Okay, after doing our last subject of Romans 8:12-17, I did another look at the Psalms written by King David and what I found surprised me, as it links with the words of Jesus when He spoke of rivers of living waters flowing from those who would chose to walk with Him by taking up their cross on a daily bases or better yet would accept the yoke of learning of Him as spoken of in Matthew 11:26-30 (this yoke and learning is hidden in Genesis 1:1) or the abiding in Him and His abiding with us, surprisingly enough this is the main subject of John 15, here are the few that I have found:
John 12:46, 14:16, 15:4, 6-7, 10 "'I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes Me should not abide in darkness..... And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever;.....Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; No more can you, except you abide in Me....If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; And men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you....If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love; Even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.'"
Now for our look at Romans 8 which has the header of "Future Glory," now for18-25 which states this:
Romans 8:18-25 For I reckon that the sufferings (inflected upon Paul by the Jewish elders and Priests his former friends)[1] of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory[2] which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation[3] of the sons of GOD. For the creature was made subject to vanity (by the actions of Adam's slipping into deception's darkness, the lost of conscientiousness of his origin and true identity), not willingly, but by reason of him who having 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 groans and travails 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 (deliverance from sin's stain, the atonement..G629 a compound of G575 and G3083;) of our body. For we are saved (made whole, healed..G4982) by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."
[1] sufferings, Matthew 5:11-12 'Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.'
2Corinthians 4:17-18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; But the things which are not seen are eternal.
[2]glory, Colossians 3:4-7 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory. Therefore mortify your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience: In the which we also walked some time, when we lived in them.
2Thessalions 1:10-12 When He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our GOD would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness, and the work of His faith with power: That the name of our LORD Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and we in Him, according to the grace of our GOD and the LORD Jesus Christ.
2Thessalions 2:14 Thereunto He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[3]manifestation, Malachi 3:17-18 'They shall be Mine,' says the LORD of Hosts, 'in that day when I make up My jewels; And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him. Then shall I return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves GOD and him that serves Him not.'
1John 3:2-3 Beloved, now are we the sons of GOD, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; For we shall see Him as (in a mirror, face to face) He is. And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as He is pure.
We shall the LORD willing look at verses 26-27 in our next visit, and know that there are many confirming passages in the OT and NT for that which we have just look at. I'll let you if you will do your own investigations.
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