Grace for Your Race

We are waiting for God's glory to be revealed in us, as described in Romans 8:18. What a day that will be!
But verse 19 tells us that creation is waiting for the same thing! "Eagerly" it says.
This ought to not only fill us with anticipation, but encourage us all the more to run our race in grace.
How will all of this turn out? What will creation enjoy once we are glorified? The Word gives us some idea!

Glory is not a place; rather it is the expression of God. And God wants to express His glory through us!
Paul mentioned glory several times in Romans 8. We look forward to that wonderful day when we will see the glory of Christ, but how much of that glory will shine out of us? Dare we take it for granted?
Paul said that we may also be glorified with Him "if indeed we suffer with Him." If we believe that we are reading God's Word, then we have to take that at face value, but what does the rest of the New Testament say about it?
Let us look at this aspect of our future honestly.

We are God's children, growing into sons. We have received the Spirit of sonship, whereby we cry "Abba, Father!"
How precious this is!
How do we encourage the growth to sonship? What can hinder us?
How can we be glorified with Christ?
[Listen to the end for a special announcement]

Every day, even every hour, we chose to live by either the flesh or the Spirit. How much does it matter?
Paul wrote: if you are living according to the flesh, you are going to die
How should I take that? Does the warning really apply to me?
Let's ask the church in Sardis.

This week we look at a special feature of verses 9-11.
The divinity of the Holy Spirit and the trinity of God are brought to light in Paul's discussion of the law vs grace.

Which causes us to be born again?  Law or Spirit?
Which perfects us?  Law or Spirit?
Which produces God's kingdom?  Law or Spirit?
Which satisfies God?  Law or Spirit?
Is Christ making His home in your heart? If He is, does He do it by our keeping the law or by our abiding in His grace?
 

Why does Paul equate following the law to the being in the flesh? What is the different between walking according to the law and walking according to the Spirit. How is Jesus our example?
Be ready to be surprised in this episode!
 

Chapter 8 of Romans is a wonderful chapter. It contains many verses that mean so much to us.
This week we begin with the first two verses.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus....

God's glory will be expressed in His Son's kingdom.
Joy to the World!
The Lord is come.
Let EARTH receive her King!

What can we expect at the judgment seat of Christ? Will everything be milk and honey, peaches and cream? What does it mean to be ""saved, yet as through fire"?