: Nick Ford
Series: Romans (Acts)

Nick's Notes

ROMANS 8.1-11 5.30

Romans 8:1-11 It is this amazingly freeing chapter for us as Christ followers. I only hope I can do it justice as it is such a key piece in our Grace abounding journey.
Paul starts out this chapter with a Therefore. As he does plenty of the time in his writing. I think Keith said this is in summary or read backwards to get context before you proceed. With that lets quickly touch on the amazing teachers we have had up to this point in our Romans’ journey.
Romans’ teachers

David Olthoff taught us that Paul wrote this letter on his third mission, was the longest of all his epistles. He had never been to Rome, so it was a full picture letter of so many pointed truths that Paul found imperative to share with the Church. Really the core principals of what our life and faith should look like when we let God live thru us.
Keith Tyner taught us that Adam started us down this trajectory of having a sinful nature. In doing so his brain now had a conscience. This cannot be trusted, and Paul begins to lay out that Jews and Gentiles are not exempt from being unjust do to which they are or whether they are circumcised or not.
Doug Shrieve laid out for us that the wrath of God is just. That all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God due to nature that we are born with. However, we are justified by faith apart from works of the law. Romans 3:28.
Ryan McCall expanded on the justified by faith concept using Abraham as a for instance. Abraham was made righteous long before the law was around. How could that be? Only by faith, not works or law or circumcision.
1. Al Costlow, Brandon Leum, Chris Pickrell, David Speckman, Brett Sutton, Danny DiSalvo, Greg Dugger gave us some beautiful summary of Romans 1-4 along with some personal reflection.
Kevin Willard talked about chasing the phantom of being “a good Christian”. Talked thru since we are justified by faith, we should have peace with God.
1. Ed Henz told us thru how our reliance on the Holy Spirit is the only way we get thru trial or temptations.
2. The Leubker’s taught us a little ditty about how Christ died for us while we were enemies and unrighteous. Laying the groundwork for our identity.
3. Dan Luedke began to introduce us to how man is a 3 part being. Spirit, Soul, and Body. He started to talk us thru the old man or “Adamic or sinful nature” that we start out with and what that looks like. On the flip side he showed us what our new nature begins to look like upon our being justified by faith.
4. The amazing youth of our church gave us some great insight and analysis of Romans 5 to close out the chapter.
Luke Dunnick gave us a few laughs. However, he homed in on the tree of life and the tree of knowledge and good and evil. How we have been united with Christ and our old self was Crucified with him as well.
1. We had the amazing Teen Challenge weekend. Everyone say Thank you Jesus!
2. Shannon Cox really dove into what is should look like to be dead to sin and alive to God. Diving deeper into the “old man” who is done away with and the new man who is Holy, Blameless, Redeemed etc. She also filled us in on Ron’s driving……..maybe he should be racing today?!
3. The amazingly encouraging and funny Matt Tully took us to his rehearsal dinner trivia, as well as drove home that we should not be chasing anything other than God. All other things are fleeting, God is fulfilling and forever.
4. On Mother’s Day we had some amazing mothers come up and share some raw experiences and wisdom going back over Romans 6. Therese, Amy, Jeannie, Amy, Angela, Nicole, Caroline wow thank you for sharing. We have some amazingly strong women here. I think Nicole said it looks like we all have it together, so she is intimidated and does not feel like she fits in. I hope after all the teaching through this series you can see we are all dealing with junk. I am here to tell you I sure do not have it together. I am glad you are here Nicole.
The brothers of Thunder. Man, I want to be like those guys when I grow up! Can you tell that these guys are passionate about showing everyone their identity? I think so!
1. Wes opened in a powerfully transparent talk about how evil can be present within our flesh and run if we let it. It will take us prisoner if we let it.

