Why would Paul tell us something so obvious? And in the Book of Revelation we hear the chorus of redeemed creation: "Every creature which is in heaven and in earth, and under the earth, heard I saying, Blessing... be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever." In the desert the wild beasts hurt him not. Here is the apostle's explanation of the puzzle which has tormented men ever since evil entered into the universe. then be zealous. Did you hear that groan? Note then —. This world is a vale of tears, wherein the best that are are subject to fighting and groaning. He admits them in themselves to be discords and anomalies. The redemption. SERMON … These are the signs that Death has rights over the body, and that he will assert his rights. God's children they do wait for their redemption, that is they do look and long for it (thus Titus 2:13). He had been a drunkard, a spendthrift. L. Hull, B.A. Yes! 2) Remember our hope is in the future - we cannot see it now. But St. Paul did not intend that they should hug pain and sickness, because a deep truth might be learnt from them. Now this is the cause of our groaning. to waiting for glory is remembering that hope is only found in Christ. He had shut himself in no cloister. For the redeemed world. The revelation of the Son of God in the glory of His Father would reveal them in the glory for which they had been created.III. Fully believing in this redemption men are never to confess Death as a master. The redemption. The emotion in reference to this fact, "we wait for it." )The aspirations of a Christian soulE. When will the contest cease?" 14-16; Galatians 4:4-6:1 John 4:1, 2). (3) By showing in constant and active exertion all the principles of the vocation by which you are called. Look on. It is a traveller lost in the deep snow on the mountain pass. The stain and defilement of sin. Our sighs are sacred things. If we use all arguments of fear, all arts of rhetoric to convince men that they ought to take care of their souls, a few may be startled out of a sleep to which they will return again. That the guilty will be punished is reasonable, in this our consciences acquiesce. Our homage to Christ, our faith in our Divine sonship, implies that we expect a victory for the body; that it was not made so fearfully and wonderfully for nothing; that it shall at last he made like to the glorious body of Him who will subdue all to Himself.(F. The “waiting” in Romans 8:19, has a correspondent “waiting” in Romans 8:23; and “the hope” in Romans 8:20, has another “hope” to correspond with it in Romans 8:24; and correspondent too is “the manifestation of the sons of God” in Romans 8:19, and “the redemption of our body” in Romans 8:23. The seed of life sown in death, the long hidden process, the dying first before there is life indeed, the maintenance of the original character, where, nevertheless, all is new, the likeness to Christ in both, the intention of all to serve, in all the perfect sovereignty of God. THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY which St. Paul waited for, MUST INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF WHATEVER HINDERS THE SENSES FROM RECEIVING CLEAR AND SATISFACTORY IMPRESSIONS OF THE WORLD with which they are intended to converse. II. To him, everything is a "firstfruit." For the redeemed body; not for the departure of the present body, but for its redemption. Now God's children they have other businesses and employments than other men have, and which they seriously give themselves to. 5. And in those at this moment who lie in the grave, out of our sight, it is that holy, blessed work which is going on. There has been a proclamation to men that God has claimed them, without respect of race or circumstances, as His children in His only-begotten Son. First, for the object propounded, and that is adoption. About This Expository Bible Study on Romans 8:28-39. First, their peculiarity of employment; they have such businesses wherein they are exercised, as none have but they. It prompts the same desires, it leads on to the same sins. Yes! Vaughan, M.A.I. The idea of a redemption of nature as consequent upon a redemption of man has often dawned upon the man of science and upon the artist. These are the seeds of the harvest of glory; the roots of the future tree of blessedness; the embryo of the perfect man; the outline of the picture which shall be finished in eternity; the first streaks of light; the first gleams of that dawn which shall brighten into the splendour of meridian glory. And then, above all, the power of the body to perpetuate the influences of past sin renders it a hindrance to the man who feels the firstfruits of the Spirit. We who have the Spirit as "the firstfruits," or "the earnest" of our inheritance. We must live them all.(E. We pray not for the death of our present powers of sight and hearing, but for their purified and intensified life. But how with the body? This world with all its beauty is fitted rather for a school of discipline than a home of purified spirits, and hence we hope for another and purer world for our final abode. 