Author Archives: Steve Hankins, Th.D.

“Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.” (Romans 8:33–34, ESV) Here we are at Good Friday. The annual time whenContinue reading “Our Defender (Romans 8:33-34)”

“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 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 8:31–32, KJV 1900) Often in life, we come against peopleContinue reading “Our Great Advocate (Romans 8:31-32)”

“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. 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 8:29–30, KJVContinue reading “A Plan Comes Together (Roman 8:29-30)”

“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 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 8:28–29, KJVContinue reading “The Grand Plan (Romans 8:28-29)”

“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according toContinue reading “Confident Prayer (Romans 8:26-27)”

“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.” (Romans 8:23, KJV 1900) Every day there seems to be a new ache and pain, a new malady with which I must contend. ThisContinue reading “Groaning Bodies (Romans 8:22-25)”

“For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.” (Romans 8:19, ESV) Around 25 years ago, I served in an interim pastorate in a small church in Savannah, Georgia. I was also working full time as a manufacturing manager in a printing plant located in a papermill complex. OneContinue reading “Hope of Creation (Romans 8:19-22)”

“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, KJV 1900) For most of us, when we consider our sufferings and compare them to the things Jesus endured, we must consider ours very small. Even comparing themContinue reading “Glorious Suffering (Romans 8:17-18)”

“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:” (Romans 8:16, KJV 1900) Many people who have made a prayer of faith often later will ask the question, am I truly saved? While this question needs a lot of commentary, more than I have time for in this devotional,Continue reading “The Divine Witness (Romans 8:15-16)”