1. REVIEW
8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 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. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

2. REVIEW As his children we are led by his Spirit
As his children we are loved deeply

3. ROMANS
Our Sonship pt2
ROMANS 8:17-25

4. The Spirit Grants Inheritance
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

5. The Spirit Grants Inheritance
17a And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, …
Heirs of God meaning his acceptance of us is our inheritance

6. The Spirit Grants Inheritance
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ
Joint-heirs with Christ meaning that all that Christ was appointed to inherit we also receive.

7. The Spirit Grants Inheritance
Heb. 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

8. The Spirit Grants Inheritance
Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

9. KEY POINT #1
Heaven is pretty great

10. Future Inheritance, Present Suffering
17b ...if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

11. Future Inheritance, Present Suffering
Phl 1:9 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
1Th 3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

12. KEY POINT #2
If we are joint-heirs with Christ in his Kingdom, then we are also joint-sufferers with him on earth

13. Future Inheritance, Present Suffering
Suffering is Important

14. Suffering is Important
1. Suffering is a Mark of godly Living
2Ti 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

15. Suffering is Important
2. Suffering is a Discipline
Phl 4:12  I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

16. Suffering is Important
3. Suffering Makes Maturity
We know there are certain things that make one mature….
The Word of God 2 Timothy - 3:16-17
The Teaching of the Holy Spirit - 2 Cor. 3:17-18
The Trials & Suffering of Life - James 1:2

17. Suffering is Important
3. Suffering Makes Maturity
Jas 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Rom 5:3 And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

18. B. Suffering is Often Avoided
2Ti 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Heb 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

19. C. Suffering is Glorious
1Pe 4:16 Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
2Co 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

20. C. Suffering is Glorious
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

21. KEY POINT #3 Of all the pain you can endure in life is
of no consequence in light of redemption

22. Creation Cries for Redemption
Rom 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature (the thing created) waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23. Creation Cries for Redemption
The Curse
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24. Creation Cries for Redemption
The Curse
Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

25. Creation Cries for Redemption
Romans 8:21….shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 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.

26. Creation Cries for Redemption
Romans 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?  

27. KEY POINT #4
Our present suffering + yearning for Christ’s return should result in a lifestyle of hope.

28. Creation Cries for Redemption
The Redemption
Rom 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

29. Creation Cries for Redemption
Phl 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

30. Creation Cries for Redemption
The Redemption
James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh