WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.200 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and it's my joy to bring God's word to you today. 00:00:11.660 --> 00:00:22.740 We're continuing this morning our series in the book of Romans. You'll remember that Romans is a letter written by the Apostle Paul in the 50s AD. 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:30.739 And it's called Romans because it's written to the churches in the city of Rome and this letter is about the gospel. 00:00:31.539 --> 00:00:35.539 It's about the good news of Jesus' life and death and resurrection. 00:00:35.539 --> 00:00:42.119 And we are now in the middle of chapter 8 which is about life in the Spirit. 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:44.420 That is life in the Holy Spirit. 00:00:44.879 --> 00:00:56.820 And we are moving kind of from this discussion we've been having about holiness to all the benefits that come to Christians from the Holy Spirit. 00:00:56.820 --> 00:01:09.159 So we're moving from talking about the life of holiness where we've been for a while to talking about all the benefits, all the blessings that God gives to his people through his Spirit. 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:12.939 And that's where we'll be in many ways through the rest of the chapter. 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:17.319 And so as in previous weeks we're going to go from top to bottom. 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:26.280 I invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter 8 starting at verse 14 which you'll find on page 7 of your worship guide. 00:01:27.059 --> 00:01:30.879 And as we come to this passage remember that this is God's word. 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:36.679 Proverbs chapter 30 tells us every word of God proves true. 00:01:37.639 --> 00:01:41.060 He's a shield to those who take refuge in him. 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:46.919 So that's why we read now Romans chapter 8 starting at verse 14. 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:54.819 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 00:01:55.619 --> 00:02:00.019 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:07.939 But you have received the spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry Abba Father. 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:14.979 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. 00:02:14.979 --> 00:02:17.939 And if children then heirs. 00:02:18.939 --> 00:02:22.340 Heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ. 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:29.839 Provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. 00:02:30.579 --> 00:02:34.719 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word. 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:42.219 Our Father in heaven we do come again this morning to thank you and praise you. 00:02:42.860 --> 00:02:45.159 For your words that you've given us. 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:52.680 To show us the great mercy and grace that you've given us in Jesus Christ. 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.759 Show us our great need for that very same grace. 00:02:56.759 --> 00:03:04.039 And we ask that you would be with us by your spirit in a special way here and now as we look into your word. 00:03:04.340 --> 00:03:06.679 That you would open our eyes. 00:03:07.139 --> 00:03:09.280 You would unstop our ears. 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:11.500 You'd clear our minds. 00:03:11.620 --> 00:03:12.620 You'd soften our hearts. 00:03:12.859 --> 00:03:19.139 That we would be able to see and hear and understand and believe. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.560 Everything written in your word. 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:25.460 And we ask these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:26.479 Amen. 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:39.280 Some people, many people, consider Romans chapter 8 to be among the greatest chapters in the entire Bible. 00:03:39.420 --> 00:03:43.240 If not, in fact, the greatest chapter. 00:03:43.780 --> 00:03:45.159 And it's for good reason. 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:50.699 This is the payoff of the work that we've done over the last number of months. 00:03:50.699 --> 00:03:56.179 Paul has explained that salvation comes not by works but by God's grace. 00:03:56.299 --> 00:03:57.339 That was chapter 5. 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:04.239 And then he spent chapters 6 and 7 in the beginning of chapter 8 talking about this question of holiness. 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.560 Are we still holy even though we're not saved by works? 00:04:08.979 --> 00:04:09.319 Yes. 00:04:09.459 --> 00:04:10.339 That's chapter 6. 00:04:10.859 --> 00:04:12.899 Does that holiness come by the law? 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:13.579 No. 00:04:13.939 --> 00:04:14.979 That's chapter 7. 00:04:15.399 --> 00:04:18.459 Holiness instead comes by God's spirit. 00:04:18.459 --> 00:04:20.819 That's chapter 8. 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:29.319 And now that Paul has clarified this need for holiness, the source of holiness, that it comes from the work of the Holy Spirit, 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:38.579 he's going to explain to us the great benefits, the great blessings that come from our salvation. 00:04:38.579 --> 00:04:49.060 Now as we come to this portion, we need to remember where we left off last week because verse 14 picks up from where verse 13 left us. 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:54.519 You'll remember verse 13 tells us life comes from walking in the spirit. 00:04:55.060 --> 00:05:02.699 Life now and life in the future comes from obedience, from living lives of holiness. 00:05:02.699 --> 00:05:06.659 Which raises a question that takes us to verse 14. 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.120 Why is that so? 00:05:11.039 --> 00:05:15.219 Why is it that our lives of holiness are the path to life? 00:05:15.219 --> 00:05:25.680 Paul goes on to tell us verse 14, because walking in the spirit, obeying God, means that you are a son. 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:27.680 Verse 14. 00:05:28.540 --> 00:05:34.300 For all who are led by the spirit of God are sons of God. 00:05:36.259 --> 00:05:41.480 First, it's important to remember, to know what Paul means here by being led by the spirit. 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:45.800 He means what we've talked about previously the last number of weeks. 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:55.800 Being led by the spirit in context means that you are fighting against sin as empowered and enabled by God's spirit. 00:05:56.939 --> 00:05:59.600 That's what it means to be led by the spirit. 00:05:59.780 --> 00:06:06.180 In other words, it does not mean, sometimes Christians import a meaning from outside of the text, 00:06:06.580 --> 00:06:14.580 being led by the spirit does not mean that God is going to tell you by his Holy Spirit which car to buy. 00:06:14.579 --> 00:06:18.039 That is not what it means to be led by the spirit. 00:06:18.139 --> 00:06:20.219 That's not what Paul's talking about in Romans 8. 00:06:20.579 --> 00:06:23.639 No, he's talking about the obedience that comes from a new heart. 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:32.699 So you'll see on page 7, the leading of the Holy Spirit is his continual work to influence God's children 00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:38.740 to understand the Holy Scriptures and obey them. 00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:41.180 Are you in the battle? 