Romans Part 14
GRACE - God's Riches At Christ's Expense • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 29:45
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GRACE
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The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God,
and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified with Him.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us.
The eager expectation of the creation waits for the appearance of the sons of God.
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but by the will of Him who subjected it, in hope
that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
“But take heed. For they will hand you over to councils, and in the synagogues you will be beaten. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.
And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
But when they arrest you and hand you over, take no thought beforehand, or premeditate what you should speak. But speak whatever is given you in that time, for it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit.
“Now a brother will betray his brother to death, and the father the son; children will rise up against their parents, and will cause them to be put to death.
You will be hated by all men for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
We know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
Not only that, but we also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan within ourselves while eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
For we are saved through hope, but hope that is seen is not hope, for why does a man still hope for what he sees?
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses, for we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
For those whom He foreknew, He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.
And those whom He predestined, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified; and those whom He justified, He also glorified.