Prairie View Christian Church Norway, Iowa PastorTeacher Bill Wenstrom www'prairieviewchristian'org

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Prairie View Christian ChurchNorway,
IowaPastor-Teacher Bill Wenstromwww.prairievie
wchristian.org
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Thursday December 11, 2008Romans Romans
824-The Christian Was Saved With Reference To
The Confident Expectation Of Receiving A
Resurrection BodyLesson 270
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Please turn in your Bibles to Romans 81.
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This evening we will study Romans 824 and in
this passage, Paul teaches that the Christian was
saved with reference to the confident expectation
of receiving a resurrection body.
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Romans 81, Therefore there is now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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Romans 82, For the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin
and of death.
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Romans 83-4, For what the Law could not do,
weak as it was through the flesh, God did
sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful
flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned
sin in the flesh,
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so that the requirement of the Law might be
fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the
flesh but according to the Spirit.
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Romans 85, For those who are according to the
flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh,
but those who are according to the Spirit, the
things of the Spirit.
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Romans 86-8, For the mind set on the flesh is
death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and
peace, because the mind set on the flesh is
hostile toward God
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for it does not subject itself to the law of God,
for it is not even able to do so, and those who
are in the flesh cannot please God.
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Romans 89, However, you are not in the flesh
but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God
dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the
Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
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Romans 810, If Christ is in you, though the
body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is
alive because of righteousness.
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Romans 811, But if the Spirit of Him who raised
Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised
Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to
your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells
in you.
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Romans 812-13, So then, brethren, we are under
obligation, not to the flesh, to live according
to the flesh -- for if you are living according
to the flesh, you must die
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but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the
deeds of the body, you will live.
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Romans 814, For all who are being led by the
Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
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Romans 815, For you have not received a spirit
of slavery leading to fear again, but you have
received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we
cry out, Abba! Father!
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Romans 816-17, The Spirit Himself testifies
with our spirit that we are children of God and
if children, heirs also, heirs of God
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and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer
with Him so that we may also be glorified with
Him.
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Romans 818, For I consider that the sufferings
of this present time are not worthy to be
compared with the glory that is to be revealed to
us.
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Romans 819, For the anxious longing of the
creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the
sons of God.
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Romans 820-21, For the creation was subjected
to futility, not willingly, but because of Him
who subjected it, in hope that the creation
itself also will be set free from its slavery to
corruption into the freedom of the glory of the
children of God.
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Romans 822, For we know that the whole creation
groans and suffers the pains of childbirth
together until now.
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Romans 823, And not only this, but also we
ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit,
even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting
eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption
of our body.
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Romans 824-25, For in hope we have been saved,
but hope that is seen is not hope for who hopes
for what he already sees? But if we hope for what
we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly
for it.
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The statement for in hope we have been saved
gives the reason why the Christian eagerly waits
for his adoption as a son, the redemption of his
body at the resurrection of the church.
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Paul states in Romans 824 that the Christian
eagerly waits for his adoption as a son, the
redemption of his body at the resurrection of the
church because the Christian was saved with
reference to this confident expectation of
receiving a resurrection body.
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Therefore, Paul is teaching in Romans 824 that
in the same way that creation was subjected to
imperfection based upon the confident expectation
of being set free so in the same way the
Christian was saved with reference to the
confident expectation of receiving a resurrection
body at the resurrection of the church.
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He is saying that though it is true that the
Christians eternal destiny was secured the
moment they trusted in Jesus Christ as Savior,
the Christians salvation was still incomplete,
thus the Christians life is characterized by a
confident expectation of being made complete at
the rapture or resurrection of the church.
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In hope is the noun elpis (e)lpi) (el-pece),
which refers to the Christians confident
expectation of receiving a resurrection body at
the rapture of the church.
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The noun elpis in this passage refers to the
expression the redemption of our body that
appears at the end of verse 23, which refers to
the moment when the Christian will receive his
resurrection body at the rapture of the church.
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Therefore, the word is used in an objective sense
meaning that which one has a confident
expectation of receiving.
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The noun elpis indicates that the Christians
salvation is incomplete and will not be completed
until the resurrection of the church.
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The Christians salvation was planned by God the
Father in eternity past and was received the
moment the Christian trusted in Jesus Christ as
Savior and can be experienced to a certain extent
through faith in the Word of God but will not be
completed until the rapture of the church.
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This confident expectation is not wishful
thinking but a guarantee from God.
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Paul taught in Romans 65 that the believers
identification with Christ in His physical death
is the basis for his future resurrection.
