Message Title: How Do You Spell Relief?
Message Truth: Sin leads to frustration where things cannot work like they were designed to. This is why creation and people groan.
Message Truth: Romans 8:18-25
*GROAN, n. A deep mournful sound or sigh, uttered in pain, sorrow or anguish.
*Suffering – the conscious endurance of physical or mental pain, distress, or hardship. It represents an unpleasant and aversive experience that affects an individual at a bodily, emotional, or existential level.
Mans Rebellion led to Creation Groaning (v.18-22)
- Creation is mentioned 4x Heaven not one time, there will be a renewal a new creation. Creation lost its perfection and is frustrated. Eagerly looks to be set free.
Mans Rebellion led to the Believers Groaning (v.23-25)
- “First fruits of the Spirit” beginning of a new life, something greater
In Hope Romans 4:18-21 “Against all hope, in hope”
Faith is…
*Based- who God IS and what He has SAID.
*Defies– considered “I thought this thing through – Faith is not a denial. Its just saying the circumstances don’t have the last word.
*Strengthened – Faith is like a muscle, it gets stronger when used. Christianity is not a body of truth to be believed but a supernatural life to be lived.