Romans: Rooted in Jesus, Spirit in Life

Have you ever considered what often drives our performance? Consider the parent who wants their child to get good grades. The parent lays out what good grades provide the child: preferred colleges, better jobs, good career with increased income, etc. The parent doesn’t necessarily need to explain the negatives of bad grades, the child understands they will miss out on these benefits if they don’t do well in school. What motive enters the child’s heart? We might think, “success”, but along with that comes fear of failure.

Fear creates the tyranny of performance. This is the perspective, the worldview of the flesh. It says, If I don’t work hard to be a good person, God won’t accept me. Or, maybe, if I work to be a good person, keeping God’s law, I’ll get the benefits. The spirit of fear is the perspective of the flesh.

In our text, the Apostle is going to explain two different perspectives: the Spirit vs. the flesh. One is rooted in fear, while the other is rooted in our adoption. Join us Sunday as we worship the One who has brought us into his family and cast out the reasons for fear.