← A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace
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Welcome to A Year in the Bible with daily grace. This year we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study, Christ in All of Scripture. Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the new, seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.
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Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present throughout the entire Biblical story, but the center of it. Hey everyone. Welcome to A Year in the Bible. I'm Alexa and I'm here with my co host, Beth.
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Hi friends. So today we're going to be moving on to the New Testament to begin to see how the Ezekiel passage that we've been looking at over the last couple days finds its fulfillment in Christ. And so we're going to be looking at and discussing our annotations for Romans 8:1:4. So Alexa, will you read that passage for us?
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Yes. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do since it was weakened by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering, in order that the law's requirement would be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. So, Beth, how did your annotations go?
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It was good. These were some nice and easy prompts since I really appreciated that. And this is also one of my absolute favorite passages in all of scripture. So I really enjoyed reflecting on it and annotating it. I. I figure I will begin by talking about the attributes of God. So I highlighted all the things in this passage that it says that God did. So I highlighted the phrase what the law could not do, and I highlighted the phrase by sending his own son to me. This really shows God's sovereignty and his self sufficiency. And I just wanted to throw a reminder out there to take a look at the attributes of God page that's in your study on page 190 and 191. If you're ever having trouble with this prompt of God's attributes in your future annotations. I actually had to use this chart to answer this question today because I could see that I was seeing things about God, but I wasn't quite sure which attribute was being demonstrated by those things. And so I used the chart. And I came up with God's sovereignty and his self sufficiency. So God's sovereignty is all about his control. And I think his fulfilling his promises through Christ really shows how much control he has over all things. Even as sin exists in our world, he still holds all the power and he controls the outcome of all history. And so I also wanted to highlight God's self sufficiency there as well, which is defined as God has no needs and depends on nothing. But everything depends on God. And I really love that definition. I think that this attribute is definitely visible here. God accomplishes salvation for his people and redemption for his whole world all on his own. He fulfills the law, he makes the sin offering. We are just recipients of the work and the grace which he is offering. And I think that that is just really cool and very comforting.
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That is very cool and very comforting. I feel like what God does for us all on his own leads us to be in awe of him, but it also reminds us that we don't have to do anything to earn our salvation. God has brought about our salvation for us. Is there anything else that you wanted to talk about?
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Yeah, there was one thing that actually kind of confused me in this passage, so I wanted to take a minute to address it before we end for today. And that is the use of the wor word flesh here in this passage in Romans. So yesterday we Talked about Ezekiel 36, 26:27, where God says that he is going to remove the heart of stone from his people and give them a heart of flesh. But here in Romans 8, we see that the law is weakened by the flesh, and the law's requirement would be fulfilled by those who walk according to the Spirit, not according to the flesh. So if you read this passage in light of yesterday's passage, and we're thinking, I'm not sure if the word flesh is being used in the same way here. You, you would be right. This actually just demonstrates how different words can be used in different contexts throughout Scripture, which is a good reminder that we need to read every verse and every word in every verse in light of its larger context. So when Paul uses the word flesh, he is almost always referring to the sinful nature of humanity, the part of us that causes us to disobey God. So he contrasts those who are in the flesh, so those who are led by sin with those who live according to God's Spirit and are led by the Spirit. But Ezekiel is using flesh to symbolize a person who is living and flourishing by obeying God's commands. He contrasts this with a heart of stone that is one that is hardened by sin. So Paul's use of spirit here actually aligns more with Ezekiel's use of flesh. It's confusing, but hopefully that helps us keep things straight as we move along throughout the week.
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No, I think that's super helpful, Beth. I remember when I was a new believer being really confused by what the Bible meant by flesh, and there are still times when I have to stop and remind myself of what that means when that word pops up in Scripture. So thanks for talking that through for us. Well, that is all for today, but we hope that you join us tomorrow as we talk about how the passages that we've looked at this week connect and point to Christ. Thank you for listening to today's episode of A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. Be sure to check out our show notes for some helpful links and resources related to today's episode, and make sure you're following Daily Grace Podcast and hedaily Grace Co on Instagram and for more Bible study resources and encouragement. We're looking forward to studying God's Word with you again tomorrow. Bye friends.
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