“Our Future Glory” (Romans 8:18–25)

“Our Future Glory” (Romans 8:18–25)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, March 4, 2018

 

Romans 8:18–25 (NIV)

¹⁸ I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. ¹⁹ For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 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 ²¹ that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

²² We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ²³ Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. ²⁴ For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

 

1. Our present suffering magnifies our hope for the future (18).

2. The future for Christ’s people is so glorious, that all of creation longs for it (19–22).

3. Like the rest of creation, we as Christ’s people should long with great expectation for our future hope (23–25).

Main Idea: The troubles and sorrows that we face now can be viewed through the lens of hope instead of despair because we, along with all of creation, have the hope of a glorious future.