The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Let's get to Romans 8, okay?

We have been looking rather carefully and in depth at the opening verses of this incredible chapter.

It is a chapter basically dedicated to the ministry of the Holy Spirit who secures

our no condemnation status until we enter eternal glory.

This is a remarkable chapter.

It begins with no condemnation and it ends thirty-nine verses later with no separation.

It is a promise of the security of the believer.

We will never be condemned because we are in Christ and He was condemned in our place and

nothing can separate us from the love of God which is ours in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This no condemnation, no separation status, this life of protection that brings us from

justification to glorification is the work of the Holy Spirit.

As I said a few weeks ago, Holy Spirit only mentioned once or twice in the first seven

chapters of Romans and now nineteen times in chapter eight.

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