2. Apr 14, 2002. Conclusion: Here is a test for us all. Secondly, because they have a spirit of faith whereby they see all those things which do at present befall them working good unto them. and righteousness from the God of his salvation. In ourselves, that is from ourselves. )The yearning of the good for deliveranceThomas Horton, D.D.1. Because there is sin there is sorrow. then be vigilant; to zeal? I do not find that the Church has less suffering than the world without, only I find it more "inward." Why is a daily habit of confessing Christ so important? What the saint has attained will help us to understand why it is that he groans. That the guilty will be punished is reasonable, in this our consciences acquiesce. Parsons.I. (4) They were not the harvest. A MAN UNTAUGHT MIGHT SAY, "SURELY THOSE WHO GATHER FIRSTFRUITS AT LEAST WILL HAVE AN IMMUNITY FROM SORROW?" It is a paradox of art that our glassmakers can only reproduce now the perfection of the ancient "stained glass" by reproducing its imperfections: — "Singularly enough, examinations made of the painted windows, so celebrated as works of artistic genius and skill, of the old cathedrals of England and continental Europe, show that their superiority really consists in the inferiority of the glass, its richness in the poverty of its constituents, in the very perfection of its uneven thickness, and in the imperfections of its surface and its body, all covered, as they are, by the accumulating dust of ages, and honey-combed by the corroding effect of time. And then, above all, the power of the body to perpetuate the influences of past sin renders it a hindrance to the man who feels the firstfruits of the Spirit. We need them all. St. Paul says that there is another who has an elder, stronger right over it; that Christ by going into the grave and rising out of it has asserted and made good His right; that He will fully exert it. Adoption in Scripture-language is of a various consideration, and is taken three manner of ways. The sign of a son of God is that he is no more in bondage to the passions and habits of the old life. We may, after all, be overtaken by a fault, and whilst we are so exposed we may well groan. Robinson, D.D.1. Man was formed out of the dust of the ground, and we must despise nothing. They have adoption into the family of God (ver. But St. Paul did not intend that they should hug pain and sickness, because a deep truth might be learnt from them. Thus it follows upon these special considerations: First, as they are the instruments of a sanctified and regenerate soul, whereunto also they have been companions in duty. So —III. October 25, 2020 Romans 8:18-22. Let us illustrate this by looking at three great "firstfruits of the Spirit," experimentally. We keep our longings to our Lord.2. So —III. 1. We literally have the job to wait until the day Christ returns and glory is given. III. But the time shall come when all the redeemed shall appear with Christ in glory. God's children they do wait for their redemption, that is they do look and long for it (thus Titus 2:13). As soon as a man believes in Christ, his soul is translated from death unto life, and the body indeed becomes a temple for the Holy Ghost; but the grace of God makes no change in the body in other respects. From that date the redemption of the body begins. Now mark again how this hope is prophetic of what shall be. When we hurt… We look to doctors, lawyers, or our personal planning. Romans 8:15,16 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father… Romans 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. And I think we have to look back at an important passage in. "Seek not your rest here."(P. I look on the world around me; it came from the hand of God; it abounds with beautiful views; but still it affords cause for mourning. But secondly, as the servants of God groan under sin in the stain of it, and so far forth as it defiles, so likewise under the guilt of it, and so far forth as it exposes to punishment. And so his teaching assumed a profoundly practical character. The streets of London can tell us more about the sense of them than all the folios of commentators.I. "Ye have need of patience, that after ye have suffered the will of God."2. Now God's children they have their peculiar desires and aims and ends: as the glory of God, the good of the Church. It is not the hypocrite's groan, who wants people to believe that he is a saint because he is wretched. Because he found a place where he could uniquely reach people for Christ. THEIR NATURE. But how with the body? and every cloud that darkens, and every affliction that troubles, and every injury which brute sustains from brute, and the rolling of the storm, and the belchings of the volcano, and the commotions of the deep, and the tremblings of the earthquake, are to be all considered as the pangs of nature passing onwards to that end. We are all in this respect in one mass, "we also groan," etc.1. Oh, when shall these pangs cease! From these thoughts others are nearly inseparable. Conclusion;1. As including manifestation and public acknowledgment. This, it proceeds from a kind of modesty in them, as in all things else as suitable to the principles of religion. The streets of London can tell us more about the sense of them than all the folios of commentators.I. )Christian experience and aspirationF. This waiting of the saints thus declared, it is useful to sundry purposes to us: First, for the intent to which it is brought here in the text, and that it is to assure us that there is such a thing indeed as this is, namely, a time for Christian redemption from their present bondage, and enjoyment of a glorious liberty which shall be bestowed upon them. The moment of death comes, the body and the soul are parted for a while. - Am I allowing my flesh to control me, waiting with bitterness, besetting sins, and fear. This waiting of the saints thus declared, it is useful to sundry purposes to us: First, for the intent to which it is brought here in the text, and that it is to assure us that there is such a thing indeed as this is, namely, a time for Christian redemption from their present bondage, and enjoyment of a glorious liberty which shall be bestowed upon them. The section Paul cautions us about hard it is to wait. It must be read at a different time or different era because of my experience you have kids sitting there wiggling in their beds wishing it was Christmas morning already. Note —I. The steps of a man are established by the. He admits them in themselves to be discords and anomalies. We pray not for the death of our present powers of sight and hearing, but for their purified and intensified life. And now mark the