Sermons from St. John the Divine
Jul 26, 2026 · 20 min · 9 segments
How do we trust God when life is difficult and our prayers seem inadequate? In this sermon from Romans 8, we discover the comforting promise that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us in our weakness, God…
R. Leigh SpruillHost
In fact, we can hardly do better than the verses that you just heard Timothy read from the end of the eighth chapter.
And as I shared last week, and anytime I study or teach Romans, the question that runs from the beginning to the end of the letter to the Romans is simply, what is the gospel? What is it? He begins his letter acknowledging what's true for every single person who's ever lived.
And, you know, we might think we're good people and we roll up our sleeves and we're going to, you know, we're going to earn our way into God's approval and it doesn't work.
In fact, we can hardly do better than the verses that you just heard Timothy read from the end of the eighth chapter.
And as I shared last week, and anytime I study or teach Romans, the question that runs from the beginning to the end of the letter to the Romans is simply, what is the gospel? What is it? He begins his letter acknowledging what's true for every single person who's ever lived.
And, you know, we might think we're good people and we roll up our sleeves and we're going to, you know, we're going to earn our way into God's approval and it doesn't work.
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