We are now headed into the argument between our being in glory or being just average folks who just happen to believe Jesus and the gospel of Paul's revelation. And that revelation is that we are now the Righteousness of GOD and the innocence of Christ or heirs of His glory. This revelation receives stiff resistance by the religious folks who believe in a futuristic event of a far off promise yet not fulfilled, these people are the hindrance to the gospel and are part of the fallen spirit woman of Revelation 17-18 and the mystery church or man of lawlessness of 2Thessalonians. Okay, enough said about that as we have already studied these in some detail.
Romans 8:12-17 "Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led [G71] by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 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. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 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." (KJV)
Romans 8:12-17 "So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led [G71] by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 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." (ESV)
Romans 8:12-17 "We owe our flesh nothing. In the light of all this, to now continue to live under the sinful influence of the senses, is to reinstate the dominion of spiritual death. Instead, we are indebted to now exhibit the highest expression of life inspired by the Spirit. This life demonstrates zero tolerance to the habits and sinful patterns of the flesh. The original life of the Father revealed in his Son is the life the Spirit now [1; G71] conducts within us. (The word, [1; G71] agoo, means to conduct or to lead as a Shepherd leads his sheep.) Slavery is such a poor substitute for sonship! They are opposites; the one leads forcefully through fear while sonship responds fondly to Abba Father. His Spirit resonates within us and our spirit, to confirm this fact that we originate in GOD. Because we are his offspring, we qualify to be heirs; GOD Himself is our portion, we co-inherit with Christ. Since we were represented and included in his sufferings we equally participate in the glory of his resurrection." (The Mirror)
Romans 8:18-25 "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. (Matthew 11:25-30) For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 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. 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? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it." (KJV)
Romans 8:18-25 "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (Matthew 11:25-30) For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 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. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 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. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience." (ESV)
Romans 8:18-25 "He has taken the sting out of our sufferings; what seemed burdensome in this life becomes insignificant (Matthew 11:25-30) in comparison to the glory he reveals in us. Our lives now represent the one event every creature anticipates with held breath, standing on tip-toes as it were to witness the unveiling of the sons of GOD. Can you hear the drum-roll? Every creature suffered abuse through Adam's fall; they were discarded like a squeezed-out orange. Creation did not volunteer to fall prey to the effects of the fall. Yet within this stark setting, hope prevailed. All creation knows that the glorious liberty of the sons of GOD sets the stage for their own release from decay. We sense the global agony and pain recorded in history until this very moment. We ourselves feel the grief echo of their groaning within us while we are ready to embrace the original blueprint also of our physical stature to the full consequence of our sonship. What we already now participate in as first fruits of the spirit will bloom into a full gathering of the (promised) harvest. (The glorified physical body [Matthew 17 and John 17; Mark 9 and Luke 9]. Also the full realization of everything reconciled in Christ. In James 1:18, "It was his delightful resolve to give birth to us; we were conceived by the unveiling logic of GOD, the Word of Truth." We lead the exhibition of his handiwork, like first fruits introducing the rest of the harvest he anticipates.) For what we already experience confirms our hope and continues to fuel our expectation for what we still cannot see. In the final visible completeness of the harvest, hope has fulfilled its function. In the meantime our expectation takes us beyond visual confirmation into a place of patient contentment and contemplation." (The Mirror)
The LORD willing, we shall carry this on next time, with our victory in Christ; This being an outline still under the LORD's construction.
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