I want to welcome you to this great
chapters of the Bible study through
Romans chapter 8 Romans one of the great
books in all the Bible a book that has
had strong historical impact in
Christianity in the world the
Reformation was built around the truths
of the book of Romans but Romans also
has powerful personal impact it tells us
how to see ourselves like God sees us
tells us how to live the kind of life
that God has given us to live and Romans
chapter 8 for many people is the
pinnacle of the book of Romans such
powerful truths and we're going to walk
through it together these next four
weeks now as we walk through it together
you see we're standing outside and
there's a reason for that for years as
I've taught through Romans eight I've
taught it as if you're walking up a
mountain there's some foundational
truths you need at the beginning of the
chapter like the foundation of a
mountain there's some things you run
into as you're walking up the mountain
as you see as we walk through the book
of Romans we're gonna see some things we
run into in Romans chapter eight and
then at the top at the end of Romans
chapter eight there are some clearer
perspectives that you get from God that
you need for living the kind of life
that God has made us to live now this
mountain we happen to be standing at the
bottom of that we're going to climb up
together these next four weeks happens
to be Saddleback Mountain Saddleback
Mountain is the reason that salabat
church is named Saddleback Church we
have the mountain so we have Saddleback
Valley and so we're named Saddleback
Church so I bet some of you even who go
to Saddleback charity didn't know that
so we're gonna enjoy climbing this
mountain the next four weeks is not
Mount Everest I'll admit that but I
think it'll do to give us the
illustrations that we need and as we
walk up let me tell you where we're
going with this with Romans chapter 8
really in this chapter it deals with
four things that we feel in our lives as
Christians there's the feeling sometimes
that you have that you're not good
enough as you face the Christian life
and Romans 8 has an answer to that God's
answer to that is no condemnation in
your life that he wants you to live a
life of liberty there's the feeling
sometimes you have that I'm never gonna
change I'm not growing fast enough we're
gonna talk about that in week 2 and God
has an answer for that no frustration
that you can live a life of victory God
has some victory for you to live in your
life there's also in your life you might
notice there's some by the way bugs
flying around we're gonna talk about
that about week 3 when we get to talking
about problems and how God deals with
problems in our lives there's also the
feelings sometimes we haven't like I
said in week 3 that everything
falling apart and God says when that
happens there's no desperation he wants
to give us hope he can give you a life
of expectancy and then there's the
feeling that we have sometimes that no
one cares about me
does anybody really love me and God says
in that case there is no separation from
my love that you can live a life of