Romans 8:18-25
Romans 8:18-25
He makes ALL things new! (NASB)
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Published January 23rd, 2020
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The suffering we experience in this life in the path of obedience to Christ, CANNOT even compare to what's coming! Yes we suffer now...yes creation is broken....yes we hurt and groan.. BUT..GLORY IS COMING!!! As sure as the sun rises in the east, GLORY IS JUST OVER THE HORIZON FOR GOD'S PEOPLE!!!! Jesus will come back for us and split the sky and raise us from the dead with glorious new life!!! Therefore...we can wait for His return EAGERLY, but with a calm patient certainty that He is coming to make all things new!!!
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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time n are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
Even though I just called us all to suffer with Christ, I KNOW that whatever suffering we could encounter on this earth CANNOT EVEN COME CLOSE to comparing to the unimaginable glory that is coming for us when Jesus returns!!!
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time a are not worthy to be compared with the b glory that is to be revealed to us.
For the creation waits with eager longing for o the revealing of the sons of God.
For the creation is waiting with anticipation for Jesus to come back and judge the world and reveal who His chosen children are!
For the a anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for b the revealing of the c sons of God.
For the creation p was subjected to futility,
For the whole world was placed under a curse of futility...the world broke. Sickness, disease, birth defects, natural disasters, famine, earthquakes, predatory animals, poisonous plants, hail, forest fires...FUTILITY!!!
For the creation a was subjected to b futility,
not willingly,
but the creation didn't do this to itself,
not willingly,
but q because of him who subjected it,
GOD placed it under this curse,
but cbecause of Him who subjected it,
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but it was not without HOPE!!! Even in the futility and decay and death that come with life in this broken world, God embedded HOPE! There is a thread of good news running through the chaos!!
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that r the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption
This hope is that one day, when Jesus comes back, He will make all things new!!! He will come and set the creation free from this curse of brokeness
that a the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption
and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
and He will restore it to a glorious freedom to be GLORIOUS just like we children of God will be one day!!!
into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
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For we know
For we know, don't we...
For we know
that s the whole creation t has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth
that the whole creation...every rock, every plant, every tree, is groaning and straining to survive and thrive. The creation hurts and spasms and writhes in this state of slavery to brokeness
that the whole creation agroans and suffers the pains of childbirth together
until now.
even TODAY in 2020.
until now.
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And not only the creation,
AND GUESS WHAT!!! It's not just the creation that feels this, It's not just the pagan that feels this
a And not only this,
but we ourselves, who have u the firstfruits of the Spirit, v groan inwardly
but EVEN GOD'S ELECT, who have been given the Holy Spirit, we groan and hurt and decay and get sick and experience brokenness and eventually we will die, and we groan and pray that God would save us from this brokenness
but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
as w we wait eagerly for adoption as sons,
while we desperately wait for Jesus to come back and fully complete out adoption as sons of God,
waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons,
x the redemption of our bodies.
this is when you will give us glorious NEW BODIES!!! That will be rid of sin and pain and decay and sickness and death; and will be able to experience GLORIOUS pleasures in You that we've never even been capable of experiencing before!!!
the redemption of our body.
For y in this hope we were saved.
For in this hope of resurrection through Jesus Christ our Lord, we are saved! This is faith ...the assurance of things hoped for and the certainty of things we do not yet see.
For a in hope we have been saved,
Now z hope that is seen is not hope.
But hope that is fully realized isn't hope anymore!
but hope that is seen is not hope;
For who hopes for what he sees?
For who hopes for what he already has...We don't hope for the child we have in our laps! He's already here! We do hope for the arrival of the child growing in the womb!
for who hopes for what he already sees?
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But if we hope for what we do not see,
BUT...if we hope for what we do not yet see... yet we know with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY that it's coming just over the horizon..
But a if we hope for what we do not see,
we a wait for it
we are enabled to wait for it
with perseverance
with patience.
not with anxiety and frustration, but with peace and patience!!! IT WILL HAPPEN!!! PRAISE GOD!!!
we wait eagerly for it.
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