00:06:41.180 --> 00:06:46.360 Are you putting sin to death as we talked about last week? 00:06:46.740 --> 00:06:52.519 Are you doing this work to understand the Holy Scriptures and obey them? 00:06:53.540 --> 00:06:58.379 If so, you are being led by the spirit. 00:06:59.180 --> 00:07:03.259 You're living the life that comes by the spirit. 00:07:03.259 --> 00:07:11.699 Those who put sin to death have God's Holy Spirit. 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:14.060 Okay, that's review in a sense. 00:07:14.539 --> 00:07:18.360 Now we talked in verse 9 about the fact that all Christians have the spirit. 00:07:18.779 --> 00:07:20.899 Verse 14, though, tells us something new. 00:07:21.899 --> 00:07:27.360 Those who have the spirit are sons of God. 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:32.580 Now we have to understand here the meaning of sons. 00:07:33.080 --> 00:07:40.220 Son is what Paul uses because in his context, first century Rome, that was inheritance language. 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:43.180 Sons were the heirs. 00:07:43.860 --> 00:07:47.780 So if you are a woman and you are a Christian, guess what? 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:49.819 You are a son of God. 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:54.279 And you're a son of God in the sense that you're an heir. 00:07:54.579 --> 00:07:56.759 You receive the inheritance. 00:07:57.459 --> 00:08:01.719 It's helpful that Paul then in verses 16 and 17 also uses the word children. 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:04.279 So we're not left just with the word son. 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:07.920 But he's saying, and we're going to get to this in a little bit, in verse 17, 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:10.600 the inheritance is yours. 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:20.640 It is not simply or merely that God has forgiven your sins on behalf of Christ and credited you with his righteousness. 00:08:20.980 --> 00:08:24.040 No, even more than that, he's adopted you. 00:08:24.420 --> 00:08:25.439 You're his child. 00:08:25.960 --> 00:08:28.980 The inheritance is all yours. 00:08:30.379 --> 00:08:37.220 So last week, living by the spirit, we ended seeing that it leads to life, right? 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:40.500 Life now, life in the future. 00:08:41.340 --> 00:08:43.159 Paul now adds on to that. 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:47.399 It is not only that the spirit leads to life. 00:08:47.680 --> 00:08:52.560 It also leads to inheritance and intimacy. 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:59.139 The spirit does not just lead to life, although it does. 00:08:59.139 --> 00:09:03.940 The spirit also leads to inheritance and intimacy. 00:09:03.940 --> 00:09:14.040 First, verse 15, Paul tells us about the intimacy of our sonship. 00:09:14.880 --> 00:09:19.340 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, 00:09:19.340 --> 00:09:26.540 but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry, Abba, Father. 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:28.540 So he starts in the negative. 00:09:29.620 --> 00:09:34.240 No, there is no spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:39.480 Paul here is referring to what it was like when sin was controlling your life. 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:43.840 Remember, we spent a ton of time talking about this in chapter 6. 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:49.600 Chapter 6, we dove deep into what is the power center of your heart, of your life? 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:55.220 Is it a power center controlled by sin, or is it a power center controlled by the Holy Spirit? 00:09:55.220 --> 00:09:57.860 And if you're a Christian, it is the latter. 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:01.860 The Holy Spirit rules and reigns in your life. 00:10:02.180 --> 00:10:05.879 So fear and slavery, those are all behind you. 00:10:07.660 --> 00:10:10.500 There's no need to fall back into that. 00:10:11.040 --> 00:10:13.379 No, actually, you have something now positive. 00:10:13.940 --> 00:10:17.620 You've received the spirit of adoption as sons. 00:10:17.620 --> 00:10:23.179 Received reminds us of what we saw a couple weeks ago, 00:10:23.419 --> 00:10:26.940 that every Christian has the Holy Spirit. 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:32.860 There are not some special Christians with the spirit and normal, regular Christians without it. 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:37.600 No, it is what you receive as God's gift as one of his children. 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:41.960 Every Christian is given the spirit. 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:46.220 And it's given by grace as a gift. 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:51.600 The spirit of adoption as sons is reaffirming verse 14, 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:53.899 which is that those with the spirit are sons. 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:55.620 They are heirs. 00:10:56.139 --> 00:11:06.139 Even more than that, the Holy Spirit communicates this reality to you 00:11:06.139 --> 00:11:09.519 in the deepest places of your heart. 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:17.019 The Holy Spirit communicates this reality to you 00:11:17.019 --> 00:11:24.539 that you are one of God's children in the deepest places of your heart. 00:11:25.740 --> 00:11:28.720 That's what Paul is getting at when he says, 00:11:29.539 --> 00:11:33.460 by whom we cry, Abba, Father. 00:11:35.059 --> 00:11:36.019 By whom? 00:11:36.579 --> 00:11:37.679 Meaning it's by the spirit. 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:38.679 The spirit. 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:39.599 The spirit. 00:11:39.599 --> 00:11:39.599 00:11:39.599 --> 00:11:39.599 00:11:39.599 --> 00:11:39.599 00:11:39.599 --> 00:11:41.559 God's Holy Spirit. 00:11:41.899 --> 00:11:49.219 Enables and empowers us to cry out to God as our father in prayer. 00:11:50.000 --> 00:12:01.079 The Holy Spirit enables and empowers us to cry out to God as our father in prayer. 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:08.960 And it's in that sense that the Holy Spirit is the spirit of adoption. 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:16.820 So our God is not a distant or far off God, 00:12:17.180 --> 00:12:23.940 but a God who gives us the intimacy of a child with their father. 00:12:24.940 --> 00:12:28.440 Our God is not a distant or far off God. 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:38.860 He's a God who by his spirit assures us and gives us the intimacy of a child with their father. 00:12:40.420 --> 00:12:43.740 This word cry is significant as well. 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.880 Notice what Paul doesn't say. 00:12:46.560 --> 00:12:48.080 He doesn't say pray, 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:51.860 although this cry is a type of prayer. 00:12:53.060 --> 00:12:56.139 He does not say that we call God father, 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:57.120 although we do, 00:12:57.700 --> 00:13:00.259 because it's not strong enough. 00:13:01.060 --> 00:13:03.440 No, we cry. 00:13:04.160 --> 00:13:05.860 The Greek word here is a crying out, 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:06.800 almost a wailing. 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:09.320 We cry to our father, 00:13:12.060 --> 00:13:14.759 reminding us, telling us, teaching us 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:23.740 that God our father is the one to whom we run when we are in distress. 