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!