Heirs of God

Heirs of God – Rom 8:17-19

Vs 17 – The reality of this life in Christ and in the Spirit is that we are not only children but heirs of God.  What a thought, we are joints heirs with Jesus Christ.  What ever He has we will have.  We will suffer with Him but we will also be glorified with Him as well.  Suffering is part of the Christian life but with that suffering also comes glorification later.

Vs 18 – Paul says that the present suffering is nothing in comparison with what comes later, glorification.  Suffering produces the glory of God.  The glory of God is the character and essence of God.  You become more like the Lord through your suffering.

Vs 19 – We are in a waiting or holding pattern.  We are waiting for the manifestation of the Son of God.  A day is coming when all that is hope for and believed in will become a reality.  What a day that will be as the whole hymn says, “When Jesus we will see.”  We look through a glass darkly right now but one day we shall see and know Him as He is.