Well, it's good to see all of you here this morning. Let me invite you to turn in your Bibles to Romans chapter 8. Romans chapter 8 for our time of study in the word, this morning. We're doing a verse by verse study through Romans 567 and 8.
And as we continue in our study through this section of the book of Romans, we come this morning back to Romans chapter 8, verse 17, and We'll be doing well to get out of this verse, and we, we'll get into verse 18 at the end of the message. so we're getting stuck in this verse, but it's not a bad place to get stuck. if you want to give a title to the message, it is Present Suffering and Future Glory. Present Suffering and Future glory.
This passage, this section of Romans, basically the, from verse 17 through the end of the chapter is, is a marvelous passage. It is a breathtakingly honest and an unflinchingly forthright, and it's description of the Christian life, both now and in the age to come. If you're here today, and you want a, maybe you're a new believer, and you want a good and a robust And realistic understanding of what you can expect as a Christian in this age, and in the age to come. The second half of Romans 8 is a great place to go if you're looking for a way to view your hardships and your trials, Suffering the pains that you experience in this fallen and broken world, and you're wanting to try to understand and connect the dots and how does this connect with eternity and the glory to come.
This is a great place for you to go. This is a searching and thorough and honest portrayal of life in this world, and in the world to come. And it'll give you a real clear idea of what to expect in the Christian life., nowadays it happens sometimes that you read some advertisement, you're thinking about going somewhere, you read an advertisement and it's like, wow, this seems like a great place to go for vacation or whatever and all the pictures look great and and the descriptions look look great, but then you may act on that and go to this place that is advertised and to your dismay you find out that it is not all that it was billed. To be, and I think all of us would have occasions where that has, has happened....
