From Groaning to Glory

Key Points

• Dwell in the Word of God. Breathe it in.
• We need to be saved.
• Salvation is through Jesus Christ.
• Salvation brings freedom.
  • Freedom from the wrath of God.
  • Freedom from sin.
  • Freedom from the law.
  • Freedom from death.
• “We dwell on this side of glory—we carry about, as Paul elsewhere writes, our “outward man” which is wasting away even though our “inward man is being renewed day by day.” – J. V. Fesko
• We live in the already and not yet of the Kingdom of God. We are already in His glory, but not yet in the fullness of glory.
• Dwell in the Word of God.

Discussion

1. Read Romans 8:18-27 four times aloud with a minute of silence between each reading.
   • The 1st time, take note of a word or phrase that stands out to you and dwell on that word or phrase.
   • The 2nd time, take note of the feelings or emotions that are evoked from the passage and sit with the Lord and that feeling.
   • The 3rd time listen from the perspective of someone who originally received the letter from Paul. Dwell on their response to the Word.
2. Without explaining your experience, share what the Lord revealed to you through that reading.