From Groans To Glory - Romans 8:18-30

Our present suffering is nothing compared to our future glory.

Anger

Avoidance

Apathy

If you are suffering as a Christian, and because you are a Christian, it is one of the surest proofs you can ever have of the fact that you are a child of God. 

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.
2 Corinthians 4:17

the weight of glory . . .

the wait for glory . . .

1. The Groan of Creation
Romans 8:19-22

2. The Groan of Christians
Romans 8:23-25

And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we 
acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14

Our present suffering is nothing compared to our future glory.

3. The Groan of the Holy Spirit
Romans 8:26-27

No one knows a person's thoughts except that person's own spirit, and no one can know God's thoughts except God's own Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:11 NLT

4. The Glory That's Sure to Come!
Romans 8:28-30

a. God foreknew his people
Romans 8:29a

b. God predestined his people
Romans 8:29b

"That ungodly sinners should one day be transformed into the image of Christ by a miracle of grace is one of the most astounding truths of divine revelation."
- William MacDonald

c. God called his people
Romans 8:30a

d. God justified his people
Romans 8:30b

e. God glorified his people
Romans 8:30c

Our present suffering is nothing compared to our future glory.