DAD'S RAMBLINGS – No More Groaning
Romans 8:23-25
"Not only that, but we have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope, for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly await it with perseverance."
This is the hope of the Christian – a time when there will be no more pain and suffering. In the present time, my body groans – and the older I get the more it groans! The pain we suffer now will not last forever. We look for a resurrected body – the firstfruits of the Spirit – just as Jesus was the firstfruit from the dead in His resurrection (I Corinthians 15:20, 23). This body suffers pain, but it will not last forever. I look forward in hope to a new body with "eager perseverance."
TODAY'S THOUGHT: The pain we suffer in this moral body will not last forever.
Romans 8:23-25
"Not only that, but we have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope, for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly await it with perseverance."
This is the hope of the Christian – a time when there will be no more pain and suffering. In the present time, my body groans – and the older I get the more it groans! The pain we suffer now will not last forever. We look for a resurrected body – the firstfruits of the Spirit – just as Jesus was the firstfruit from the dead in His resurrection (I Corinthians 15:20, 23). This body suffers pain, but it will not last forever. I look forward in hope to a new body with "eager perseverance."
TODAY'S THOUGHT: The pain we suffer in this moral body will not last forever.
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