Sermon Sandwich

Romans 8:7-17 Sermon Sandwich

Trinity Church, 1589 Hwy 174, Edisto Island, SC 29438

www.trinityedisto.com 843-869-3568

7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 16, 2023

Holy Eucharist - Renewed Ancient Text; 2019 BCP, p.123

Order of Worship: 

Open Hymn #450 All Hail the Power of Jesus Name

Romans 8:7-17

Sermon The Rev. E. Weyman Camp IV

Close Hymn #555 Lead On O King Eternal

Romans 8:7-17 Sermon Notes

Intro - Julia cut her own bangs

Context - Status vs. State

 The Gospel is the Good News of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ by which we become the Righteousness of God.   

 He changes my status - 

  I am now an Adopted Son or Daughter, a Child of God.

How do we know? The Witness of the Spirit and Suffering

1. Suffering - suffer with him

 Romans 8:17 - and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

 Two Kinds of Suffering

General Suffering - Pain - All Human Beings in the World

Christian Suffering - Persecution - All Believers/Children of God

 Persecution/Pressure when we 

  stand against the World, the Flesh and the Devil.

2. The Witness of the Spirit - bears witness with our spirit

 Romans 8:16 - The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God

 Illustration - Thomas Goodwin, Puritan, Father and Son walking along the road. (Romans 8:5-17, Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones, p.280)

 When does this Witness occur?   

  When we cry, “Abba! Father!”

 Romans 8:15 - For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

 The call for the Believer to Confess my Faith, to Profess with my lips what I believe in my heart then comes the Witness of the Spirit.

 Gradations of Confession and Witness:

 The Nicene Creed. 

 How and when do I profess my faith out in the World?