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Southview Baptist Church
Letters to the Church | The Gospel — God’s Promise to Be Our Father
This week, Pastor Nathan Wakefield continues our Letters to the Church series. In Romans 8:1-17, we learn to live confidently as God’s children — rejecting condemnation, setting our minds on the Spirit, walking in Spirit‑empowered life, and approaching God with the boldness of beloved sons and daughters. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Assurance — The promise of salvation gives us unshakable confidence in righteousness (8:1‑4).
• Sin, while exceedingly sinful, does not condemn the Christian (1‑2).
• The Law’s demands were fully and finally met in Christ’s sacrifice (3‑4).
Action: Ask yourself, “When do I feel condemnation?” Then turn it over to Christ.
• Sin, while exceedingly sinful, does not condemn the Christian (1‑2).
• The Law’s demands were fully and finally met in Christ’s sacrifice (3‑4).
Action: Ask yourself, “When do I feel condemnation?” Then turn it over to Christ.
2. Mindfulness — Where we set our minds determines the path we walk (8:5‑8).
• Your mindfulness shapes your obedience and your outcomes (5‑6).
• Your mindfulness shapes your fellowship with God (7‑8).
Action: Work intentionally to direct your mind into step with the Spirit.
• Your mindfulness shapes your obedience and your outcomes (5‑6).
• Your mindfulness shapes your fellowship with God (7‑8).
Action: Work intentionally to direct your mind into step with the Spirit.
3. Spirit‑born — As vessels of the Spirit of Christ we have what we need for victory (8:9‑11).
• A Christian living “in the flesh” is like a fish out of water — operating outside their true environment (9).
• The Christian aligned with the Spirit experiences renewed strength and resurrection‑life power (10‑11).
Action: Keep working to be aligned with the Spirit.
• A Christian living “in the flesh” is like a fish out of water — operating outside their true environment (9).
• The Christian aligned with the Spirit experiences renewed strength and resurrection‑life power (10‑11).
Action: Keep working to be aligned with the Spirit.
4. Related — The Spirit marks us not only as redeemed but as deeply, gloriously adopted into God’s family (8:12‑17).
• Step 1: Join the Spirit’s relentless declaration of war against the flesh (12‑14).
• Step 2: From under the Spirit’s covering, cry out “Abba” — an instinct of intimate children, not distant servants (15).
• Step 3: Lean on the Spirit’s testimony for assurance that you really are God’s child (16‑17).
Action: Declare war. Cry out. Seek assurance.
• Step 1: Join the Spirit’s relentless declaration of war against the flesh (12‑14).
• Step 2: From under the Spirit’s covering, cry out “Abba” — an instinct of intimate children, not distant servants (15).
• Step 3: Lean on the Spirit’s testimony for assurance that you really are God’s child (16‑17).
Action: Declare war. Cry out. Seek assurance.
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