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:31.600 God our father is the one to whom we run in our distress. 00:13:32.419 --> 00:13:35.200 We feel, because of the Holy Spirit, 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.860 deep in our souls that we belong to God. 00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:43.379 And so because of the Holy Spirit, 00:13:43.500 --> 00:13:45.139 in and with the Holy Spirit, 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:48.680 it comes out of us as a cry. 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:51.560 A cry for help. 00:13:53.180 --> 00:13:55.180 A cry for aid. 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.620 And the point is this. 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:01.279 Because of the Holy Spirit, 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:04.460 when trouble comes, 00:14:05.180 --> 00:14:07.920 we run to God in prayer. 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:10.979 Because of the Holy Spirit, 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:14.000 when trouble comes, 00:14:14.319 --> 00:14:18.759 we bring it to our father unfiltered. 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:24.399 We bring him the deepest pains and longings of our heart, 00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:27.939 which helps us to begin to see 00:14:27.939 --> 00:14:29.639 why Romans chapter 8 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:31.719 is one of, 00:14:32.599 --> 00:14:36.079 if not the greatest chapter in the Bible. 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:42.180 You did not receive the spirit of slavery 00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:44.700 to fall back into fear, 00:14:45.340 --> 00:14:49.520 but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons 00:14:49.520 --> 00:14:51.280 by whom we cry, 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:53.060 Abba, Father. 00:14:53.059 --> 00:15:01.679 Verse 16 goes on to tell us 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:06.059 why we can be so bold. 00:15:07.119 --> 00:15:10.719 The spirit himself bears witness with our spirit 00:15:10.719 --> 00:15:13.399 that we are children of God. 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:15.500 In other words, 00:15:15.599 --> 00:15:18.359 the Holy Spirit gives you 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:21.539 the confidence and the boldness 00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:22.639 that you need 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:24.560 to approach God in this way. 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.360 And even more than that, 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:30.519 the Holy Spirit gives you 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:35.000 a deep and firmly rooted certainty 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.860 that God is your father. 00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:40.980 The Holy Spirit gives you 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:45.279 this unshakable trust and confidence 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:48.600 that you belong to him. 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:56.060 Do you have certainty 00:15:56.060 --> 00:15:58.659 that God is your father? 00:15:58.659 --> 00:16:03.899 Do you know 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:07.079 beyond a shadow of a doubt 00:16:07.079 --> 00:16:09.659 that you belong to him? 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.959 Do you know it, 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.860 we might say, 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.579 deep down? 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:18.500 Does it run 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.779 all the way 00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:21.199 to your roots? 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.199 I hope it does. 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:27.480 What Paul is telling us 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:29.700 is that when it does, 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:31.180 that is because 00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:32.600 of the work 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:34.080 of the Holy Spirit. 00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:36.400 God's spirit 00:16:36.400 --> 00:16:38.460 at work in your heart 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:40.140 assuring you, 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.700 reminding you, 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:43.220 convincing you 00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:45.960 that you belong to him. 00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:50.160 He bears witness 00:16:50.160 --> 00:16:51.160 with our spirit 00:16:51.160 --> 00:16:52.820 that we are children 00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:54.000 of God. 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:57.900 Spirit gives you 00:16:57.900 --> 00:16:59.180 powerful confidence. 00:17:01.280 --> 00:17:02.180 Spirit gives you 00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:03.620 this felt sense 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.500 of God's love. 00:17:04.600 --> 00:17:05.340 Remember we talked 00:17:05.340 --> 00:17:05.880 about that 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:07.080 in Romans chapter 5, 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.759 verse 5. 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:09.519 The love of God 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.019 poured into your hearts 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:12.080 by the Holy Spirit. 00:17:12.860 --> 00:17:13.779 It doesn't say 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.500 the love of God 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.920 poured into your mind 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.819 by the Holy Spirit, 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.440 although of course 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.620 our minds understand 00:17:18.620 --> 00:17:19.279 God's love. 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.799 No, God's love 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:23.460 poured into your hearts. 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:25.660 It's a felt sense 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:27.019 of God's love 00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:28.259 given to you 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:29.400 by his spirit. 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:32.240 And it's not something 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:33.940 that you can generate 00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:35.460 on your own. 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:39.180 Do you have confidence 00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:41.400 that God is your father 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.319 and that you belong to him? 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:46.119 If you do, 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:48.819 that is because of God's 00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:50.659 spirit at work 00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:51.759 in you. 