What an amazing group of teachers. What an amazing group we are a part of here. Where else can you get honesty, vulnerability and transparency and support like this? I love how everyone has shared some of their struggles, I really feel like in doing so it brings them all to light, takes power away from them as we all share in it. I am so thankful for this place.
Alright let us get into the scripture
- 8.1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Mic drop

con·dem·na·tion

1.
the expression of very strong disapproval; censure
2.
the action of condemning someone to a punishment; sentencing.
Opposite of praise
Everyone of us deals with this. Daily. What is the main source of this we deal with this? THOUGHTS! Where do these thoughts come from? Lies from the POS! We have learned that these evil thoughts that enter our mind can enter our brain because what is our brain- its flesh, therefore the POS can live in our flesh and generate these thoughts. If we do not have a filter to filter these out though we can be tricked into thinking these truths are our own. We can start to believe these lies. These lies would try to tell us that it is our nature that we are still battling that is producing these thoughts or lies. However, our old man Adamic nature is done away with once we are justified by faith. It is the POS that resides in our flesh, and once we know and can filter that it is a lot more identifiable. If its not you generating this thought, or God generating this thought you can easily overcome the POS while we rest right!

Scripture
Helmet with screen synopsis
Let’s create a filter for these thoughts
How do most of these thoughts or lies start…. first person right. Any of these thoughts that condemn us as a person are from the POS.
- I am a bad father
- I am a terrible friend
- I will never be a good follower of Christ
- I am a bad mother
- I do not have anything to live for
- I know god cannot love me
Any of these thoughts that condemn us as a person are from the POS. This should be an immediate filter for us.
Thoughts from God
- I hate lying
- I do not approve of adultery
This starting to make sense.
If we are grounded in our identity, we can easily filter these. I am not saying it is easy to do on the constant, rather we should be able to discern easier with these truths.
- I am Holy
- I am a Saint
Picture of Cohen and screen time
- Was probably uncertain because his brain was telling him that there would be condemnation from us
- Listened to his mind to speak truth
- Holli loved him
8.2 because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death
- Law we are no longer under, correct? According to romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the law since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the newness of the spirit and not in the old letter of the law.
- This is tricky because the word law in Greek can also mean principle, which is the case here in verse 2. A trick I learned here is big L means Gods law, little l means principle. So, lets read this again with plugging that in.
- Romans 6:22-23 But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life! 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
8.3 For what the law could not do since it was weakened by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering,
- Big L so back to mosaic law here in terminology
- How was the law weakened by flesh?
  - We are born with a sinful nature because Adam’s choice, therefore there is no way to overcome that to completely fulfill the law in our own strength. Therefore, we cannot gain righteousness from the law.
  - Christ was the perfect offering, not born of sinful nature so He could fulfill the prophecy and become the perfect Savior
8.4 in order that the law’s requirement would be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. [1]
- This passage is referring to the mosaic law and the requirements that we cannot fulfill as we walk according to the flesh (meaning unredeemed, lost)
- If we have been justified by faith and letting the spirit live our lives for us the requirements of the law will be fulfilled by our “new nature” and the spirit living inside us leading us
8.5 For those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on the things of the Spirit.[2]
- Once again to verify living according to the flesh is an unredeemed person, lost, still living in their sinful nature
- I think the Brothers of thunder talked about a story where Rusty held up a red shovel and said do not look at the shovel. What do you want to do, stare at the shovel. Great example of this.
- Keep your eyes on the Lord!
8.6 Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.
- Paul is hammering home that the flesh is focused on death, it is apart from Christ.
- What does the flesh contain – POS
- What does the POS contain?
  - Lies
  - Condemnation
  - Guilt
  - Shame
- In John 10:10 Jesus says A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.[3][4]
- Replace thief here with
  - Flesh
  - POS
8.7 The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it is unable to do so.[5]
- Work electrical situation example
- The flesh is born of a sinful or Adamic nature due to Adam’s decision
8.8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.[6]
- What is someone who is in the flesh?
  - Unredeemed, lost
8.9 You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.[7]
- What is the distinction that Paul is trying to make here?
- Paul is stating that a believer who has been redeemed by faith is in the Spirit, and someone who is lost is unredeemed and does not have the Spirit living inside of them.
- What about a Christian who has turned away from God and is living their life not according to the Spirit?
- They are walking by the flesh but not in the flesh. Does that make sense
  - They are still redeemed, but for a period they may be walking by the flesh. Big difference from being lost. They can repent of their sin. Someone who is in the flesh or lost must be redeemed by faith first.
Grandma story
- I believe it is very important to understand that distinction
8.10 Now if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.[8]
- Shannon and Matt gave us a great illustration of what man looks like in a three part being.
  - Body
  - Soul
  - Spirit
- Paul is saying that the body, which is born, or an Adamic or sinful nature remains that way. Aka dead
- When we accept Christ, our Old man is done away with.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 says Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.[9]
- What is our old man?
  - Our Spirit and Soul born out of our Adamic nature is transformed. It is made new giving us life and life eternal!
  - We are made
    - Holy
    - Redeemed
    - Saint
    - Righteous
8.11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through his Spirit who lives in you. [10]
- We have the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead living inside of us
- Let me say that again
- He came to bring life and life abundantly
- Car/IndyCar comparison
Closing
- Such a pivotal section of scripture
- Life your life abundantly
- I want to encourage you to be intentional when encountering these thoughts of condemnation. Run them thru the filter of discernment.
- Live without CONDEMNATION, GUILT, REGRET, SHAME
- Live like you have the Spirit of God living inside you!

