Oakwood Church
Be Fruitful - Romans 8:9-13
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“Though I lived as a monk without reproach, I felt that I was a sinner before God with an extremely disturbed conscience. I could not believe that He was placated by my [religious practices]. I did not love, yes, I hated the righteous God who punishes sinners, and ... I was angry with God.”
~ Martin Luther
~ Martin Luther
“As if, indeed, it is not enough, that miserable sinners, eternally lost through original sin, are crushed by every kind of calamity by the law of the decalogue, without having God add pain to pain by the gospel and also by the gospel threatening us with his righteousness and wrath!”
~ Martin Luther
~ Martin Luther
“Nevertheless, I beat importunately upon Paul at that place, most ardently desiring to know what St. Paul wanted… At last, by the mercy of God, meditating day and night, I gave heed to the context of the words, namely, “In it the righteousness of God is revealed, as it is written, ‘He who through faith is righteous shall live.’”
~ Martin Luther
~ Martin Luther
“There I began to understand that the righteousness of God is that by which the righteous lives by a gift of God, namely by faith. And this is the meaning: the righteousness of God is revealed by the gospel, namely the passive righteousness with which merciful God justifies us by faith.”
~ Martin Luther
~ Martin Luther
“Here I felt that I was altogether born again and had entered paradise itself through open gates. There a totally other face of the entire Scripture showed itself to me.”
~ Martin Luther
~ Martin Luther
● The Gift of Righteousness - Justification
● The Fruit of Righteousness - Sanctification
● The Harvest of Righteousness - Impartation
● The Fruit of Righteousness - Sanctification
● The Harvest of Righteousness - Impartation
The Gift of Righteousness - Justification
“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.”
Romans 8:9
“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.”
Romans 8:9
Gifts God Offers Everyone in Christ:
● Forgiveness (v. 1)
● Freedom (v. 2)
● Fullness (v. 3-11)
● Forgiveness (v. 1)
● Freedom (v. 2)
● Fullness (v. 3-11)
The Gift of Righteousness - Justification
“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.”
Romans 8:9
“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.”
Romans 8:9
The Gift of Righteousness - Justification
• The Holy Spirit brings the life of Christ into your heart
“Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”
Romans 8:9-10
• The Holy Spirit brings the life of Christ into your heart
“Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”
Romans 8:9-10
The Fruit of Righteousness - Sanctification
• The Holy Spirit grows Christ-like Character in you
“Although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”
Romans 8:10
• The Holy Spirit grows Christ-like Character in you
“Although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”
Romans 8:10
The Fruit of Righteousness - Sanctification
• The Holy Spirit grows Christ-like Character in you
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
Galatians 5:22-23
• The Holy Spirit grows Christ-like Character in you
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
Galatians 5:22-23
The Fruit of Righteousness - Sanctification
• The Holy Spirit grows Christ-like Character in you
“For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
Romans 8:13
• The Holy Spirit grows Christ-like Character in you
“For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
Romans 8:13
The Fruit of Righteousness - Sanctification
• The Holy Spirit grows Christ-like Character in you
“He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you.”
Romans 8:11
• The Holy Spirit grows Christ-like Character in you
“He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you.”
Romans 8:11
The Harvest of Righteousness - Impartation
• The Holy Spirit leads you into Christ-like Ministry
“So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh…”
Romans 8:12
• The Holy Spirit leads you into Christ-like Ministry
“So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh…”
Romans 8:12
The Harvest of Righteousness - Impartation
• The Holy Spirit leads you into Christ-like Ministry
“Fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.”
Romans 8:17
• The Holy Spirit leads you into Christ-like Ministry
“Fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.”
Romans 8:17
“And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.”
Philippians 1:9-11
Philippians 1:9-11