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:55.480 The spirit himself 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.839 bears witness 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:58.159 with our spirit 00:17:58.159 --> 00:18:00.460 that we are children 00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.659 of God. 00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:04.460 That is the intimacy, 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:06.039 the connection 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:07.579 that comes 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:09.399 because you are a son, 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:10.399 whether you're a man 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:10.900 or a woman 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:10.900 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:12.240 because you're a son 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:13.220 of God. 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.140 You're one of God's children. 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:17.420 Belong to him. 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:20.360 Now I said with sonship 00:18:20.360 --> 00:18:21.980 there is both inheritance 00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:23.280 and intimacy. 00:18:24.060 --> 00:18:25.320 Now we've seen the intimacy. 00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.519 Now verse 17 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.440 takes us 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.700 to the inheritance. 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.980 And if children, 00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:32.660 then heirs. 00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:35.019 Heirs of God 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:36.240 and fellow 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.160 heirs 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:38.500 with Christ. 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.920 Now if I came to you 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.680 and I said, 00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.139 you know what? 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:44.599 There is a will 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:46.819 and you're in it. 00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.619 What would you want to know? 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.339 What am I getting? 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:54.180 What does the will give to me? 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:56.500 Does the will give me 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.960 the baseball card collection 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:59.900 or does it give me the stocks? 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.079 You know, 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:02.200 how much is it worth? 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.279 We have the same question here. 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:06.279 If we are heirs, 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.539 if we're in the will, 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:09.299 what is it exactly 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:10.619 that Paul is telling us 00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.180 we're going to get? 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.039 Of course the inheritance 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:14.000 is great. 00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.799 We could spend 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.660 multiple sermons 00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:16.519 talking about it. 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:18.079 I will remind you 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.779 of a few things 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.680 that you already know. 00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:22.019 If you are 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:23.700 an heir of God 00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:25.079 and a fellow heir 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.079 with Christ Jesus, 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.960 you are inheriting 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.839 a world 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:30.500 without sin. 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:33.000 If you are one 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.920 of God's sons, 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.900 whether you're a man 00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.560 or a woman, 00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:37.640 you are going to receive 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:39.080 a new body. 00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:40.759 It's going to be a body 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.620 without sickness, 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.460 disease, 00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.440 or decay. 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:47.120 You are going to rule 00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:48.160 with God 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:50.759 over the entire earth. 00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:53.380 And even more 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:54.500 than all that, 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:57.140 saving the best 00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:58.019 for last, 00:19:58.019 --> 00:20:00.920 you will have 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:02.940 God himself. 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:06.079 God's promise 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:07.259 in the Old Testament, 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.599 his covenant promise 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.420 to his people 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.779 will be fully 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:12.220 and finally true. 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.200 And that promise 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.720 is this, 00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:17.139 I will be your God, 00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:20.139 you will be my people, 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:22.519 and I will dwell 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:24.440 with you forever. 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.559 forever. 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.019 In fact, 00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:28.539 Revelation chapter 21 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.360 gives us 00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:31.460 an idea 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.440 of what the inheritance 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.559 looks like. 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.660 And I heard a loud voice 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.200 from the throne 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.680 saying, 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.299 behold, 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.640 the dwelling place 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.279 of God 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.840 is with man. 