Turn in your Bibles. Very simple, easy reading today as we end this. We're ending this, this, um,

really, in my opinion, powerful part of Romans. And that is Romans chapter eight versus

16 and 17. Let's read that together if you would. Romans chapter eight versus 16 and 17. We've

been talking about. It's time you quit. And by now you all know that that title means it's time

that you quit being a moralist. It's time it's time that you quit being good in your own eyes. It's

time that you quit being religious. It's time that you quit being churchy about life. It's time

to be real with God. And Paul has been standing so firm and so beautifully throughout these eight

chapters. But now we come to this part as we close this section out with I hope is a very

exciting and beautiful challenge to us. I'll read verse 16 if you together would read verse 17.

The spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

Before we pray, check it out. The spirit himself. Holy spirit. Notice that spirit down

of verse 17, Christ. Notice verse 16 at the end. God, the trinities in those two verses. Watch

this. It's the spirit himself, the Holy spirit that bears witness with our spirit that we are

children of God. We touched on that last week regarding the assurance of the believer. Verse 17

is where we're at. And if or some of your Bibles rightly say the words since means the same or

because we are children of God, that being true. Watch this. Notice the progression of your

inheritance. You're a child. You've been born again into the family. Okay. Romans tells us that

that born again experience is via adoption by God. We are now heirs. We're not only heirs.

We're heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. Remarkable statement. We'll find out more about

this today. If or since indeed we suffer with him, we're going to find out what suffering and

what type of suffering he's speaking about. That we may also be glorified together. And that's the

punchline for today. Being glorified together. What does it mean? It's going to happen to every

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