what if one chapter could change your life what if there was one passage of scripture that allowed you to leave the past behind you to look beyond your present challenges and provided the hope for a brighter tomorrow turning the page to these powerful words can turn a page in your life giving you the confidence you need for every step you take words that contain god’s desire to breathe renewed life into you through a divine promise just waiting to be claimed a promise that you will never be abandoned never be alone

and always be cared for a promise that you are chosen and called by god how would your life change if you knew you could endure every trial that nothing could stand in your way knowing there’s nothing god wouldn’t do for you is it too hard to believe that such an arrangement of simple words composed beautifully authored divinely nearly 2 000 years ago could be so great what is this chapter romans 8 the greatest chapter in the bible [Music] hello i’m david jeremiah today i am taking you back to your school days do you remember having an essay

assignment to compare and contrast two different people or views or periods of history we gain a better picture of two things when we can compare and contrast them with each other and that’s what paul does in verses 5 through 11 of romans chapter 8 a chapter of the bible that can change your life we’re on the second message of a series called romans 8 the greatest chapter in the bible and today we’ll follow paul as he compares and contrasts the flesh our old human nature with the spirit our new life empowered by the holy

spirit i hope you’ll join me for today’s message as we explore the perils of the flesh contrasted with the power of the spirit in the spirit and the flesh here on turning point the act of writing out scripture by hand is a powerful practice in fact it is a command directly from god god understood how writing with your hand imprints the words on your mind and that’s why dr jeremiah has created the written word journal use the written word journal to write paul’s wonderfully rich letter to the romans word for word

as you do record your thoughts reflections notes and prayers on the adjacent page charting your personal journey with god through the book of romans the written word journal is yours when you give a gift of any amount in support of this program and if you give sixty dollars or more dr jeremiah will also send you his current teaching series romans 8 on cd or dvd along with a correlating study guide or if you give generously to the ministry you will receive the written word journal and a genuine leather jeremiah study

bible in the new king james version contact turning point today thank you for watching turning point now here is dr jeremiah with his message the spirit and the flesh romans 7 which comes before the chapter we’re studying is all about what happens when we try to live life ourselves interestingly enough the whole chapter is full of words like i and me and my and then you come to romans chapter 8 and there’s a huge change because in romans 8 those words kind of go away and the holy spirit shows up in romans chapter 8