Romans 8:12-27
Micah Reaves · June 21, 2026 · 12:15 PM service
Micah Reaves continues his verse-by-verse study of Romans 8, picking up at verse 11 and working through verse 27. He covers what it means to be debtors not to the flesh but to the Spirit, being led by the Spirit, adoption into the family of God, being joint heirs with Christ, the groaning of creation under sin, and the Spirit making intercession for us when we do not know how to pray. Along the way he draws in Romans 6, 1 Corinthians 6, 2 Corinthians 4, and Jeremiah 12, and urges believers to treat one another as a family and to keep waiting patiently for the redemption of the body.
“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. …”