“And what do you wish for in the New Year, Jones?” “Well, sir,” Jones replied, “I’d like some hope.” “Hope?” his boss asked, looking shocked, “I can’t offer that sort of thing, Jones. Hope isn’t what we offer any of our employees in this business. We do our work, get paid, run out of steam [...]
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Paul defines “hope” in Romans 8 as waiting eagerly and patiently for our adoption as children of God and the redemption of our bodies, verses 23-25. One day, we’ll be free of this ridiculous, insane, frustrating world forever. And it was in this hope we were saved; it lifted us out of the empty, purposeless, [...]
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Following on from Part 1, the obvious proof the Sprit is at work in us is the hope that the Spirit gives us, a hope that enables us to “wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies,” Romans 8:23. But what does that mean, “adoption as a son of God” and [...]
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Wouldn’t it be great to have proof that the Spirit is working in our lives? Where’s the evidence of the Spirit producing “life and peace” in me, for instance, when I still get to thinking I’m not doing enough for God, I’m not praying enough to get results, I’m not in tune with God’s will, [...]
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