Seivern Baptist Church

Seivern Baptist Church Baptist church Sunday Morning:
10:00 Sunday School for all ages
11:00 Service

09/07/2026

Good Morning Friends!
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.”
Who are the ones specified as “them” that all things work together for good?
First, it is to those “that love God.”
“That love” (agapoósin) Rom 8:28 “love” James 1:12 is a present participle active verb-DMP.
A present participle is used to indicate an action that is incomplete: Eg: “…that are loving…”
It means to keep on.
The active voice is where the subject does the acting.
It is an action one takes, therefore, volitional or a choice.
It comes from the same root word as the verb form describing John 3:16 type love.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Paul is speaking of those believers who are in a continual state of loving God.
What do we mean we say about a person, “He really loves the Lord?”
We mean that he is devoted to Him and we see it in all areas of his life.
James 1:12 “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the Crown of Life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love (agapoósin) Him.”
Jude 21 "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."
Not every Christian is operating in the love of God.
Second, it is those who are “called according to His purpose.”
We will consider this next time, Lord willing.

09/06/2026

Good Morning Friends!
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.”
“For” (eis) is translated elsewhere as “into, to end, toward, until, unto”.
It is a preposition, which shows direction, time, place, location.
“Good” (agathón) Rom 2:10; II Cor 5:10 “benefit” Philem 14 “good thing” Rom 7:18.
It’s root word means “pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy.”
Now this does not mean that the bad things that happen to you feel good.
It does not mean that if you do not feel joyful over the bad things that you are not right with God.
But what it does mean is that God can take everything that happens to us both good and bad and make them work to accomplish His goal.
That should make us joyful.
We sometimes have to pray, “Lord, I don’t like what is happening in my life now.
But I am very thankful that you can take this bad thing that hurts and accomplish your purpose with it.
Lord, I commit myself to You to make this work together to accomplish Your ultimate purpose.”
Romans 2:10 "But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good (agathón)…"
II Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
Paul describes a problem we all have by human nature alone.
Romans 7:18 “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing (agathón): for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.”
This is why we must have the Holy Spirit dwell in and in control of our lives.
Galatians 5:22 “…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace …goodness…”

09/05/2026

Good Morning Friends!
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.”
“Work together” (sunergeí) has the meaning “put forth power together with and thereby assist.”
This word is a compound of “sun” meaning, “with,” and “ergon” meaning, “any product whatever, anything accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind.”
It is a Present indicative active verb-3S.
The present tense indicates continued action, something that happens continually or repeatedly, or something that is in the process of happening.
The indicative mood presents the action or the event as something real or certain, in other words as an objective fact.
The active voice is where the subject does the acting.
It is an action one must take, therefore, volitional or a choice.
This means that God is employing all the present events for the good of accomplishing His purpose.
God is employing all the present events for the good of accomplishing His purpose.
Draw a circle and put yourself, a believer in Christ, in that circle.
Everything that comes into that circle to you is the will of God for you.
The person who fired at you in that circle may have been completely out of the will of God in doing it, BUT, it is God’s will for your life.”
In a situation where someone does you wrong it very well may be that it was not God’s will for him, and he will need to repent of it.
But God allowed it to happen and He will work it together for our good.

09/04/2026

Good Morning Friends!
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.”
Warren Wiersbe told of a young man who came to him after the service and said, “I take it that you believe in absolutes,” to which Dr. Wiersbe replied, “Yes, I do.”
The young man said, “I do not believe that there are any absolutes.”
Dr. Wiersbe then asked, “Is what you just said an absolute?”!
Thank God there are absolutes.
You can count on what God says in His Word to be absolute.
“We know” (oídamen) means “we see with the eyes or any of the senses.”
“We know it because we saw it” is the eye witness knowledge.
“We know it because we experienced it” is knowledge that comes through the senses.
There is another word for “know”.
It is “ginosko” and according to Vine speaks of “taking in knowledge” and emphasizes the progress of attaining it.
Vine says, “ginosko, frequently suggests inception or progress in knowledge, while "oida" suggests fullness of knowledge.” —An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words by W.E. Vine.
“We know” here is a perfect active indicative verb.
Paul is expressing a certainty.
The perfect tense means that we learned this is the past with the result that we stand in the present absolutely sure of this truth.
What we learned in the past, examined by meditation and prayer, tested in faith (though perhaps a trembling faith at the time), we now stand with minds perfectly assured of this truth.
It is so good to know that the Bible teaches us that we can KNOW some things.

09/03/2026

Good Morning Friends!
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.”
“All things” (pánta) Col 3:20; Heb 1:3 is translated “all” in Matt 5:18; Eph 6:16; Col 2:13.
It means “each and every.”
The teaching of the New Testament harmonizes completely with Paul’s declaration here.
If “all things work together for the good”, then what should be our attitude about all things? There are three verses that confirm that we are to take what Paul says here literally.
Ephesians 5:20 “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ”.
“Always” (pántote) means “at all times and on every occasion.”
“All things” in our text translates the same root word as in this verse.
I Thessalonians 5:18 “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
“Every thing” (pantí) translates the same root word as in our text, also.
Paul says, “for this is the will of God concerning you.”
Hebrews 13:15 “By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.”
“Continually” (diá pantós) means, “constantly, always, continually.”
How could a believer continually offer the sacrifice of praise if he were not doing it for the bad as well as for the good?
This truth goes so far over my head I have to confess the limitation of my understanding.
This is a truth that magnifies the greatness of God in His power and Wisdom!