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 8:4). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 8:5). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Jn 10:10). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 8:6). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 8:7). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 8:8). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[7] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 8:9). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[8] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 8:10). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[9] New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (2 Co 5:17). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
[10] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 8:11). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

Romans 7:14-25

5/23/2021

Teacher: Wes Cate & Rusty Kennedy
Series: Romans (Acts)

Wes' Notes

Romans 7:14-25 -
14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold as a slave under sin. 15 For I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 So now I am no longer the one doing it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it. 19 For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, I am no longer the one that does it, but it is the sin that lives in me. 21 So I discover this law:, When I want to do what is good, evil is present with me. 22 For in my inner self I delight in God’s law, 23 but I see a different law in the parts of my body,, waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am serving the law of God, but with my flesh, the law of sin.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 7:14–25). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

Romans 7:1-13

5/16/2021

Teacher: Joe & John Getchell
Series: Romans (Acts)

Joe & John Getchell's Notes

7 Since I am speaking to those who know the law, brothers and sisters, don’t you know that the law rules over someone as long as he lives? 2 For example, a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband. 3 So then, if she is married to another man while her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law. Then, if she is married to another man, she is not an adulteress.
4 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the body of Christ so that you may belong to another. You belong to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused through the law were working in us, to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law.

SIN’S USE OF THE LAW
7 What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! But, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet., 8 And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead. 9 Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again 10 and I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me. 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good. 13 Therefore, did what is good become death to me? Absolutely not! But, sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 7:1–13). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

Romans 6 - Questions & Answers

5/9/2021

Teacher: Rusty Kennedy & Group of Mother's
Series: Romans (Acts)

Rusty's Notes

Romans 6
1 What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply? 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of his resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self, was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be rendered powerless so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin,

7 since a person who has died is freed from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him, 9 because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will not die again. Death no longer rules over him. 10 For the death he died, he died to sin once for all time; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires. 13 And do not offer any parts of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness. 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.

FROM SLAVES OF SIN TO SLAVES OF GOD
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Absolutely not! 16 Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey—either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed over, 18 and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. 19 I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness., 21 So what fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death. 22 But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life! 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.[1]

Ladies, Happy Mother’s Day…

In Romans 6, Paul is declaring the mindset has to be changed from focusing on sin (and stop sinning) to focusing on our righteousness (and living out of that righteousness). We have to relearn what we were taught and know to a renewing of our mind because we have been transformed.

Therese David

January 2019, we got off the MercyMe cruise ship and sitting in the airport, you got your first indication you had cancer. You are now in remission through an extensive chemotherapy process and the Lord’s healing. Which has impacted you more? Living through that healing process or knowing more that you will never die again because you are in Christ? Can you share a little of both of your understandings on these 2 subjects?

Amy Getchell

Amy, you grew up in a setting that would be described as “religious”. Can you explain the difference from how you grew up to how you are raising your children?
Your struggling watching your own family members being burdened by the church. How do you try to influence or impact this situation?

