Village Church Annandale (Sydney) sermons

As we continue in Chapter 8 of Paul's letter to the Romans, we are given every assurance that nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. This truth is grounded in the fact God orders the whole of creation and human history towards the goal of adopting sinful people into his family. This process from foreknowledge through to glorification is entirely a work of God from start to finish so we are secure in it. But not only did God bring us into his family, there is no one who can take us out of it, no opponent, accuser or judge can separate us from Gods love in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Join us live this morning as assistant minister Alex Hitchcock helps us explore this beautiful and rich part of God's word.

Many people approach God with fear viewing him as a scary judge because of sin. Today we see that those who trust Jesus have full assurance that God is a loving father not a scary judge.

This is because those with the spirit are set free from the law of sin and death since God has defeated death for us putting us under new mangagement and giving us a certain hope in the ressurection.

This assurance of the spirit gives us certainty that we need not shrink in fear before God but instead should call on him for help as a loving father as we wait for the time when Christ returns that we might share in his inheritance.