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:44.039 That's God's presence, 00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:45.140 that's part of your inheritance. 00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:47.400 He will dwell with them 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.799 and they will be his people 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:50.580 and God himself 00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:51.860 will be with them 00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:53.240 as their God. 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:55.359 that's the best part. 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.839 Because God 00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.759 is with you, 00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.620 will be with you 00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:00.240 as your God, 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.339 this will also happen. 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.539 He will wipe away 00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:04.779 every tear 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.839 from their eyes 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:07.120 and death 00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:08.099 shall be no more. 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.279 Neither 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.680 shall there be mourning 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.579 nor crying 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.339 nor pain 00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.940 anymore 00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:15.359 for the former things 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.579 have passed 00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.440 away. 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.220 That's your inheritance. 00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:23.059 That's what you have 00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:24.599 to look forward to. 00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:28.000 That is what is named 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.079 for you 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.379 in the will. 00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:33.539 That's what comes 00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.519 because you 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.679 are a son 00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:36.779 of God. 00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:40.079 And how do you get 00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.659 this inheritance? 00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:42.960 How do you become 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.440 a son? 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.859 Now Paul tells us 00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.980 it's because 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:48.000 verse 17 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.859 we are fellow 00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:50.680 heirs 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:52.119 with Christ. 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.119 He'll tell us 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:55.220 later in chapter 8 00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:56.599 in verse 29 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.759 that Jesus 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.940 is the first 00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.539 born 00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.380 among 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:01.539 many 00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.099 brothers. 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.319 So you 00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.359 are God's 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.700 son, 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.519 his heir, 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.539 his child. 00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.400 You have the 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.039 intimacy 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.640 that a son 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.299 or a daughter 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.220 has with their 00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.700 father. 00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:16.039 and you 00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.440 have the 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.100 inheritance 00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:18.039 that comes 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.700 to children 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.700 in the will 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:21.460 because of 00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.059 the work 00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.779 of Jesus 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.519 Christ 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.500 on your 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.220 behalf. 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.920 Because of 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.400 the first 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:28.240 born son 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:30.740 you 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.940 and all 00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.360 of God's 00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:32.740 people 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.600 are brought 00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.019 in 00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:36.480 as his 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.880 children, 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.620 his heirs, 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.019 his other 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.940 sons. 00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:41.840 that's 00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.100 what you 00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.380 have. 00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:43.580 That's 00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:43.779 what's 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.120 waiting 00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:45.140 for you 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.019 because 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.320 of 00:22:47.320 --> 00:22:48.000 God's 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.500 work 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:50.160 by his 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.539 son 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.480 through 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.340 the 00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.660 spirit. 00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.860 Finally, 00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.559 Paul tells us 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.480 the path 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.200 to 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.740 inheritance 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:05.039 runs 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.779 through 00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.600 suffering. 