PM: “OUR COMMITTMENT AS A CHURCH”

September 1, 2024

Our Church Covenant

We have been led, as we believe, by the Holy Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior. Upon the profession of our faith we have been scripturally baptized in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. We do now, in the presence of God, angels, and this congregation, most solemnly and joyfully enter into this covenant, one with
another as the Body of Christ.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to give this Church sacred preeminence over all human institutions and organizations. We strive for its advancement in
knowledge, holiness, and comfort; for the promotion of its prosperity and spirituality. We agree to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines. We agree to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of its ministry, expenses, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel throughout all nations.

TEXT:  ROMANS 8:12-17
Introduction: vs.12 “Therefore” What is therefore there for?
I. Believers in Jesus Christ as Saviour owe the flesh nothing (vv. 12-13)
A. We have been delivered from the bondage of our flesh (Romans 8:12-14, John 16:7-13)
B. We have been delivered from its power to control us “to live after the flesh” (Romans 6:11-14)
C. We have been delivered from the death that it held us in (John 5:24, 11:25-26; Romans 8:34-39, 6:4-14)

II. Believers in Jesus Christ as Saviour have the Holy Spirit in them (vv. 13b-15)
A. The Holy Spirit enables us die to our fleshly desires (v. 13b)
B. The Holy Spirit makes us alive spiritually (v. 13c)
C. The Holy Spirit guides us in doing God’s will for our lives (v. 14a) (John 16:13)
D. The Holy Spirit residing in us is the guarantee of being God’s child (v. 14b) (Romans 8:9)

III. Believers in Jesus Christ as Saviour have the Holy Spirit to help them (vv. 16-17)
A. He communicates in our spirit about being a child of God (v. 16a)
B. He communicates in our spirit about living as a child of God (v. 16b)
C. He communicates in our spirit about comforting us as a child of God (v. 17a)
D. He communicates in our spirit about anticipating eternity as a child of God (v. 17b)