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Romans 65, Therefore, if and let us assume that
it is true for the sake of argument that we are
entered into union with Him, conformed to His
physical death. Of course, we believe this is
true. Then, certainly, we will also be united
with Him, conformed to His resurrection.
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Paul instructs the Roman believers in Romans 68
that since they have died with Christ through the
baptism of the Spirit, they will as a certainty,
in the future, at the resurrection, i.e. rapture
of the church live with Christ in the sense that
they will receive a resurrection body like Christ.
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Romans 68, Now, as previously stated, if and
let us assume that it is true for the sake of
argument that we have died with Him. Of course,
we have already established that this is true.
Then, we do have this absolute confidence that
we, as a certainty, will in the future also live
with Him.
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These promises of a resurrection body are based
upon Gods holiness, i.e. the absolute perfection
of His character.
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Romans 824, For in hope we have been saved, but
hope that is seen is not hope for who hopes for
what he already sees?
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We have been saved is the verb sozo (swvzw)
(sode-zo), which means, to deliver.
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In Romans 824, the verb sozo is used with
reference to the positional aspect of the
Christians salvation or deliverance from sin,
which sets up the potential for him to
experience this deliverance and also guarantees
the Christians ultimate deliverance at the
rapture.
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The believers salvation or deliverance from sin,
Satan and his cosmic system is accomplished in
three stages
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(1) Positional At the moment the believer
exercised faith alone in Christ alone, he was
delivered positionally from real spiritual
death and eternal condemnation, the devil, his
cosmic system and the sin nature through the
crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection and
session of the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians
28-9).
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By positionally, I mean that God views the
believer as crucified, died, buried, raised and
seated with Christ, which was accomplished at the
moment of salvation through the Baptism of the
Spirit when the omnipotence of God the Holy
Spirit placed the believer in an eternal union
with Christ.
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In other words, the positional aspect of the
believers salvation refers to the past action of
God saving us from sin, Satan, his cosmic system
and eternal condemnation when we trusted in Jesus
Christ as our Savior.
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Ephesians 28-9, For by grace you have been
saved through faith and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God, not as a result of works,
so that no one may boast.
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The believers deliverance positionally sets up
the potential for him to experience this
deliverance in time since this deliverance can
only be experienced after salvation through
obedience to the teaching of the Word of God.
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It also guarantees the believers ultimate
deliverance at the rapture, which is based upon
the sovereign decision of God rather than the
volition of the believer.
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(2) Experiential After salvation, the believer
can experience deliverance from the devil, his
cosmic system and the sin nature by appropriating
by faith the teaching of the Word of God that he
has been crucified, died, buried, raised and
seated with Christ.
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In other words, the experiential aspect of
salvation is used of the believers deliverance
from sin, Satan and his cosmic system in the
present moment.
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1 Corinthians 118, For the word of the cross
is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to
us who are being saved it is the power of God.
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(3) Ultimate At the resurrection the believer
will be delivered ultimately and permanently
from the devil, his cosmic system and the sin
nature when he receives his resurrection body at
the rapture of the church, which is imminent
(Rom. 1311 1 Thess. 58-9 Heb. 114 928 1
Pet. 15).
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In other words, the ultimate aspect of
salvation is used of the believers future
deliverance from sin, Satan and his cosmic
system.
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Philippians 320-21, For our citizenship
exists from eternity past in the realm of the
heavens, out from which also we ourselves at the
present time are eagerly anticipating as Savior,
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Who will cause our humiliating body to be
outwardly transformed to be identical in essence
with His glorious body because of the power that
will enable Him to marshal all things created to
Himself.
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Romans 824, For in hope we have been saved,
but hope that is seen is not hope for who hopes
for what he already sees?
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The statement but hope that is seen is not hope
denotes that a confident expectation that is
realized or seen can by no means be characterized
as a confident expectation.
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The rhetorical question for who hopes for what
he already sees? demands a negative response and
teaches that no one continues to have a confident
expectation of a thing once it is realized.
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So Paul teaches in Romans 824 that the Christian
was saved with reference to the confident
expectation of receiving a resurrection body at
the rapture of the church.
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He also goes on to define in the verse what
having a confident expectation of something is
not.
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Obviously, something is not a confident
expectation when it is realized.
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Then, Paul goes on to teach in Romans 825 that
since the Christians confident expectation has
not been realized, he must with perseverance
confidently expect to receive this promise.
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Romans 824-25, For in hope we have been saved,
but hope that is seen is not hope for who hopes
for what he already sees? But if we hope for what
we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly
for it.
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