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THEME: Everything is going according to plan, because the plan is in worthy hands. So weep no more, and worship. THE ONE ON THE THRONE IS WORTHY (4:1–11) NO ONE IS WORTHY (5:1–4) THE LAMB IS WORTHY (5:5–14)

SUMMARY: where we're at in Romans & where we're going in this passage RELEVANCE: why does this matter to me? THEME: Your sufferings are labor pains: real, shared by the whole creation, and not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed. v. 18 OUR SUFFERINGS WEIGHED v. 20 CREATION'S SUBJECTION vv. 19, 22 CREATION'S STRAINING vv. 20d–21 CREATION'S SALVATION GOSPEL BRIDGE: If you're not in Christ…yet If you're in Christ

THEME: To a church under pressure, Jesus says three things. He knows us, he calls us, and he makes us conquerors. JESUS KNOWS US JESUS CALLS US TO REPENT JESUS MAKES US CONQUERORS

SUMMARY: where we're at in Romans & where we're going in this passage RELEVANCE: why does this matter to me? THEME: You're not an heir standing next to Christ—you are an heir with him, and that one word carries his Father, his road, and his glory. v. 17a THE IDENTITY OF OUR INHERITANCE v. 17c THE CERTAINTY OF OUR INHERITANCE v. 17b THE METHODOLOGY OF OUR INHERITANCE

Summary: Jesus is Lord, and he keeps his people—not from tribulation, but in it and through it—because he's alive. The living Jesus has freed us, he's coming for us, and he walks among us. So look at him, and fear not. The Living Jesus Has Freed Us (vv. 4–6) The Living Jesus Is Coming for Us (vv. 7–8) The Living Jesus Walks Among Us (vv. 9–20

SUMMARY: where we're at in Romans & where we're going in this passage RELEVANCE: why does this matter to me? THEME: You cry "Abba! Father!" because you already are a child of God: led by the Spirit, adopted into the family, and never left to cry it alone. THE EVIDENCE: YOU ARE LED (V. 14) THE TESTIMONY: YOU CRY "ABBA! FATHER!" (v.15) THE SECOND WITNESS: THE SPIRIT SAYS IT WITH YOU (V. 16)

Summary: where we're at in Romans and where we're going in this passage. Relevance: why does this matter to me? Thesis: the Spirit who indwells you now is the Spirit who will raise you in the end. THE SPIRIT WHO DWELLS IN YOU (V. 9) THE SPIRIT WHO IS LIFE IN YOU (V. 10) THE SPIRIT WHO WILL RAISE YOU (V. 11)

Summary: In this passage, Jesus teaches you that you shouldn't be troubled by his departure and absence from this world, because he's gone in order to prepare a place for you with the Father; and he is the way to the Father. Troubled Hearts A Place Prepared The Way to the Father

Summary: Seek the Spirit of love, because the Spirit gives gifts to build up the body, but he forms the love without which those gifts are nothing and beyond which nothing lasts. Introduction: "Empathy Is a Sin" Without Love, the Spirit's Gifts Are Nothing (13:1–3) With Love, the Spirit Forms Christ in Us (13:4–7) Love Remains When the Gifts Pass Away (13:8–13; 14:1)

Summary: where we're at in Romans and where we're going in this passage. Relevance: why does this matter to me? Thesis: The mind of the flesh ends in death, is at war with God, and can't surrender to God. A MIND OF DEATH (V. 6A) A MIND AT WAR (V. 7A) A MIND IN CHAINS (VV. 7B–8)

Summary: Seek the Spirit of prayer, because the Spirit himself teaches us to pray under the Word, prevails for us in the battle, and carries our weakest groans to the Father. Introduction: "Thoughts and Prayers" Pray in the Spirit (v. 18a) Prevail in Prayer (v. 18b) Pray for Bold Preaching (vv. 19–20

Summary: where we're at in Romans and where we're going in this passage. Relevance: why does this matter to me? Thesis: Your identity is that you belong to the Holy Spirit as Spirit-filled and Spirit-led children of God. A DIFFERENT KIND OF PEOPLE A DIFFERENT KIND OF POWER A DIFFERENT KIND OF PASSION A DIFFERENT KIND OF PURPOSE

Thesis: What the law could not do, God has done: he set us free by his Spirit, he condemned our sin in his Son, and he did it all so that we might actually live. WHAT THE SPIRIT DID: HE SET US FREE (V. 2) WHAT THE SON DID: HE WAS CONDEMNED IN OUR PLACE (V. 3) WHAT GOD AIMED AT: THAT WE MIGHT ACTUALLY LIVE (V. 4)