00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.799 Suffering 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.900 comes as 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.299 part of 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.820 the journey 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.279 to the 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.839 destination. 00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.720 Verse 17, 00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.259 provided we 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.099 suffer with 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.220 him in 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.599 order that 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:16.879 we may 00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.480 also be 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.279 glorified 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.000 with 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.659 him. 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.879 Paul here 00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.399 is talking 00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.919 about the 00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:22.480 suffering 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.579 that comes 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.339 to you 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.079 because 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.859 you're a 00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.220 Christian. 00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.700 Remember years 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.299 ago we talked 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.059 about the fact 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.559 there's different 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.099 types of 00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.599 suffering in 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:30.939 the world. 00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.259 There's 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.179 suffering that 00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:32.859 you experience 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.359 because you 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.859 did something 00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.539 really stupid. 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.639 There's 00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.159 suffering that 00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.819 you experience 00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.139 just because 00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.819 of general 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.519 sin in the 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.799 world. 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.139 You know, 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.360 when you 00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:39.620 get a 00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.140 cold or 00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.560 pneumonia, 00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:40.980 that's 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.360 because of 00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:42.000 sin and 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.500 sickness, 00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.900 general sin. 00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.720 And then 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.080 there's the 00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:45.600 suffering that 00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.520 you experience 00:23:46.520 --> 00:23:47.640 as a follower 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.420 of Jesus. 00:23:49.560 --> 00:23:50.240 Paul here is 00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.840 talking about 00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.740 that last 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.300 suffering. 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.820 He's saying 00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.300 as you live 00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:54.980 in this world 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.560 as a 00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:55.960 Christian, 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.440 it is 00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:59.000 unavoidable 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:00.060 that following 00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:00.880 Jesus will 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.420 bring 00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.480 hardship. 00:24:03.780 --> 00:24:04.380 Paul says 00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.080 this also in 00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.680 2 Timothy 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.560 chapter 3, 00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.440 indeed, 00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.259 all who 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.100 desire to 00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.700 live a 00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.880 godly life 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.960 in Christ 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.060 Jesus will 00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.720 be persecuted. 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.740 So it's 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.799 not optional. 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.799 Every Christian 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.799 in some 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.779 way will 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.440 in this 00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.680 world suffer 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.220 for the 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.279 name of 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.519 Jesus 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.960 Christ. 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.240 Jesus 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.940 himself 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.820 tells us 00:24:29.820 --> 00:24:30.080 that. 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.180 John 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.980 chapter 15, 00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:33.559 remember the 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.079 word that I 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.819 said to you, 00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.779 a servant 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.420 is not 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.079 greater than 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.740 his master. 