Beatitude #2- Those Who Mourn, Part 3 (TMF:394)

Thursday, April 28, 2016
Peace to Live By: Beatitude #2- Those Who Mourn, Part 3 (TMF:394) - Daniel Litton
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       We not only realize that our own sinful human flesh is corrupt, and this makes us mourn, but we also realize that the world is fallen and corrupted. Again, let’s look at what Paul had to say about this subject. If we turn the next chapter over, to Romans 8, we see the following, starting in verse 18: “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved” (Romans 8:18-24, ESV). So, the world in which we live has been corrupted by our own sin natures. This occurred when Adam and Eve first sinned in the garden of Eden back at the beginning of time. Remember, though, that God has promised that he will renovate the earth for the 1,000-year Reign of Christ.