Romans
8:23-25
Our
Earnest Expectations
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of our body.
Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is
seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Rom 8:25 But if we hope
for that we see not, then do we with
patience wait for it.
1. You are not Alone in Hope – vs. 23
a.
All of
creation longs for the coming of the bridegroom
i.
Romans 8:19-22
b.
It is only the
bride that waits in breathless expectation for her bridegroom
i.
Only the
believer and not the unbeliever longs for eternity
1. Revelation
19:6-9
c.
The bride has
an inner longing to be physically united with her bridegroom
i.
This is the
longing for the salvation of our body and the physical union with Christ
1. Philippians
3:20-21
2. Song of
Solomon 2:4-6
2. You are Saved in Hope – vs. 24
a.
If you could
now see the future glory of heaven, there would be no more earnest expectation
i.
Just like at
Christmas the joy of opening the gifts is for the child who has not been
peaking when he shouldn’t.
1. Ephesians
1:13-14
2. Psalm 130:5-6
3. You Can Rejoice in Hope – vs. 25
a.
We are Now
Cheerfully Waiting for the Coming of Christ with Eager Expectation - The Greek
word for patience means to cheerfully endure. – vs. 25
i.
A believer
does not long for death but at the same time does not fear it.
1. Philippians
1:20-25
ii.
A believer
knows that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.
1. 2 Corinthians
5:1-10
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