prophetic cries which lie hid in that hope. You may judge of a man by what he groans after. WHEREIN ARE BELIEVERS DEFICIENT? (2) By refusing to place your affections on the world. THEIR PRESENT LESSONS.1. The emancipated spirits of the departed "longing to be clothed upon with their house which is from heaven," look there. In the light of Christ's passion all suffering became transfigured. This world is a vale of tears, wherein the best that are are subject to fighting and groaning. The consideration of this truth is very comfortable to the servants of God. See its misery. And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. The third thing implied in this expression is the propriety or peculiarity of their grief. So, when God gives us "Faith, hope, charity," "whatsoever things are pure, lovely," etc., these are to us the prognostics of the coming glory. He plucks from the tree of truth a holy feeling, it is the "firstfruit" of the rich abundance of a matured saintliness. This is the dispensation of God's children to be mourning and humbling of themselves for the sins and miscarriages of others, while the parties themselves that occasion it are little sensible or apprehensive of it. WHAT OUR STATE OF MIND IS. The body is enslaved to disease and pain. We wait for it, our minds are fixed upon it, our desires are influenced by it. WHAT OUR STATE OF MIND IS. From that date the redemption of the body begins. Because it is a firstfruit of the Spirit, it foretells that every bodily power shall come forth, not crushed, but made stronger and brighter from the touch of death.2. Less than this such language (vers. then love; are you called to vigilance? )The redemption of the bodyJ. Please use these sermons as the Lord leads, but nothing on this site may be used for profit without my expressed, written permission! But the time shall come when all the redeemed shall appear with Christ in glory.2. "The glorious liberty" may be translated, "The liberty of glory." (3) By the gift of Divine peace. SERMON We Are Children Of God! Such aspirations might thrill the spirit of an apostle or a lonely saint, but they are too unearthly to be realised by us. Are you called to love? The crossing of which unto them is an occasion of greater grief in them. First, because our souls are in their actual redemption already before that time. Our sighs are sacred things. A worldling is all for the present and to have his contentments here; but a Christian is not so satisfied. But only" till He comes." (2) They were the pledge of the harvest. Thirdly, love to Christ. 24). "The glorious liberty" may be translated, "The liberty of glory." Now here is all the con-flict. This likewise, as well as that other term of adoption, does admit of a different signification, either namely, as taken for the paying and laying down of the price, or else for the receiving of the thing itself for which the price is paid. They desire it and long for it as a bride does for the coming of her beloved. As soon as a man really receives one of the "firstfruits" of the Holy Ghost, immediately a very great change takes place in that soul. For that reason we gave them up. He frankly admits that the bondage which the mere animal undergoes is not its own fault, and that it has a Divine origin. We witness the groanings of poverty, the wasting of disease, the scorn of contumely, the oppressions of power, etc. Sproul on the dangers of Impatience in, R.C. Having reaped handfuls, we long for sheaves. As the wave-sheaf was the first of the harvest, so the graces which adorn the spiritual life are the first gifts of the Spirit of God in our souls. Sometimes it inflames us, sometimes it drags us. But this end being attained, all the forms of physical evil will also be overcome; the involuntary creation will be delivered from its fetters and its shame; the whole regenerated world, in its primal order and harmony, will offer up its sacrifices, through its High Priest and Restorer, to His Father. The third is the adoption of glory, whereby we shall fully at last obtain the glorious inheritance of children together with Christ. As belonging not merely to individuals, but to the Church as a body. Of patience. Again, we are not only sinners but sufferers. Moses in his song called the "heavens to hear, and the earth to give ear." Let us illustrate this by looking at three great "firstfruits of the Spirit," experimentally. And that effort will be your "groaning." Yet that hope is not a hope for himself, but for his kind.IV. I. The moment of death comes, the body and the soul are parted for a while. What is Paul telling us about the future hope in God? THEIR NATURE. He had been a drunkard, a spendthrift. I have such a happy house, I do not like to be out of it." The discrepancy that seems to exist between the endowment and the service to which it is here devoted. That which is done within a man, it is done without the privacy of another, because no man knows the things of a man save the spirit of a man which is within him. It is described as one of three cardinal virtues of the Christian character (1 Corinthians 13:13); as the great object of God's gift to us of His Holy Word (chap. Context/Application - The hard part of waiting is being patient through the futility, pain, corruptness (suffering). Wait on; He hears the groans of the waiting.