Today's Gospel installment - 03-24-2024-Rom - 49 Summary and closing of Romans 8..--1..Will revisit all the doctrines presented in Romans 8 from verse 1 to 39..--2..It has been a lot of teaching of very foundational gospel material that is worth revisiting-recapping on..--3..Context is very important to understand the larger arguments and this for any subject matter.-4..Romans 8 does not begin in Romans 8..It is a build up from Chapter 7, which is a carry over from Romans 6 and you can go back to Romans 1..--5..And in chapter 7, Paul has presented a hopelessness that sin and Law have worked together to produce.--6..He discovered that there was no hope to be found in the Law for a sinner.. And this because of the indwelling sin and the Law's own goodness.--7..So, Paul cries out and say, O, wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of death-- The sinner has a body of death and ARE INCAPABLE TO DO THE LAW. PERISH THE THOUGHT.. --8..So, Romans 8 gives answer to that question and unveils God's eternal purpose in salvation, His decrees and sovereignty in both the vanity and redemption of His elect creation..-And this is free-