Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Emmanuel, who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit.
Romans
8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation.(original
Greek for 'condemnation' is 'separation' {from a
relationship with God}, 'damnatory sentence of judgment' and 'to judge
worthy of punishment':.John
3:17).to them which are in
Christ.Emmanuel,
who walk not after the flesh.(walking
after one's selfish impulses from the ordinary low consciousness mind they
came to Earth with, the mind which brings
one to reap what he or she may have sown), but after
the Spirit..(and
what is the spirit? 1John 4:12
to 1John 5:13)
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Emmanuel has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans
8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life.(what
is this 'law of the spirit of life).in
Christ.(what
does 'Christ' really mean?).Emmanuel
has made me free.{*}.from
the law of sin and death..(the
law sin and death {Ezekiel
18:4,20 "...the soul that sins, it shall die...The soul that sins,
it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither
shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the
righteous shall be upon him and the wickedness of the wicked shall
be upon him."} involves human nature's
working.{the
ego
level} apart from higher
consciousness awareness); the ancient law
of Moses dealt with the ego,
proving the law of Moses wouldn't work on carnal
people, as they just didn't
have the heart to live other than from their egoes)
Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that
it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.
Romans
8:3 For what the law.(the
established
ways of the Creator in the Old
Testament as were described in the now gone Mosaic
Law).could not do in that it was
weak through the flesh.(things
of the ego, the flesh level, are here contrasted with the
heart level which is the higher consciousness level where love comes
from; the ego level's corollary
of 'love' is selfishness, love of self above all others; those existing
with ordinary consciousness and stuck within the ego level {John
8:24}, do not realize we are all
one).God sending his own Son in
the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin
condemned.('condemned'
here means 'to give a judgement against' in the original; note that it
was this thing called sin that was condemned and not the sinning person).sin
in the flesh..(He came
to show mankind a better way)
Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might
be.fulfilled in us, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans
8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be.fulfilledin.us,
who walk not after the flesh.(some
back then were wanting to hang onto the law that was
abolished by Christ {Colossians
2:14}.and
Paul
here equates
this with the flesh and compares it with the spirit), but after
the Spirit.(and
what
are the things of the spirt to walk after?).
Romans 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do
mind the things of the flesh, but they that are after the Spirit the things
of the Spirit.
Romans
8:5 For they that are after the flesh.(Romans
7:23; 'after the flesh' meaning here the ancient law's way of dealing
with people, which was not of the heart, but of the flesh in that the over
600 laws, rules and regulations that were coupled with what the corrupt
religious leaders added to it, were 'of the flesh' as the whole crap pot
of it had nothing to do with
the heart, the spirit of a human being).do
mind the things of the flesh, but they that are after
the Spirit.(meaning,
your heart's main thrust is on the things of Him which are the things of
a higher consciousness), the things of the Spirit.
Romans
8:6 For to be carnally
minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Romans
8:7 Because the carnal
mind is enmity
against God. For it is not subject
to the law of God.(what
law of God would this have been, certainly not the ancient Mosaic
Law! What law then? See verse 2 above), neither indeed
can be.
The
low
consciousness mind we all came here with is out
of sync with the
higher consciousness mind of the Creator.
Romans
8:8 So then they that are in
the flesh cannot please God.(Hebrews
11:6).
Regarding word
'please'; can't please God means to not
be in alignment with what
God is)
Romans
8:9 But you are not in the flesh,
but in the Spirit,
if so be that the Spirit of God.(higher
consciousness, a.k.a.
the Holy Spirit).dwell
in
you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ.(Christ
showed what He was all about by His works:.Hebrews
1:3), he is none of his..(or,
is not in the realm
of the kingdom
of higher consciousness within him, not in connection with his
soul)
Romans 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body
is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans
8:10 And if Christ
be in you.(or, 'if
you be in Christ' {comprehend.what
Christ is}, the body is dead because of sin.(as
the previous verse shows and also Colossians
3:1-3, that is, in the past there was the
sin of Adam passed to all of us, not to mention how we carried on in
sinful
ways; once one is of higher consciousness thinking, he sees clearly the
lower consciousness ways he had been living which kept him in a life of
curses and heartaches, the ways of the ordinary
consciousness that he relied upon, never realizing what they were doing
to him, that's why Emmanuel said this {Luke
23:34} and did this:.1Peter
2:24; because of what He did to eradicate
all sin for all time, the body and its sins are dead {Colossians
3:3} when in higher consciousness; that is, they no longer have any
power to keep you from a relationship with the Great Infinite One expressing
as you, called the 'Father' or just 'God' as He has adopted
us into the
family called God); but the Spirit is life.(original
for 'life' means 'fulness of living, abundance in all areas').because
of righteousness (whose righteousness is it talking
about that is now yours?.Romans
3:22; 5:17,21; 10:4;
1Corinthians
1:30; Galatians 2:21; Philippians
1:11; 3:9;
2Peter
1:11); righteousness is
higher
consciousness thinking and it's a gift {Romans
5:17} that individually we can appropriate
by believing; if one believes something, he has accepted it as being true;
now one has a new vibrant
life because of equality
with the Infinite One).
