Hope That Groans | Mike Castelli | The Power of God | Romans 8:18-28

In the midst of this mountain-top proclamation of no condemnation, given that we are Sons of God that now cry-out ‘Abba Father’ to God Himself, Paul is not slow to recognize that suffering will be part of our lives on this earth.  We should and must expect to suffer.  For it is clear that all creation groans in the Fall, and we who are fallen, yet Sons, will groan inward, and the Spirit who dwells in us will also intercede on our behalf with groans to our Father.  And God uses all this groaning to conform us who love Him to the likeness of His Son as we trust and rest in the God-Hope of what is yet to come.  He does this as He brings us into His glory; a glory which outweighs any possible comparison to the suffering that produces our groaning.  In this life, you will experience suffering and groaning.  Do you suffer with Him as His child, or do you groan and suffer alone?This Week’s Bulletin: https://thechapelingreen.cdn.prismic.io/thechapelingreen/aJYCL6Tt2nPbaEk6_08.10.25Rm818-28HopeThatGroansOutline.pdf