THE FUTURE GLORY
Romans 8:18-30
Rom
8:18 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory He will reveal to
us later.
It is not pleasant
to hear that we will continue to suffer. Some people in the world suffer
horrible compared to we Americans yet their faith continues as should ours. The
video below us about suffering and in interesting.
Rom
8:19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will
reveal who His children really are. Rom 8:20 Against its will, all creation was
subjected to God's curse. But with eager hope, Rom 8:21 the creation looks
forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from
death and decay. Rom 8:22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in
the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Romans 8:19 says for
all creation. The very earth we stand on, the animals in it, our very lives
would delight in complete change. How many things in our lives do we wish were different?
I have cancer that we fight with drugs I wish it were no so, I do look forward
to the peace and tranquility that will come with our redemption.
Rom
8:23 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. Rom 8:24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we
already have something, we don't need to hope for it. Rom 8:25 But if we look
forward to something we don't yet have, we must wait patiently and
confidently.)
Life Application New Testament Commentary says: When
we put our faith in Christ as Savior, we are saved and we can eagerly look
forward to the freedom we will have at Christ’s return. We already have the presence
of the Holy Spirit, who is unseen, but we must eagerly wait for our new bodies,
which are also unseen. Our full redemption has not yet happened; it will happen
when Christ returns. That is why it is still a hope for believers. Our
salvation is both present and future. It is present because the moment we
believe in Jesus Christ as Savior we are saved (Rom_3:21-26;
Rom_5:1-11;
Rom_6:1-11;
Rom_6:22-23);
our new life (eternal life) begins. But at the same time, we have not fully
received all the benefits and blessings of salvation that will be ours when
Christ’s new Kingdom is completely established. While we can be confident of
our salvation, we still look forward with hope and trust toward that complete
change of body and personality that lies beyond this life.
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