Section 8
of life. This is the indwelling Spirit. The indwell ing Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, and the Spirit of Christ is actually Christ Himself within us (vv. 9-10).
Why does the book of Romans open in the way it does? Every book of the Bible opens in a particular way, each one different from the oth ers. Paul opens the book of Romans in the way that he does because Romans has a goal, as seen in 8:29 and 30. This goal is to produce many sons of God. This goal of producing the many sons of God requires redemption, the imparting of life, and the living by this life. As fallen men and as sinners, we need redemption, we need the divine life, and we need to live by the divine life so that we may be regenerated, transformed, and fully glorified as the sons of God. Eventually, we will all be the sons of God in full.
God had only one Son, His only begotten Son. However, God was not satisfied to have just one Son. He wanted many sons to be brought into glory (Heb. 2:10). Therefore, God used His only begotten Son as a model, as a pattern, to pro duce many sons. Do you realize that Christ has passed through a process to be designated the Son of God and that we also are passing through the same process to be designated the sons of