Pastor Justin Holcomb Ballard Campus 3/8/2011
PRIESTLY -
Life is Suffering, the Curse is in effect
Pain, Sin, Financial, Miscarriages....
Where to I need hope right now (expectation of God showing up to get in the middle of my situation)
G. Marcel - "Hope is a memory of the future"
Romans 8:18-23 - The most hopeful expectation of the future and yet the most realistic view of current suffering
I. Not Worth Comparing
The suffering of right now is not even worth comparing to the glory that Jesus will reveal
Paul is not minimizing the suffering, he is explaining the glory to come as far beyond now
Any claim against my identity in Christ, is to be answered with the truth that I am adopted by God
"There was once filth on my head, now there is a golden crown" -India's Princess of Sanitation
II. The Holy Spirit is With us Rom 8:23-27
The Spirit alone knows what to pray for even when we don't know what to pray
Solitary Conminment is the worst POW experience
"God please break in with some of the future glory"
Paul says that the Spirit groans even deeper than we groan under suffering, God Loves us so much that he feels my suffering
III. God's Sovreignty
God is so creative and powerful that he can turn the most unjust things toward goodness and grace
Predestination: "A sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort" - Article 17 of the 39 Articles of the Anglican Church
Perseverance of the Saints....half the time I bring teh suffering on to myself. God perseveres and he holds me.
Nothing will get ni the way of the Love of God.
God has a white knuckle grip on me. Pain and suffering are trying to pry God's fingers loose and God is laughing saying "No way that's gonna happen"
Hymn - "Oh love that will not (never) let me know" - Mattias
Dude going blind, told his fiancee, she left him because of it
A tribute to God's faithfulness
RESURRECTION
Only because Jesus rose from death we have hope in any situation
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