Sermon Tone Analysis

*Groaning for Glory*

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*Romans 8:18-25** (NIV)*

*18*I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

*19*The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons 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 glorious freedom of the children of God.

*22*We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

*23*Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

*24*For in this hope we were saved.

But hope that is seen is no hope at all.

Who hopes for what he already has?

*25*But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

I.

Introduction: The Problem Of Evil And The Goodness Of God

II.

Anticipate The Promise Of Glory: Delivered From Evil

A.    Worth The Suffering

B.     Worth The Wait

1.      Enduring Unwanted Frustration: Its Worth It

2.      Expecting Glorious Freedom: Wait For It

III.

Acknowledge The Problem Of Evil:

A.    Creation Subject To Evil

B.     Christians Subject To Evil

IV.

Adopt The Posture Of Patience: Hope In The Presence Of Evil

A.    Waiting For Salvation

B.     Waiting For The Unseen

C.     Waiting Patiently

V.    Conclusion: