Wow I watched Louie Giglio's newest sermon on Romans 8 and I just wanted to say that it was just phenonomly awesome and I enjoyed listening to it!! Romans 8 is in my opinion the epitome summarizing the amazing truth of what God has done in redemptive history and I am just blown away by the fact that God has revealed first to the Roman church and by extension to me the amazing realities of all that we have as Christans, such as sons of God, heirs of God, the promise of God's allegiance, and His everlasting unbreakable love!! WOW!! I can't even begin to think about it!!
Look at Romans 8:12-17
12Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation—but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. 13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Louie just points out the realities of what it means to be have the Holy Spirit, and how He testifies of our sonship with God. I am a loved son of God and an heir of God and a co-heir of Christ!! And now I pray that I can suffer through the hardship of loving my unlovable parents by looking forward to the future glory to be revealed and the future grace that God wants to grant me day-by-day.. I have a strange feeling that future grace will come in my time here at EBC that will shock many people and testify to the powerful grace of God!
Romans 8:18-25
18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
19For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.
20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope
21that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.
23And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
24For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?
25But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
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