The Glory We Await (Part 2 of 2)

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Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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What comforts a suffering Christian that can’t be enjoyed by those who reject God and His Word? Hear the answer, and learn how to anticipate the future eagerly yet patiently, regardless of circumstances. That’s our focus on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.

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0:00.0	The What is it that brings comfort to a Christian in the midst of suffering that those who reject God and his word will never be able to experience. We'll hear the answer today on
0:35.0	truth for life as we learn how to eagerly anticipate the future regardless of
0:39.8	our current circumstances.
0:41.2	Alistir Begg is teaching from the book of Romans chapter And he's pointing out that the suffering is not worth
1:07.6	comparing. Now if creation groans the Christian also groans,
1:16.7	the Christian also groans,
1:19.3	groans with sighs of anticipation,
1:21.9	longing for all that God has promised.
1:26.2	And you will notice if your Bible is open there in verse 23 that we ourselves who have the first fruits of the spirit grown inwardly as we eagerly
1:39.1	await the adoption of sons, our adoption as sons and daughters.
1:46.0	Well, you may say, but I thought we already dealt with adoption back in verse 15,
1:52.0	that we are God's children that we have been adopted as his sons.
1:57.0	So what does he mean the adoption when he's already assured his readers of the reality of
2:02.3	their relationship with God.
2:04.7	Well I think it's straightforward, isn't it?
2:06.4	That this present reality which is ours has a future dimension. Sometimes I meet somebody and I say, well have you graduated and they say, well have you
2:15.9	graduated and they say, well yes I graduated but I haven't walked. The first time I
2:20.9	heard that I didn't know what they were talking about.
2:24.0	The two things are together in the UK. I mean if you haven't walked you haven't graduated.
2:29.0	And so apparently here you can graduate without walking.
2:32.0	And so here we are in Christ if you like we
2:36.2	have graduated but there is a ceremony that is yet to take place now we are
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