Reading for September 3rd

Read Romans 8.26-39
In verses 26-27: The Spirit as intercessor.
In verse 26: Our weakness is being unable to say what we need.
Intercedes: The Spirit pleads our cause before God (Heb 7.25).
In verse 27: Here God knows the Spirit as thoroughly as the human heart (Ps 139.1-6).
Praying "in the Spirit" recognizes the Spirit's mediating role (Eph 6.18; Jude 20).
In verses 28-30: Being part of God's larger purpose.
The alternative readings yield significant differences.
The most believable of the three is: In all things God works for good.
In verses 29-30: The people of God rather than individuals are in view.
In verses 31-39: More than conquerors.
Central to this triumphant finale is what God did in Christ (vv. 32,34, 37, 39), aptly summarized in the final time: the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In verse 32: Christ as God's sacrifice is in view (8.3).
Everything else includes protective care from suffering (v. 35) and cosmic threats, present and future (vv. 37-39).
In verse 33: God's elect are God's people (8.28-30).
In verse 36: Ps 44.22.
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