Mar. 01, 2026

Romans 8:9-17

Hope Is Alive

1. The Spirit is Present (vs. 9-11)

A. Who Has the Spirit? (vs. 9-10)

”Of the three persons in the Godhead-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-The Holy Spirit is doubtless the least known and understood. He is most vitally and intimately involved in our initial conversion and birth into the family of God and in our ongoing development as Christians. Our awareness of His work in our lives as Christians can ripen into a relationship with Him that brings us power, joy, and hope” Paul Little, Know What You Believe

John 14:16-17

John 14:26

Hebrews 10:29

1 John 5:6

John 16:8-11

John 16:13-14

The Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:11

B. The Power of the Resurrection (v. 11)

Philippians 3:10-11

2. Who You Are (vs. 12-14)

A. No Longer in Debt to the Flesh (v. 12)

Romans 8:6-8

B. The Spirit Puts to Death the Flesh (v. 13)

Galatians 5:22-26

C. This Is Who You Are (v. 14)

3. Affirmation of the Truth (vs. 15-17)

A. Who You Didn’t Receive (v. 15)

Romans 6:16-18

B. Adopted

C. Abba Father

Galatians 4:6-7

D. Internal Confirmation (v. 16)

”Jesus Christ wanted to take religion out of the external and make it internal and put it on the same level as life itself, so that a man knows he knows God the same as he knows he is himself and not somebody else. He knows he knows God the same as he knows he is alive and not dead. Only the Holy Ghost can do that. The Holy Spirit came to carry the evidence of Christianity from the books of apologetics into the human heart, and that is exactly what He does.”
AW Tozer, How to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit

E. Fellow Heirs

1 Peter 1:3

The continued need for the Spirit

Ephesians 5:18

“At the present time be filled with the Spirit”.

Ephesians 3:14-19

As a result of Ephesians 5:18:

Ephesians 5:19-21

Reflection:

How has the work of the Spirit given you affirmation for your relationship with Jesus Christ?

Do you know that you are a child of God?

Follow UP in the Word through the Week…

Monday:

Read: John 14:16-26.

What does Jesus teach about the Holy Spirit in this passage? How have you seen that working out in your life?

Tuesday:

Read: John 16:8-15.

What does Jesus say the Holy Spirit will provide for those who believe? How have you experienced that in your life?

Wednesday:

Read: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11.

What does Paul describe in this passage? Who provides these gifts? What do they proclaim according to verse 3?

Thursday:

Read: Galatians 5:22-26.

What does the Spirit provide for here? How does this differ from what you read in 1 Corinthians 12?

Friday:

Read: Ephesians 5:18.

How is the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in your life today?

Saturday:

Read: Ephesians 5:19-21.

These are the results of the Spirit’s filling in 5:18. How would you explain this work in your life to someone else?