The Spirit Intercedes

More Than Conquerors

Main Point: Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's unchanging love. Outline: 1. Imminent Threats (8:38-39a) 2. Transcendent Love (8:39b)

What Can Separate Us From His Love?

Main Point: The believer’s security is rooted entirely in the unchangeable love of  Christ, which transforms every earthly trial from a threat into a tool for our spiritual good. Outline: 1. What Might Separate us? a. Everyday Pressures b. Physical Deprivation c. Lethal Opposition 2. Why They Can’t Separate us

The Sovereign God and the Prostrate Idol

Main Point: Because the LORD lacks nothing and depends on no one, we serve Him by the grace He supplies us. Outline: 1. The LORD Uses Enemy Hands (vv.1–2) 2. The LORD Breaks the Enemy's Hands (vv.3–4) 3. The LORD Remembered in an Enemy Land (v.5)

Who Can Be Against Us?

Main Point: The believer’s security rests entirely on the objective, God-centered reality of Christ’s finished work, which effectively silences every possible accusation from the world, the devil, or even our own hearts. Outline: 1. The Sufficiency of our God 2. The Insufficiency of Human Fear 3. The Sufficiency of Christ

The Golden Chain of Redemption

Main Point: Christians know that God is at work in every area of their life because God’s work of redemption begins before they are born and extends all the way beyond their death. Outline: 1. Foreknown (8:29) 2. Predestined (8:29) 3. Called (8:30) a. Outward Calling (Matthew 22:14) b. Inward Calling (John 6:44) c. Regeneration (Ezek. 36:26; John 3:3, 7) d. Faith (Eph. 2:8)/Repentance (Acts 11:18) 4. Justified (8:30) 5. Glorified (8:30)