09/02/2026

Good Morning Friends!
Romans 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit Itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
There are certain things that we as Christians “know” (oídamen).
John 3:2 "…Rabbi, we know (oídamen) that Thou art a teacher come from God…"
John 21:24 “This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know (oídamen) that his testimony is true.”
Romans 8:22 “For we know (oídamen) that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”
Romans 8:28 “And we know (oídamen) that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.”
I John 3:14 “We know (oídamen) that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.”
I John 5:19 “And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.”
I John 5:20 “And we know (oídamen) that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true…”
“For we know not what we should pray for as we ought…” describes the particular infirmity or weakness of which Paul is writing here.
We know we should pray, but too often we don't know what we should pray.
This is a real weakness on the part of the believer.
Also, we know that there are, sometimes, some things we are asked to pray for where we do not have peace that it is God’s will.
And honestly, there are times when the need is so deeply felt it leaves us speechless.
Therefore, we need this great work of the Holy Spirit in our prayer lives.
What a blessing is ours in that the Holy Spirit is always available to give us power in our prayer.

09/01/2026

Good Morning Friends!
Romans 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit Itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
“Infirmities” (astheneía) is translated “weakness” elsewhere.
I Corinthians 2:3 “And I was with you in weakness (astheneía), and in fear, and in much trembling.”
It means “want, lack or need of strength, feebleness of body or mind.”
It speaks of “a native weakness and frailty.”
This describes a condition that exists in the whole human family and is a result of our fallen nature.
Everyone one of us, not just some of us, but all of us, have infirmities when it comes to his relationship to the Lord.
It can refer to the condition the body is left in as a result of sickness.
A person’s performance can be affected as well as his ability to think can be hampered because of this condition.
“We know” (oídamen) is translated “we are sure” Rom 2:2.
It is a perfect indicative active verb-1P.
The perfect tense is completed action in time past that completed action having present results.
It is expressing a certainty.
The indicative mood presents the action or the event as something real or certain, in other words as an objective fact.
The active voice is where the subject does the acting.
It is an action one takes, therefore, volitional or a choice.
It is an eye witness or personal experience knowledge.

08/31/2026

Good Morning Friends!
Romans 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit Itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
“Likewise” (de hoosaútoos) means “in like manner”.
It has also the particle “de” meaning “moreover.”
It could be translated, “Moreover in like manner.”
It connects this with what Paul has already said about the work of the Spirit in this chapter.
“Also” (kaí) takes us back to the other things the Spirit helps us with in this chapter.
He doesn’t only free us from condemnation and give us assurance, enables us to put to death the deeds of the body, guides us, aids in our feeble worship, gives us hope in our hopelessness, but He also helps our infirmities.
“Helpeth” (sunantilambánetai) means “helps, lays hold along with, takes hold with another, strives to obtain with others, helps in obtaining”
This is what the Holy Spirit does.
He takes hold with us against our infirmities that try to drag us down and does a hands-on work with us to keep them from being a hindrance to our Christian walk.
It is a present middle indicative verb.
The present tense means He just keeps on doing this in the present tense of our lives.
The present tense means that the Holy Spirit continually does this at the present time.
The middle voice means that He does this to bring glory to God in our lives.
The middle voice is where the subject is benefited by the action of the verb.
This is the reason I said that the end of this work is to glorify God.
God is glorified in answering our prayers.
He helps by continually “laying hold along with us.”

08/30/2026

Good Morning Friends!
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.”
“Waiting for” (apekdechómenoi) Rom 8:23.
I Corinthians 1:4-8 “I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
5 That in every thing ye are enriched by Him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for (apekdechoménous) the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

08/29/2026

Good Morning Friends!
Romans 8:16 “The Spirit Itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.”
“Beareth witness with” (summartureí) means “bears witness with, bears joint witness.”
We say in spirit “we are the sons of God” and the Holy Spirit says the same.
“We are” (esmén) is the first-person plural of the to be verb “esmen.”
It is present indicative which means that we say we are NOW the children of God and the Spirit bears witness with us that we are.
This is not saying He bears witness TO OTHERS about our salvation.
He bears witness TO US.
That is ASSURANCE.
When Bible believing Christians say, “I know I am saved beyond a shadow of a doubt,” it is offensive to the unbelieving professing Christian.
When professing Christians say, “I am NOT absolutely sure if I am saved beyond a shadow of doubt,” it is offensive to the Lord God.
The church is filled with people who have absolutely no assurance of salvation.
Some of them are saved without assurance and some are unsaved members of the church.
This is the reason the Church is in so ineffective today.
There is no real supernatural boldness to proclaim salvation where there is doubt in the Savior and our security in Him as His children.
This verse definitely teaches that the true believer walking after the Spirit and worshipping in truth and in spirit HAS the ASSURANCE that he is a child of God.

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