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*Patience & Hope in Christ – Isaiah 44:6-8;*
*Romans 8:18-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43*
· *Wedding Anniversary!
– 6 years!*
o three men story
o Cher: “The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing – and then marry him!”
o Naomi’s *patience* with my foibles, mistakes and bad habits!
§ patience of a different sort
· *Romans* and *parable in Matthew* (keep both open!)
· Jesus and /“the right time”/
§ this is *patience…*
· in *suffering*
· because of *hope* which is *in Christ*; *in God*
§ /each/ deserves a sermon!
· Why things are the way they are…
o /personal tragedy; global disaster and suffering; ‘the way the world is going…’/
· These things are wrong, unequivocally, in God’s sight
o God doesn’t like looking out on a field of weeds
o *seem to go unpunished*, perhaps even unnoticed by God
· Paul in *Romans* speaks of creation…
o /subjected/ to *frustration* *(v20)*
o /bondage/ to *decay* *(v21)*
o /groaning/ as in the *pains of childbirth* *(v22)*
· Why doesn’t God just */do/* something?!
o asking God to *intervene at /our/ discretion* is *not* the answer
§ God’s holy and righteous judgement *will come* to all things
§ if he were to judge every thought and action /instantly/…
· I know */I/* wouldn’t be around any more!
o God’s *patience* with us shows the patience *we should have*
§ *we* have not been wronged as *He* has been wronged
§ difficult to /hear/, making the idea difficult to /stomach/
· friend whose image of *God*, *self* and *world* is /damaged/
o being patient is always hard, otherwise it’s just waiting
§ /patience in suffering/
· *Gardening* – *parable* imagery
o green things and other coloured things
o Naomi spending yesterday pulling up weeds
§ *nothing to keep!*
o weeds grow among a crop you must *protect the crop* *(v29)*
§ maybe modern farming has by-passed this problem, but…
o the owner’s patience */saves/* the crop
§ the field is *restored*; the weeds *removed* *(v30, 43)*
· *there is hope*
§ when it is harvest time, *not now*
· But sometimes we like to focus on the *here and now*
o all that *God has done for us*
§ cross, empty tomb, forgiveness, salvation!
o what that means *now!*
§ giving of the Spirit; discipleship
o curious line at the end of the *Romans* reading *(vv24-5)*
§ we have hope *in Christ* (Eph; Phil; Col)
· is Jesus *finished*; has he performed the /final act/?
o if we’re asking ‘*why be patient?’*…
§ *hoping* for what is to come
· *Kingdom* come; harvest time *(Matthew v43)*
· *new* heaven, *new* earth; fulfilment of creation
· *restored order; glory ‘for us’ (Romans v18)*
§ the *salvation story* isn’t /finished/…
· *complete, achieved* and *available*
· but not fully /seen/ *(v24)*
· peace after WWII
· *Patience in suffering and hope in Christ*
o ‘do not be afraid’ (says the God of Isaiah!)
o *Sunrise* (Tom Wright p170)
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