The first message I ever gave was here a couple of years ago, and it was also on Romans. And in that message, I explained what it meant when certain words are used to begin a passage. Romans 8:28 begins with the word “AND”. When a passage starts with the word “AND”, what it means is, that it’s a connection. It’s a connection between what he has been saying and what he's about to say. However, “AND” was not used here.
Neither was the word “BUT”, which is intended to be used as a contrast to what had just been written.
But what we CAN assume is, when the word “THEREFORE” is used, is that it’s a conclusion.
Whenever a verse begins with “therefore” we know that it’s connected to what was said earlier, or in this case written and, as I’ve …show more content…
To him be glory forever. Amen.
To put it even more simply, What is our motivation here for our total commitment to Christ? Paul is saying it’s in everything Christ has already done for us.
And what else is Paul saying? Well according to John Macarthur, Paul is saying, "Look, you who have received all of these marvelous things, you to whom God has given them, and they are mercies." And what does mercy mean? That we don't what? We don't deserve any of them.
To take a line from Ryan, I love this next part from Macarthur; He says:
But we have been given: love and grace and the Holy Spirit and peace and faith and comfort and power and hope and patience and kindness and glory and honor and righteousness and forgiveness and reconciliation and justification and security and eternal life and freedom and resurrection and sonship and intercession, and more.” Amen?
If we go back, listen again to how Paul begins verse one, by saying, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable
Neither was the word “BUT”, which is intended to be used as a contrast to what had just been written.
But what we CAN assume is, when the word “THEREFORE” is used, is that it’s a conclusion.
Whenever a verse begins with “therefore” we know that it’s connected to what was said earlier, or in this case written and, as I’ve …show more content…
To him be glory forever. Amen.
To put it even more simply, What is our motivation here for our total commitment to Christ? Paul is saying it’s in everything Christ has already done for us.
And what else is Paul saying? Well according to John Macarthur, Paul is saying, "Look, you who have received all of these marvelous things, you to whom God has given them, and they are mercies." And what does mercy mean? That we don't what? We don't deserve any of them.
To take a line from Ryan, I love this next part from Macarthur; He says:
But we have been given: love and grace and the Holy Spirit and peace and faith and comfort and power and hope and patience and kindness and glory and honor and righteousness and forgiveness and reconciliation and justification and security and eternal life and freedom and resurrection and sonship and intercession, and more.” Amen?
If we go back, listen again to how Paul begins verse one, by saying, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable