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Romans 8:22-27

Good News Translation (GNT)

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22  For we know that up to the present time all of
   creation groans with pain, like the pain of
   childbirth.
23  But it is not just creation alone which groans;
   we who have the Spirit as the first of God's
   gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait
   for God to make us his children and set our
   whole being free.
24  For it was by hope that we were saved; but if
   we see what we hope for, then it is not really
   hope. For who of us hopes for something we
   see?
25  But if we hope for what we do not see, we
   wait for it with patience.
26  In the same way the Spirit also comes to help
   us, weak as we are. For we do not know how
   we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads
   with God for us in groans that words cannot
   express.
27  And God, who sees into our hearts, knows
   what the thought of the Spirit is; because the
   Spirit pleads with God on behalf of his people
   and in accordance with his will.

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Commentary taken from
'The Applied New Testament Commentary'
(Kingsway)

The Future Glory

     Romans 8:22-27

The pain of childbirth is a sign that a new life is about to be born.
The pain that this creation is now enduring will, in the end, result in liberation from its bondage to decay.

We still have not received our full inheritance. That inheritance is eternal life. Believers in Christ are already "adopted children" of God. We will receive the full privileges of our adoption, our full inheritance, on that day when the redemption of our bodies takes place.

For Christians hope is a very important thing. Our complete inheritance, our complete salvation - the redemption of our bodies - will come later.. Now faith is being sure of what we hope for. We have faith that God will fulfill His promises; therefore, we have hope that we will receive what He has promised. One of the many things the Holy Spirit does for us, is to help us pray. The Holy Spirit, dwelling within us, intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. Some Christians pray in tongues ( a spiritual language). Others simply cry out to God. If we ourselves do not make an effort to pray, the Holy Spirit certainly isn't going to help us! We must pray as best we can.

God will surely "know the mind" of His own Spirit. The Holy Spirit will always intercede for us according to God's will. Let it not be said of us that we worshiped God only with our lips!

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