Oakwood Church

Romans 8:3-4
“For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”

Gospel Realities

1. We can’t save ourselves

“For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.”
Romans 8:3a

1. We can’t save ourselves

• Our Nature is Sinful

“For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.”
Romans 8:3a

1. We can’t save ourselves

• Our Habits is Sinful

“For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.”
Romans 8:3a

Gospel Realities

2. Only Jesus can save us

“For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.”
Romans 8:3a

2. Only Jesus can save us

• Jesus Represents Us

“By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin…”
Romans 8:3b

2. Only Jesus can save us

• Jesus Died for Us

“He condemned sin in the flesh…”
Romans 8:3c

“In other words, "God condemned sin" means God found sin guilty and sentenced sin to be finally punished and carried out the penalty of suffering in the death of his Son.”
~ John Piper
(Desiring God)

2. Only Jesus can save us

• Jesus Gave Us His Righteousness

“In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us…”
Romans 8:4a

We must live differently

1. Following His Way and Not Ours

“…who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”
Romans 8:4b

We must live differently

2. Filling Our Mind with the Spirit

“…who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”
Romans 8:4b