Bearing Up Under Intense Pressure!

January 19, 2014
Sermon
Lesson 45
Romans 8:23-25

Bearing Up Under Intense Pressure!
LAST WEEK:
Christian suffering is outweighed by coming glory (18)
The creation was subjected to futility (19-22)
Creation eagerly awaits the revealing of the sons of God (19)
Creation was subjected to futility in hope (20)
Creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now (22)
THIS WEEK:
We must bear up under intense pressure!
Christians are groaning inwardly (23-25)
Awaiting the adoption as sons (23)
Hoping for what they do not see (24-25)
“From Depths of Woe I Raise To Thee”, Martin Luther, 1523,
Trinity Hymnal, #554
Verse 4:
What though I wait the livelong night,
And till the dawn appeareth,
My heart still trusteth in his might;
It doubteth not nor feareth:
Do thus, o ye of Israel’s seed,
Ye of the Spirit born in deed;
And wait till God appeareth.
Summary
Bear up under the intense pressure He has designed for you!