Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church
Romans 8 - read the whole chapter!
Overview : the tension of living in this home away from Home.
Up to this point in Romans 8 Paul had been discussing the suffering & glory we experience as God's children.
Vs 17-18
And since we are His children, we are His heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God's glory. But if we are to share His glory, we must also share His suffering.
Share in the suffering and share in His glory.
There will be times the darkness doesn't like the Light.
When darkness comes, ask, "what did I do RIGHT?" Not, "what did I do wrong?"
The suffering comes from a fallen world, from following Christ, and glory.
There are present problems & a promised prize!
The promised prize is the way through the problems...keep your eyes on the prize!!
Perspective = fight through the suffering by leaning into the glory!
2 Corinthians 11:23-28
Paul's struggles
Paul is being honest that the pain is real.
God doesn't want you to walk around in denial.
Always keep in mind what you've gained.
The way to make something that feel big feel small is to look at something bigger!!
Measuring your pain alone will weigh you down...pull the prize into the pain...you'll see the crown inside the cross.
Eugene Peterson quote :
Reality is mostly made up of what you cannot see.
Glory ultimately
Glory incrementally
RIP = rise in power
There is a glory God wants you to experience glory every day.
From glory to glory, from grace to grace.
He always saves the best for last.
This has happened so that the glory of God can be revealed!!
Perspective eliminates despair.
2 Corinthians 4:17
"For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!"
These hard times are small potatoes compared to the good...
Perspective is relative
Fluid not fixed
Perspective is constantly changing
Every day continue to focus on the glory and not just the present suffering.
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