(and now, because of His Spirit, we have this
new life with the Father, thanks to Emmanuel and the righteousness
we now have because
of what He has done for us and we no longer have an excuse to feel
bad and/or guilty)
(the verse is showing the contrast between being
in high consciousness and that of low
consciousness)
Romans
8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Emmanuel from the dead
dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken
your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.(the
spirit of love).
Romans
8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live
after the flesh.
Romans 8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you
shall die. But if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,
you shall live.
Romans
8:13 For if you live after the
flesh.(which is."the
law of sin and death".mentioned
in verse 2 of this chapter),
you shall die. But if you through the
Spirit do mortify
the deeds of the body.(Colossians
3:5), you shall live.
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the .Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God.
Romans
8:14 For as many.(anyone).as
are led.(original 'bring
forth').by the.(words
'by the' not in original, but word 'the' is implied).Spirit
of God.(which is love),
they are the sons of God.
Romans
8:15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear.(bondage
to a bunch of do's & don't, fearing if you don't do them, you're not
going to be accepted by God), but you have received the Spirit
of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Romans 8:16.The Spirit
itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
Romans
8:16.The Spirit
itself bears witness with our spirit.(1,
2)
that we are the children of God..(the
soul then is on the pathway of higher
consciousness)
Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs, heirs
of God and joint heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer, that we may
be also glorified together.
Romans
8:17 And if children,
then heirs, heirs of God.(destined
to
be equal as we grow spiritually).and
joint heirs with Christ
if so be that we suffer.(see
question on are we
also to suffer as Emmanuel did?; word 'suffer' is 'to have been affected
with or by', meaning to be of the same mind:.1Peter
4:1; Romans 12:16; that same
mind was that we are all
brothers & sisters in Christ);
sometimes we, like Paul long before
us, must struggle to
maintain a high consciousness mind).with
him.(word 'him' not
in original, but implied), that we may be also glorified together.(Revelation
22:12).
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of
this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall
be revealed in us.
Romans
8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings.(original
for 'sufferings' is 'suffering', 'affliction', 'affection'; what.were
these sufferings Paul had that he's talking about here? Paul was the great
apostle
who wrote this book of the Bible called Romans).of
this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall
be revealed in us..(2Corinthians
1:5)
Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the
creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Romans
8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature.(the
'creature' is us, created beings of God).waits.(original
for 'waits' is 'looks forward to receiving').for
the manifestation.(original
'laying bear', 'removing of the cover', that is, one is excited about the
better person he is spiritually becoming: Romans
5:3-5).of the sons of God.(*).
Romans 8:20 For the creature was made subject
to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same
in hope.
Romans
8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity.(made
with the ordinary consciousnees:.Job
5:7), not willingly.(*),
but
by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope..(all
our lives we live in hope
that things will be better for us and those we love.; if we 'had it all',
right from birth, there would be no need for hope, so the Creator and His
group.create
circumstances and situations as well as just allowing things to happen
{Matthew 5:45} things that give rise
to opportunities for changed thinking leading to better/higher decisions
and a better life now and forever for you and in this change there are
rewards and opportunities:.1Corinthians
2:9; Isaiah 45:18; Romans
8:32 "...how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?")
Romans
8:21 Because the creature.(the
'creature' is us, created beings of God).itself
also shall be delivered.(no
'shall be' about it; words 'shall be' not in original; should read 'the
creature is made free'; made
free by what Christ did on Earth in the physical body called Emmanuel
and kept free by this).from
the bondage of corruption.(the
ego
level of dealing with existence).into
the glorious liberty of the
children of God.
Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation
groans and travails in pain together until now.
Romans
8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails.('groans
and travails', meaning in a condition of heading toward death on a cluttered
road of pain and heartache).in pain
together until now.
Romans 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also,
which have the firstfruits.(1Peter
2:2).of the Spirit, even
we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to
wit, the redemption of our body.
Romans
8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits
of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the
adoption,
to
wit, the redemption of our body..(or
as the original also has it 'the deliverance'; delivered from
what and by
what?)
Romans
8:24 For we are saved by hope.(Acts
20:32). But hope that is seen is not hope. For what a
man sees why does he yet hope for?