Nicole Le

Nicole, first of all, explain how you and I met originally.
You come here every Sunday by yourself. You sit down quietly, listen intently and then get up and go home. Why do you come here? What do you ultimately want from this community?

Jeannie Hilfiker

A year ago, you made the decision to never return to Pinheads again. How come you are here today?

Amy Nicholas

Amy, your family has been coming for the last 3 years to Pinheads and small groups. Can you share how what you are learning inside of this community has impacted your relationship with Mike and the kids? How has it impacted each of your family members?

Angela Ellison

You have a past… we all have a past. I don’t know the details of your past so you share as little or as much as you are comfortable. But one day, you were here with Cameron and he brought you to me to have a conversation. He wanted to confirm with me to you that what we were teaching was true in your own life. That Christ died one time and you are truly forgiven. This is not what you grew up hearing and understanding. How did this news affect your thinking?
Your public identity is that of a police woman, which you do well. In today’s society that has become really difficult for police. How does knowing your true identity in Jesus impact what you do on a weekly basis?

Caroline Shrieve

Caroline, as a mom, you are not only learning your identity in Christ, but you are a teacher of identity.
How are you able to implement what you believe while being a teacher in a system that may have different values?
What specifically do you do at home with your four boys to teach them their identity in Jesus?

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 6:1–23). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
Amy Nicholas

Amy, your family has been coming for the last 3 years to Pinheads and small groups. Can you share how what you are learning inside of this community has impacted your relationship with Mike and the kids? How has it impacted each of your family members?

Angela Ellison

You have a past… we all have a past. I don’t know the details of your past so you share as little or as much as you are comfortable. But one day, you were here with Cameron and he brought you to me to have a conversation. He wanted to confirm with me to you that what we were teaching was true in your own life. That Christ died one time and you are truly forgiven. This is not what you grew up hearing and understanding. How did this news affect your thinking?
Your public identity is that of a police woman, which you do well. In today’s society that has become really difficult for police. How does knowing your true identity in Jesus impact what you do on a weekly basis?

Caroline Shrieve

Caroline, as a mom, you are not only learning your identity in Christ, but you are a teacher of identity.
How are you able to implement what you believe while being a teacher in a system that may have different values?
What specifically do you do at home with your four boys to teach them their identity in Jesus?

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 6:1–23). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
Amy Nicholas

Amy, your family has been coming for the last 3 years to Pinheads and small groups. Can you share how what you are learning inside of this community has impacted your relationship with Mike and the kids? How has it impacted each of your family members?

Angela Ellison

You have a past… we all have a past. I don’t know the details of your past so you share as little or as much as you are comfortable. But one day, you were here with Cameron and he brought you to me to have a conversation. He wanted to confirm with me to you that what we were teaching was true in your own life. That Christ died one time and you are truly forgiven. This is not what you grew up hearing and understanding. How did this news affect your thinking?
Your public identity is that of a police woman, which you do well. In today’s society that has become really difficult for police. How does knowing your true identity in Jesus impact what you do on a weekly basis?

Caroline Shrieve

Caroline, as a mom, you are not only learning your identity in Christ, but you are a teacher of identity.
How are you able to implement what you believe while being a teacher in a system that may have different values?
What specifically do you do at home with your four boys to teach them their identity in Jesus?

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Ro 6:1–23). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

Romans 6:12-23

5/2/2021

Teaceher: Matt Tully
Series: Romans (Acts)

Matt's Notes

Romans 6:12-16 - 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,
13 and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
16 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

Romans 6:17-18 - 17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,
18 and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Galatians 5:22-23 - 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Romans 6:19-20 - 19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

Galatians 5:19-21 - 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: aimmorality, impurity, sensuality,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, dfactions,
21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Ga 5:19–23). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

Romans 6:21-22 - 21 Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.
22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.

Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Ro 6:12–23). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

Romans 8:1-11

Nick's Notes

Romans 7:14-25

Wes' Notes

Romans 7:1-13

Joe & John Getchell's Notes

Romans 6 - Questions & Answers

Rusty's Notes

Romans 6:12-23

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