Future Glory Through Life’s Maturing Moments Pastor Timothy Chan Chinese Grace Bible Church Sunday, July 27, 2014

Future Glory Through Life’s Maturing Moments Pastor Timothy Chan Chinese Grace Bible Church Sunday, July 27, 2014

Romans 8:17-25 (ESV) 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 8:17-25 (ESV) 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Romans 8:17-25 (ESV) 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

Romans 8:17-25 (ESV) 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

Romans 8:17-25 (ESV) 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

Romans 8:17-25 (ESV) 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

Romans 8:17-25 (ESV) 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Romans 8:17-25 (ESV) 24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

Romans 8:17-25 (ESV) 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Introduction The road to Christ’s glory is tougher than you think. One condition needs to be met: _____________ Suffering

I.The ________ of SufferingNature

Romans 8:18 (ESV) 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

II Corinthians 11:22-28 (ESV) 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.

II Corinthians 11:22-28 (ESV) 23 Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.

II Corinthians 11:22-28 (ESV) 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.

II Corinthians 11:22-28 (ESV) 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea;

II Corinthians 11:22-28 (ESV) 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;

II Corinthians 11:22-28 (ESV) 27 in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

II Corinthians 11:22-28 (ESV) 28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.

Genesis 3:17-19 (ESV) 17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

Genesis 3:17-19 (ESV) 18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 3:17-19 (ESV) 19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

I.The ________ of Suffering A. We cannot avoid the _________ of Paul Nature sufferings

Mark 8:27-33 (ESV) 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

Mark 8:27-33 (ESV) 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”

Mark 8:27-33 (ESV) 29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.”

Mark 8:27-33 (ESV) 30 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

Mark 8:27-33 (ESV) 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Mark 8:27-33 (ESV) 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

Mark 8:27-33 (ESV) 33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

I.The ________ of Suffering A. We cannot avoid the _________ of Paul B. The whole creation suffers because of _________ Nature sufferings our fall

I.The ________ of Suffering A. We cannot avoid the _________ of Paul B. The whole creation suffers because of _________ C. We share the suffering with the __________ regardless Nature sufferings our fall creation

Romans 8:21 (ESV) 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

I.The ________ of Suffering II.The ________ of Suffering Nature Purpose

Romans 8:22-23 (ESV) 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

Romans 8:22-23 (ESV) 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Philippians 3:7-11 (ESV) 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

Philippians 3:7-11 (ESV) 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Philippians 3:7-11 (ESV) 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

Philippians 3:7-11 (ESV) 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

Philippians 3:7-11 (ESV) 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

II Corinthians 3:16-18 (ESV) 16 But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

II Corinthians 3:16-18 (ESV) 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

II Corinthians 3:16-18 (ESV) 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

I.The ________ of Suffering II.The ________ of Suffering A. The end of Christian life is about ___________ at His Second Coming Nature Purpose redemption

I.The ________ of Suffering II.The ________ of Suffering A. The end of Christian life is about ___________ at His Second Coming B. The journey of Christian life is about ___________ God’s glory at the end Nature Purpose redemption envisioning

Byproducts 1.Enlarging our lives to ________ with the whole ___________ plan of God identify redemptive

Byproducts 1.Enlarging our lives to ________ with the whole ___________ plan of God 2.Bearing the fruit of ___________ and _______ identify redemptive endurance hope

Romans 5:1-5 (ESV) 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:1-5 (ESV) 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:1-5 (ESV) 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 5:1-5 (ESV) 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

Romans 5:1-5 (ESV) 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Byproducts 1.Enlarging our lives to ________ with the whole ___________ plan of God 2.Bearing the fruit of ___________ and _______ 3.Being ____ by the Holy Spirit identify redemptive endurance hope led

Conclusion Your maturing moments…