New Hope

The apostle Paul wanted everyone to know about the hope God gives to the world. Let’s take a closer look at Romans 8:18-21, and what it is saying to believers.

¹⁸ I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. ¹⁹ For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope ²¹ that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

Believers have a new hope:

  

All Christians – all those who believe in Jesus for salvation

1. Present sufferings – We will experience pain and grief
2. Future glory - today’s grief is nothing compared to His coming glory. We are to wait patiently and confidently.

 

All of Creation - natural things made by God - Genesis 1:1 - God made everything!
1. Nature is the victim - the natural world of plants and animals groan in pain because of the fallen world.
2. Nature is the victor - nature will be liberated from decay and death to freedom and fruitfulness.

Be wise today and always - have hope!