VIII: No condemnation. No separation.

VIII Reworded

July 11, 2024 • Lewis Roderick • Romans 8

As we conclude our series through Romans 8, here’s one last teaching - not a sermon, not a conversation - but a rewording of the glorious grace found through life ‘in Christ’.

No Separation

July 14, 2024 • Lewis Roderick • Romans 8:35–39

“We don’t struggle to believe in love ‘that won’t quit’. We just doubt that this is how God loves us.” In this final message from our series in Romans 8, Lewis Roderick shows us why our union with all conquering Christ assures us that nothing will ever separate us from the love of God.

Res Judicata!

July 7, 2024 • Pete Greasley • Romans 8:33–34

If there's now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus, how can we enjoy that truth when we often feel condemned? Pete Greasley shows us how God's judgment of His Son is the final word for us: 'All Charges dropped!'.

All Inclusive Grace

June 30, 2024 • Pete Greasley • Romans 8:31–32

God proves His love for us and promises He will give us everything we need in this life and the next, by sending His Son to the cross to die in our place. What more could He do? What more do we need? Nothing.

All Things for Good

June 23, 2024 • Lewis Roderick • Romans 8:28–30

Having spent eight weeks climbing, we’ve arrived at Romans 8:28-30; the peak of this towering mountain. From here we can see all things, and take in a view that stretches from eternity past to forever to come. These verses have some intimidating words. But why did Paul write them? To bring comfort and assurance to a people groaning in a broken world. Lewis Roderick preaches these famous words and shows us the ‘good’ God has for his people.

The Spirit and our Groaning

June 16, 2024 • Lewis Roderick • Romans 8:18–25

Until the day Christ’s people behold his face, we groan under the weight of this broken world. But ‘as we groan, we’re not alone’, the Spirit has come to pour hope into our hearts and pray for us in our weakness. Lewis Roderick continues our series through Romans 8 and tells us of the joy ahead and our present, prayerful companion.

Heirs with Christ

June 2, 2024 • Lewis Roderick • Romans 8:16–22

Is Christ worth the pain? Maybe it’s not a question you’ve asked yet, but if you’re a Christian, at some point you will. We live in a creation ruined by the fall, and so hurt is inevitable. So why would we add to these inescapable sufferings the pains that accompany following Christ? Is he worth it? As the Apostle Paul pivots toward application, he answers these questions head on. Listen in as Lewis Roderick takes us to verses 16-22 and shows us the glorious inheritance that awaits the children of God.

Life in the Spirit

May 26, 2024 • Bob McCan • Romans 8:12–16

Paul takes us higher up the mountain of Romans 8 where we discover how the indwelling Holy Spirit empowers forgiven sinners to live the new life Christ has won for them as adopted children of God.

The Story of the Spirit

May 19, 2024 • Lewis Roderick • Acts 2, Romans 8

As we continue our climb to the summit of Romans 8, we stop off at basecamp to rest a while and survey where we’ve trekked already. As the global church celebrates Pentecost, Lewis Roderick takes us to Acts 2 and Romans 8 to hear the story of the Spirit.

3 Glorious Truths

May 12, 2024 • Pete Greasley • Romans 8:9–11

Pete Greasley continues our series in Romans 8 with these three absolute truths: you belong to Christ, his Spirit is alive in you and his Spirit will raise you as he did Jesus on the day.

In the Spirit

May 5, 2024 • Lewis Roderick • Romans 8:4–9

“Today. Right now. If you are a follower of Jesus, something global has taken place. Something magnificent. You have been transferred from life ‘in the flesh’, to life in the Spirit.” The Bible speaks big about life ‘in the Spirit’, but what does this mean? In this message, Lewis takes us to Romans 8: 4-9 and shows us the profound change that’s taken place in a believer’s life.

God has done it all

April 28, 2024 • Bob McCan • Romans 8:3–4

How can it be possible that the declaration “there is no condemnation for sinners in Christ Jesus” holds fast despite the believer’s ongoing struggle with sin and failure to love God as required by the law? Bob opens up this profound text where we discover the only basis for that marvellous declaration is what God has done through the life and sacrificial death of Christ his Son. The law can’t save us from sin and condemnation, but Christ does, and the law can’t change our hearts, but the Holy Spirit does. What a staggering Gospel!

No Condemnation

April 21, 2024 • Lewis Roderick • Romans 8:1–2

“Let this be the end of it if you flip flop between God being for you and going off you. There’s no small print. No footnote. No T’s + C’s. There’s simply no condemnation. Not now. Not ever.” As we begin a series through the greatest chapter of the greatest letter ever written, we begin with arguably the greatest sentence of them all: "there is therefore now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus” and consider how this sentence will bring us freedom today. Lewis preaches the first in our ‘VIII: No Condemnation. No Separation’ series.

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