The Believer’s Groan

SUMMARY: where we're at in Romans & where we're going in this passage RELEVANCE: why does this matter to me? THEME: Your groan doesn't mean your story has gone wrong. It means your story is half-told: the Spirit began it, hope holds you in the middle, and your body is the last chapter. v. 23a THE PLOT: YOU HAVE THE FIRSTFRUITS You don't groan because the Spirit is missing. You groan because he's here. vv. 24–25 THE TENSION: YOU WAIT IN HOPE Hope isn't a wish. It's waiting for what God already promised. v. 23b THE RESOLUTION: YOU'LL BE REVEALED AS SONS God isn't saving you out of your body. He's saving your body.