(J. "We have the firstfruits of the Spirit." And then, above all, the power of the body to perpetuate the influences of past sin renders it a hindrance to the man who feels the firstfruits of the Spirit. Secondly, because they have a spirit of faith whereby they see all those things which do at present befall them working good unto them. They are waiting till their Lord shall descend from heaven, and the whole of the blood-washed host, wearing their white robes, and bearing their palms of victory, shall march up to their thrones. If you were a free man, and your wife a slave, the more you enjoyed the sweets of freedom, the more would you pine that she should still be in slavery. We groan not only as beasts do, which are acted only by common sense; nor we do not groan only as men do, which are acted only by natural reason; but we groan moreover as Christians, which are acted by religion and grace, and so have a grief in that respect which is proper unto them. But we are tempted to question the possibility of ever realising it. Everyday I hope you wake up and remember the promise of redemption that Jesus Christ has given us. First, for the object propounded, and that is adoption. So, when we get the first works of the Spirit of God, we are not to say," I have attained, I am already perfect." The second is in the additional illustration. Now hope that is seen is not hope. ver. )The inward groaning of the saintsC. (4) By anticipating with joy the time of your departure from the world. The body is enslaved to disease and pain. Secondly, this proper grief of a Christian is a cause of greater comfort to him. Of hope. The body is redeemed by price, but it has not yet been redeemed by power. These are the seeds of the harvest of glory; the roots of the future tree of blessedness; the embryo of the perfect man; the outline of the picture which shall be finished in eternity; the first streaks of light; the first gleams of that dawn which shall brighten into the splendour of meridian glory.II. Secondly, their present feelings and pre-apprehensions. Secondly, it is here said of the body, because all miseries and afflictions in this life are conveyed to the whole man by the body, so that the redemption of the body is in effect the redemption of the whole person. Breaking the Chains of Sin; I'm All Over It; Solomon's Divine Wisdom; God Is For Us! These are the signs that Death has rights over the body, and that he will assert his rights. "We ourselves groan within ourselves" till we see them again. So the Christian has a good Father, a blessed home, and groans to get to it, and there is more joy in the groan of a Christian than in all the mirth of the ungodly.III. He could not bear to contemplate it, if he were not sure that they were no parts of its original order; and that not being parts of it they were to cease. Having reaped handfuls, we long for sheaves. On being asked why, he said, "I want to get home to my dear wife and children. Are you called to love? The groanings of God's children they are not slight, or perfunctory, or superficial; but such as proceed from a deep sense and apprehension of their misery, and the condition in which they are. "FOR THE CREATURE WAS MADE SUBJECT TO VANITY, NOT WILLINGLY, BUT BY REASON OF HIM WHO SUBJECTED THE SAME." If you were a free man, and your wife a slave, the more you enjoyed the sweets of freedom, the more would you pine that she should still be in slavery. We are thankful to have such a groaning. Look at its sinfulness. We as Christians have the job of waiting until glory . The sons of God possess already an earnest of their coming inheritance. But because that so soon fades, who does not long for the sabbath of eternity?2. Go to the next house, and there is another much more painful than the first. Spurgeon. After this consummation the believing heart is groaning. Because we have the firstfruits of the Spirit, "WE GROAN WITHIN OURSELVES WAITING FOR THE ADOPTION, TO WIT, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY." Sermon series: Living Beyond Yourself. The third is the adoption of glory, whereby we shall fully at last obtain the glorious inheritance of children together with Christ. He catches a glimpse of Christ, it is a "firstfruit" of an eternal presence. MUCH is spoken in Scripture respecting the happiness of the saints. For that reason we gave them up. It is impatience with the struggle that produces these wrong theologies. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. We are to stand at the door expecting the Beloved to open it and take us away to Himself.3. (4) By anticipating with joy the time of your departure from the world.(J. Intro: The wrath of God is a proven fact! We as Christians wait for this. The third is the adoption of glory, whereby we shall fully at last obtain the glorious inheritance of children together with Christ. The second thing here attributed to the godly and true Christians is waiting, in these words, "waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body." 3. The sins of daily incursion, as we commonly call them for distinction sake, in opposition to greater miscarriages; these slips and failings which we fall into before we are aware in every business.2. We groan within ourselves; that is within our own compass and in our own capacity. 20, 21) cannot mean — that all the sufferings to which the earth and those that inhabit it are liable, are permitted and designed for the education of those who bear the nature which the Son of God bore; and that no suffering which contributes to this end is, in the judgment of the All-good and the All-wise, excessive or wasted, not even the sufferings and death of the Innocent, the Holy One. SERMON Waiting And Groaning For The Blessed Hope Jared Wilson. The second is the particular exposition, to wit, the redemption of our body. God's children they do wait for their redemption, that is they do look and long for it (thus Titus 2:13). It is a world of wickedness. After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. Secondly, it is here said of the body, because all miseries and afflictions in this life are conveyed to the whole man by the body, so that the redemption of the body is in effect the redemption of the whole person. Lastly, as together with the soul they do make up the whole person which God hath taken into court with Himself (Matthew 22:32). Our glory is not yet revealed, and that is another subject for sighing. 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