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.240 If they 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.880 persecuted 00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.299 me, 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.860 they will 00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.519 also 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.519 persecute 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.079 you. 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.720 If they 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.240 kept my 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.539 word, 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:46.900 they will 00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.460 also 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.000 keep 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.720 yours. 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.500 In other 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.980 words, 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.279 as go 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.039 the master, 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.880 so go 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.539 his servants. 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.779 As goes 00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.539 the teacher, 00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.339 so goes 00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.700 the students. 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:02.759 as goes 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.360 Jesus, 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:05.319 so goes 00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.080 us. 00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:07.819 Jesus 00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.799 suffered in 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.660 this world. 00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.759 If you 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.620 follow him, 00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:13.319 you will 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.019 too. 00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.600 Jesus 00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.019 says the 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.440 same thing, 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.700 Matthew 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.460 chapter 5. 00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.259 Blessed are 00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.720 those who 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.500 are persecuted 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.380 for righteousness 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:23.960 sake, 00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:25.120 for theirs 00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.640 is the 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.019 kingdom 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.220 of heaven. 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.059 Suffering 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.980 in 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:31.039 glory. 00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.720 By the 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:33.839 way, 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.319 here's a 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.839 teaser for 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.440 next week. 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.400 Verse 18. 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.039 We're going 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.640 to look only 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.360 at verse 18 00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.039 next week. 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:39.960 Paul says 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.299 this, 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.940 guess what? 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.579 Everything 00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.120 to come 00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.740 is so 00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.120 great, 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.299 the future 00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.740 is so 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.339 glorious, 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.599 that everything 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.160 else fades 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.700 in comparison. 00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.299 The suffering 00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.740 isn't even 00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.480 worth talking 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.880 about, 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.740 given how 00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.160 amazing 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.500 everything 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.980 to come 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.460 is. 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.019 Remember, 00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.360 I've been 00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.839 telling you, 00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.140 and I'll 00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.480 tell you 00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.839 again, 00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.380 that Romans 00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.780 is the 00:25:58.780 --> 00:25:59.560 fifth gospel, 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.220 because what 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.160 Paul teaches, 00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:02.120 Jesus taught 00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.800 first. 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.400 Jesus teaches 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.160 that we're 00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.740 his heirs. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.240 Matthew 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.920 chapter 5, 00:26:08.020 --> 00:26:08.260 again, 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.540 blessed are 00:26:09.540 --> 00:26:10.020 the meek, 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.740 for they 00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.220 will what? 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.480 Inherit 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.700 the earth. 00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.080 Blessed 00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.340 are the 00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.720 poor in 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.060 spirit, 00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.720 for theirs 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.120 is the 00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.440 kingdom 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.820 of heaven. 