Post by Micheal on Jul 29, 2007 20:01:29 GMT -6
17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.18 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. 19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. 20 Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay.
Yesterday, we talked about being God's children. Today we will talk about what that means. We'll jump right into verse seventeen.
This verse promises us that we will receive the same glory that Christ received because we are heirs of God. And so we are brothers and sisters with Christ. But there is another side to this coin. If we are to receive the same glory as Christ, then we must receive the same suffering. How many of you out there have ever been ridiculed or persecuted for your faith? Here in America, we're blessed. They don't kill us for our faith. But we are still ridiculed for believing in something unproven by science.
Verse eighteen gives us an awesome promise. Whatever we suffer, no matter how bad, is nothing compared to the glory God will give us later. Nothing on earth can possibly detract from what's awaiting us in heaven. Keep that in mind next time someone makes fun of your christianity.
Verse twenty-one says that against it's will, everything on earth was subjected to God's curse. This curse is the fact that when sin is commited, creation starts eroding and people are in need of salvation. And from the moment that Adam and Eve disobeyed, the earth started going downhill.
Twenty-one tells us that even earth and creation wait for the redemption of God. At the end of the millenial kingdom, everything, except God and his people, will pass away. Then a new earth will be created in which God's presence will dwell among his people.
22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. 24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. 25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)
Verse twenty-two tells us just how much creation wants redemption. It has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth waiting for God to bring about the end of decay.
Verse twenty-three tells us alot. First we have the Holy Spirit in us. This is a taste of the future glory when we will be able to walk and talk with Christ and see Him talking back. Second it says, that even though we have the Holy Spirit, we still are waiting for the end of sin. Third, when sin ends we will receive our new perfect bodies.
Twenty-Four tells us that even though we are already free we still look forward to heaven eagerly. For what we have on earth is just a taste. We need the full banquet.
Twenty-five says that we obviously don't have it yet, because we still look forward to it. For if we had it, then we wouldn't need to wait and hope for it still.
Yesterday, we talked about being God's children. Today we will talk about what that means. We'll jump right into verse seventeen.
This verse promises us that we will receive the same glory that Christ received because we are heirs of God. And so we are brothers and sisters with Christ. But there is another side to this coin. If we are to receive the same glory as Christ, then we must receive the same suffering. How many of you out there have ever been ridiculed or persecuted for your faith? Here in America, we're blessed. They don't kill us for our faith. But we are still ridiculed for believing in something unproven by science.
Verse eighteen gives us an awesome promise. Whatever we suffer, no matter how bad, is nothing compared to the glory God will give us later. Nothing on earth can possibly detract from what's awaiting us in heaven. Keep that in mind next time someone makes fun of your christianity.
Verse twenty-one says that against it's will, everything on earth was subjected to God's curse. This curse is the fact that when sin is commited, creation starts eroding and people are in need of salvation. And from the moment that Adam and Eve disobeyed, the earth started going downhill.
Twenty-one tells us that even earth and creation wait for the redemption of God. At the end of the millenial kingdom, everything, except God and his people, will pass away. Then a new earth will be created in which God's presence will dwell among his people.
22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. 24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. 25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)
Verse twenty-two tells us just how much creation wants redemption. It has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth waiting for God to bring about the end of decay.
Verse twenty-three tells us alot. First we have the Holy Spirit in us. This is a taste of the future glory when we will be able to walk and talk with Christ and see Him talking back. Second it says, that even though we have the Holy Spirit, we still are waiting for the end of sin. Third, when sin ends we will receive our new perfect bodies.
Twenty-Four tells us that even though we are already free we still look forward to heaven eagerly. For what we have on earth is just a taste. We need the full banquet.
Twenty-five says that we obviously don't have it yet, because we still look forward to it. For if we had it, then we wouldn't need to wait and hope for it still.