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Messages by Desiring God

Children, Heirs, and Fellow Sufferers

Messages by Desiring God

Desiring God

Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, 163859, Desiring God, John Piper, Preaching, Christianity, Messages, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2002

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Suffering is a great mercy that keeps us from loving this world more than we should.

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Romans Chapter 8, V.

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V. 14 to 18.

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For all who are being led by the Spirit of God,

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these are the sons of God.

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For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading of God.

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For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received

0:17.6

a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, Abba, Father.

0:24.3

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit

0:27.4

that we are children of God, and if children,

0:30.3

airs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

0:40.0

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. And now, Father, as we humble ourselves under your word, I ask that our hearts would be riveted on the truth.

1:08.0

And I pray that there would come now

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of a spirit of grace by which we can with the eyes of the heart see our

1:19.4

inheritance. I pray the prayer of the apostle Paul in Ephesians one that the eyes of our hearts

1:26.7

might be granted to know the hope to which we've been called and the greatness of the riches of the glory of our inheritance in Saints.

1:39.0

So Lord, open this verse to us now.

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I pray so that we are weaned off of the world

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and made heavenly-minded

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so that we might become of earthly use.

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I ask this in Jesus name, amen.

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So today we move to verse 17, which is a spectacular and scary promise.

2:21.3

It's spectacular because it says that the children of God will inherit the inheritance of our father and God owns the universe and

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