00:26:24.040 --> 00:26:24.280 Remember, 00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:24.520 I said 00:26:24.520 --> 00:26:24.980 part of 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.540 our inheritance 00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:26.200 is that we 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.660 will be 00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.360 with God. 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.700 God 00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.340 himself 00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:29.580 is what's 00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:29.880 coming. 00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:31.840 Blessed 00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.100 are the 00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:32.440 pure in 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.740 heart, 00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.920 for they 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.300 will what? 00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.980 See 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.160 God. 00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.960 Blessed 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.220 are the 00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.840 peacemakers, 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.600 for they 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:41.960 shall be 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.440 called 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:44.720 sons 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:46.080 of God, 00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.600 heirs. 00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.360 And so, 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.580 we're going 00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:51.960 to sing 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.440 now that 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.900 very same 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.160 hope. 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.400 What 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.060 reward 00:26:55.060 --> 00:26:56.340 will 00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.640 heaven 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.000 bring? 00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.780 Everlasting 00:26:59.780 --> 00:27:00.640 life with 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:00.960 him, 00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.280 it's the 00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:02.680 inheritance 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.200 that waits 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.680 for you. 00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:05.480 There we 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.080 will rise 00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:06.519 to meet 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.000 the Lord, 00:27:08.280 --> 00:27:09.060 then sin 00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:09.640 and death 00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.100 will be 00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.800 destroyed, 00:27:11.800 --> 00:27:13.300 and we 00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:14.000 will feast 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.519 in endless 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:16.360 joy when 00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.500 Christ is 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.080 ours 00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:19.040 forever. 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.700 Let's 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:20.900 pray. 00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:20.960 God, 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:23.259 our 00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.720 Father in 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:23.880 heaven, 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.420 we do 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.540 thank you 00:27:25.540 --> 00:27:26.220 and praise 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.140 you that 00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.600 you have 00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:29.040 not just 00:27:29.040 --> 00:27:29.880 saved us 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:31.280 from the 00:27:31.280 --> 00:27:31.759 penalty, 00:27:32.820 --> 00:27:33.320 the power 00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:33.860 of sin, 00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.700 but you've 00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.300 also adopted 00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:35.860 us as your 00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.380 sons and 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.680 daughters. 00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.160 You have 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.519 given us 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.400 the ability 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.160 to cry out 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.640 to you as 00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.080 a father, 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.380 and you've 00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.940 assured us 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.360 of that by 00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.000 your spirit 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.480 that you 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.980 have put 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.780 within us. 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.820 You've 00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.400 promised us 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.820 a great 00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:48.440 inheritance 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.060 in the world 00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.540 to come. 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.759 We ask 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.059 that you 00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.579 would use 00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.000 that to 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.879 transform our 00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.480 hearts and 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.099 our minds 00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.500 and our 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.879 lives, 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.159 that we 00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.759 would follow 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.779 you and 00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.659 love you and 00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.279 obey you in 00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.559 faith. 00:27:58.659 --> 00:27:59.399 We ask all 00:27:59.399 --> 00:27:59.720 of these 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.200 things in 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.819 Jesus' name. 00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:01.599 Amen.