Rom 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Rom 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
We wait eagerly to be revealed as the sons of God don't we? We have HOPE and hope is the expectation. Faith is HOPING - the substance of THINGS hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. And even so, HOPE is a waiting for this thing not seen. We lay claim to our FATHER God as being a son or daughter of His and we do so with the future hope of a life with Him, living with Him in heaven and on the new earth. We have this expectation in waiting for the realization of what it all means to be among the sons of God.
We have this expectation and is it partly vanity? A desire to be realized fully in and of ourselves as God's.
We don't want this vanity, but it came part and parcel with our action of choosing to sin. In choosing to put ourselves before God we were allowed vanity, and the realization of how awful it is to have vanity. To be caught up in ourselves it the ruin of all else.
Not only were we allowed vanity we were given HOPE against that vanity. That hope being the opposite of vanity, that hope, salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
Vanity-
Ecc_1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecc_1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecc_2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecc_3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecc_12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Solomon the wisest man knew all too well the danger of vanity and how it encompasses so much that seemingly all is vanity.
Rom 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
We will be delivered from our bondage- including the bondage of vanity. We will be delivered from the bondage of corruption, a bondage that would take our vain selves and destroy them fully if it were not for our HOPE. The glorious liberty of the children of God- JESUS CHRIST liberates us from bondage! Through Him and HIM only are we the sons of God.
The WHOLE CREATION groans and travails in PAIN together UNTIL NOW.
Why until now? Because NOW we have hope, we do not need to despair. Our hope is fully realized in CHRIST JESUS.
All of us groan within ourselves WAITING for the final adoption which redeems our bodies from the curse of death.
Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Rom 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE.
We are saved by the HOPE of the gospel of the kingdom that our Savior came to preach, telling us that all who believe on Him would not perish but have everlasting life.
Hope in the unseen, hope unrealized, hope in the promises given.
And Faith is the SUBSTANCE of things HOPED for.
The EVIDENCE of things NOT SEEN.
THINGS HOPED FOR.
EVIDENCE of THINGS NOT SEEN.
Remember this…
Heb 11:4 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Heb 11:5 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen)Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Heb 11:6 But without faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Heb 11:7 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen).
Heb 11:8 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Heb 11:9 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Heb 11:11 Through faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Heb 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Heb 11:13 These all died in faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen), not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Heb 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Heb 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Heb 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Heb 11:17 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
Heb 11:18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Heb 11:19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Heb 11:20 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
Heb 11:21 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
Heb 11:22 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
Heb 11:23 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
Heb 11:24 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Heb 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Heb 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Heb 11:27 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Heb 11:28 Through faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
Heb 11:29 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Heb 11:30 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
Heb 11:31 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
Heb 11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
Heb 11:33 Who through faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Heb 11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Heb 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Heb 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Heb 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
Heb 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen), received not the promise:
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
They WITHOUT US should not be made perfect.
US.
By FAITH we too can believe, we too can have the HOPE we need to have to live with our GOD in the world we were meant to live in, not in this world, but in the world to come.
BY FAITH.
PLEASE LORD, give us the faith we need to believe, help our unbelief, give us the hope in you that means all things through YOU.
ALL IN YOUR LOVE! Your everlasting, mighty, wonderful, marvelous LOVE.
All thanksgiving, all honor, all glory unto you my GOD, my KING, my SAVIOR, my LORD!
All in YOUR SPIRIT!
Now and forever.
Amen.
Rom 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
We wait eagerly to be revealed as the sons of God don't we? We have HOPE and hope is the expectation. Faith is HOPING - the substance of THINGS hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. And even so, HOPE is a waiting for this thing not seen. We lay claim to our FATHER God as being a son or daughter of His and we do so with the future hope of a life with Him, living with Him in heaven and on the new earth. We have this expectation in waiting for the realization of what it all means to be among the sons of God.
We have this expectation and is it partly vanity? A desire to be realized fully in and of ourselves as God's.
We don't want this vanity, but it came part and parcel with our action of choosing to sin. In choosing to put ourselves before God we were allowed vanity, and the realization of how awful it is to have vanity. To be caught up in ourselves it the ruin of all else.
Not only were we allowed vanity we were given HOPE against that vanity. That hope being the opposite of vanity, that hope, salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
Vanity-
Ecc_1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecc_1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecc_2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecc_3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecc_12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Solomon the wisest man knew all too well the danger of vanity and how it encompasses so much that seemingly all is vanity.
Rom 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
We will be delivered from our bondage- including the bondage of vanity. We will be delivered from the bondage of corruption, a bondage that would take our vain selves and destroy them fully if it were not for our HOPE. The glorious liberty of the children of God- JESUS CHRIST liberates us from bondage! Through Him and HIM only are we the sons of God.
The WHOLE CREATION groans and travails in PAIN together UNTIL NOW.
Why until now? Because NOW we have hope, we do not need to despair. Our hope is fully realized in CHRIST JESUS.
All of us groan within ourselves WAITING for the final adoption which redeems our bodies from the curse of death.
Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Rom 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE.
We are saved by the HOPE of the gospel of the kingdom that our Savior came to preach, telling us that all who believe on Him would not perish but have everlasting life.
Hope in the unseen, hope unrealized, hope in the promises given.
And Faith is the SUBSTANCE of things HOPED for.
The EVIDENCE of things NOT SEEN.
THINGS HOPED FOR.
EVIDENCE of THINGS NOT SEEN.
Remember this…
Heb 11:4 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Heb 11:5 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen)Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Heb 11:6 But without faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Heb 11:7 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen).
Heb 11:8 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Heb 11:9 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Heb 11:11 Through faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Heb 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Heb 11:13 These all died in faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen), not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Heb 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Heb 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Heb 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Heb 11:17 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
Heb 11:18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Heb 11:19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Heb 11:20 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
Heb 11:21 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
Heb 11:22 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
Heb 11:23 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
Heb 11:24 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Heb 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Heb 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Heb 11:27 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Heb 11:28 Through faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
Heb 11:29 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Heb 11:30 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
Heb 11:31 By faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
Heb 11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
Heb 11:33 Who through faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen) subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Heb 11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Heb 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Heb 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Heb 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
Heb 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen), received not the promise:
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
They WITHOUT US should not be made perfect.
US.
By FAITH we too can believe, we too can have the HOPE we need to have to live with our GOD in the world we were meant to live in, not in this world, but in the world to come.
BY FAITH.
PLEASE LORD, give us the faith we need to believe, help our unbelief, give us the hope in you that means all things through YOU.
ALL IN YOUR LOVE! Your everlasting, mighty, wonderful, marvelous LOVE.
All thanksgiving, all honor, all glory unto you my GOD, my KING, my SAVIOR, my LORD!
All in YOUR SPIRIT!
Now and forever.
Amen.
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