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Introduction

Introduce myself

b. Recap Rick’s message last week

c. Today we are going to focus on the first 5 verses of chapter 5 and then use passages from the rest of Romans and beginnin of Corinthians to help us understand it.

2. Read 5:1-5

3. Pray

4. Connect with last week in verse 1

5. Look at verse 2-4

a. Two themes

b. Rejoicing

i. In the hope of the glory of God

ii. In our sufferings

c. Hope

i. We hope in the glory of God

ii. Hope does not put us to shame.

6. First- Rejoicing in our sufferings

a. This seems to be a common theme in the Bible.

b. James 1 “Count it all joy…”

c. Phil 4:4 “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice”

i. He’s in chains while he writes this.

d. It seems that when we as Christians go through hard times we can find something to rejoice in because we know that in the midst of these trials we are growing.

e. Not to say that God needs to cause these trials to teach us lessons but rather when we are in the trial, the suffering, because this test produces endurance in us.

f. Rejoicing in our suffering by the way makes NO sense to the world. Because this is the only hope they have. Speaking of HOPE. Let’s look at our next theme in these verses

7. 2nd Hope

a. What is the hope in the Glory of God.

b. Rom 8:18-24

i. The sufferings are not worth COMPARING TO THE GLORY that is waiting for us. The GLORY. (Go all John Piper here)

ii. Quote from the brother’s Karamazov –

c. Things are hard right now

i. Let’s just pretend there isn’t a global pandemic and list the other things that are hard.

ii. Election season

iii. Etc.

iv. 1 Cor. 1:10-17

v.

Romans 5:1-5

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 8:18-24a

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved

Rom 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

1 Cor 1:10-17

10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. 12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson