"Are We There Yet?" (NOT YET!) (Romans 8:18-27)
AJ, 7th June 2015Part of the Study of Romans series, preached at a Fordham Sunday Service service
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| Earlier: | Same day: | Later: |
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| « By the Spirit | None | Be Patient » |
8:19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
8:20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
8:21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
8:22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
8:23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
8:24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
8:25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
8:27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
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