Peter Barnes | Romans 8:12-14
SERMON NOTES
DEBTORS TO THE SPIRIT
(Romans 8:12-14)
– John Owen preached a series at Oxford University on Romans 8:13
1. We are not debtors to the flesh.
– 8:12; the ‘therefore’ looks back to 8:5-11.
– Gal.6:8
2. By the Spirit, we are to be putting sin to death.
– 8:12-13; it is an unfinished sentence, as Paul clearly meant to go on to say that we are debtors to the Spirit.
– Col.3:5, 9
– we do not ‘hand it over to the Lord’ or ‘let go and let God’, but ‘act’ or ‘keep on doing’; John Owen: ‘Be killing sin or it will be killing you.’
– this requires work and effort
3. By the Spirit, we are God’s children.
– 8:14; he is not writing of guidance but governance
– Gal.4:6; 5:25.