Romans
8:25 But if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait
for it.
Romans
8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities, for we know not
what we should pray for as we ought.(word
'pray' here, in original is 'to wish/want for the advantage
of'). But the Spirit itself makes intercession
for us with groanings which cannot be uttered..('groanings
which cannot be uttered' are things about ourselves and others difficult
to put into words:.Ephesians
6:18; often, things of the spirit are known but difficult to explain,
like ask an athlete why he excels above so many others and they'll tell
you I don't know, I just knew that I could; the Holy Spirit brings to mind
in times of quiet communion
with the Creator; how this works)
Romans 8:27 And he that searches the hearts knows
what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints
according to the will of God..
Romans
8:27 And he.(word
'he' not in original; verse could then read.'and
searching the hearts, the spirit knows how
to bring up anything of spiritual importance to a saint's mind').that
searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he.(word
'he' not in original).makes.(word
'makes' not in original).intercession
for the saintsaccording
to the will of.('the
will of' not in original).God.
Romans 8:28 And we know that.all
things work together for good.to them
that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans
8:28 And we know that all things work together for good.(note
it says 'work
together for good'
and this means...; note
too that evil(s) can work together with other evil(s) in producing good,
that's why the scripture tells us not to resist evil:.Matthew
5:39; positive
coincidences
begin to occur among the darkness we may presently be engulfed in: God
is the master potter and works all
things according to what He sees best overall:.Ephesians
1:11).to them that love God.(Adam
Clarke's Commentary:."It
is not said that all things shall work for good, being sometime in the
future, but that they work now in the behalf of those who love now,
for the verbs 'work' and 'love' are in the present
tense"; you love the Creator by adopting
the same consciousness that He has, even if
you are clumsy at first with it; in this way you express the
real you; be in the process of what
we call God, the intelligent energy of the universe and be detached
from outcomes; if one is confident of an outcome, he doesn't have to
worry about it coming to pass, because it's a sure thing), to them
who are the called.{*}
according to his purpose.(this
means that if you are interested in the true things of God,
you are called to the purpose God has at
this time for those God is awakening).
If all things
are not working good for you, circumstances are alerting you to something
needing fixing in attitude so
you can get back into alignment
with
the high
consciousness things of the Creator and the best way to do this is
by emphasizing.these
things in your life. It
could also be that the Creator is taking you somewhere as an alternate
life purpose.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow he also did
predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be
the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans
8:29 For whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn
among many brethren..(everyone
was foreknown:.2Timothy
1:9; Christ is our
brother)
Romans 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate
them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom
he justified, them he also glorified.
Romans
8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate
them he also called.
And whom he called, them he also justified.
And whom he justified, them he also glorified.(that's
why God calls you holy, righteous & perfect, justified & as good
as having already been glorified:.Romans
4:17 "...God, who quickens the dead {Colossians
3:3} and calls those things which be not
as though they were.").
Romans
8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who
can be against us?
God is always
with those aspiring
to higher consciousness ways:.Proverbs
15:3,8,9,29; John 9:31; Ezekiel
18:25-28; Matthew 6:33. Those
resisting the universal laws God has laid down which produce good, bring
into their lives many negative issues:.Isaiah
8:6-10; Jeremiah 27:1,5-18.
Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but
delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give
us all things?
Romans
8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered
him up.(Isaiah
53rd chapter).for us all, how shall
he not with him also freely give us
all things?.(but don't
I have to do all the things religion
tells us to do?)
Romans
8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God
that
justifies..(in
other words God and none other, is the one who makes the final decisions
and what did Martin Luther say
was the final decision regarding each of us?)
Romans
8:34 Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that
is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes
intercession
for us.
Christ's nature
is that of helping where one needs and wants help, example:.Isaiah
53:12 with Luke 23:42,43.
Romans
8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation
or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?.(Paul's
example
and what Paul said:.Philippians
3:17)
Romans 8:36 As it is written, For your sake
we
are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans
8:36 As it is written.(Psalms
44:22), For your sake.(your
purposes, your plan,
which is always good for mankind).we
are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more
than conquerors through him that loved us.
Romans
8:37 Nay, in all these things.(what
things? verses 28-36 just above).we
are more than conquerors through him.(?;
Romans
1:16; 1Corinthians 1:18).that
loved us.
Romans
8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither
death nor life nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come,
Romans
8:39 Nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God.(note
that it's the love of God {and God is defined
by what? what really is God?.1John
4:6-16} which is in Christ; if you're in
Christ, you're in the love of God; is there anything more important,
is there anywhere else to go for all
you need?), which is in Christ
Emmanuel our Lord..(why?
Hebrews
13:5:."...for
he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.")
