ROMANS 8:16, 17a
Sunday Morning: April
23, 2006
Text: Romans 8:16-18 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs;
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him,
that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings
of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed in us.
CHILDREN
OF GOD
Romans 8:16 The
Spirit itself beareth witness with
our [the] spirit, that we are
the children [teknon] of God:
CHILDREN
ARE BORN INTO THE FAMILY
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
again [from above], he cannot
see the kingdom of God.
TWO YEARS OLD
Matthew 2:16 Then
Herod, . . . was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children [teknon] that were in
Bethlehem, . . from two years old and under .
TWELVE
YEARS OLD
Luke 2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the
feast.
THE
SAID UNTO HIM, CHILD
Luke 2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and
his mother said unto him, Son [teknon, child, same as paiv v.43], why hast thou
thus dealt with us? . . .
CHILDREN
NEED FOOD
Hebrews 5:12-14 For when for the time ye ought to be
teachers, ye have need that one teach
you again which be the first
principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For
every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
BUTTER
AND HONEY
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even
those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and
evil.
CHURNED
MILK PRODUCES BUTTER
Isaiah 7:15 Butter
and honey shall he (Jesus) eat, that
he may know to refuse the evil, and choose
the good.
LET US GO ON TO BUTTER
Hebrews 6:1
Therefore leaving the principles [beginning] of the doctrine [word] of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; (maturity)
not laying again the foundation of repentance
from dead works, and of faith [fidelity
or faithfulness] toward God,
IF
CHILDREN, THEN HEIRS
Romans 8:17 And if children
[teknon], then heirs; heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ; if so
be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
THE
PROMISE TO ABRAHAM
Romans 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law,
but through the righteousness of faith.
TWO
OF ABRAHAM’S SEED
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as
the stars of the heaven, and as the
sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
SEPARATION
OF ABRAHAM’S SEED
Genesis 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son (Ishmael):
for the son of this bondwoman shall not
be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
DIFFERENT
INHERITANCE
Genesis 21:13-14 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he (Ishmael) is thy seed. 14 And
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water,
and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the
child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
WILDERNESS
INHERITANCE
Genesis 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and
his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
ABRAHAM’S
OTHER SEED
Genesis 25:5-6 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
EAST
OF CANAAN, WILDERNESS
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, (v. 1-2) which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son,
while he yet lived, eastward, unto
the east country.
ESAU’S
INHERITANCE, EAST COUNTRY
Deuteronomy 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you
of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
CHILDREN
OF LOT, NOT ABRAHAM’S SEED
Deuteronomy 2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the
Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of
their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession [inheritance].
CHILDREN
OF LOT, EAST COUNTRY
Deuteronomy 2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against
the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not
give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I
have given it unto the children of Lot
for a possession.
DOUBLE
PORTION INHERITANCE
2 Peter 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
PROMISE
TO ABRAHAM’S SEED
Romans 4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it
might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed;
not to that only which is of the law,
but to that also which is of the faith
of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
NOT
BY LOT, JUST MILK, NO HONEY
Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold,
the place was a place for cattle;
CANAAN,
LAND OF GLORY
Numbers 13:27 And
they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey;
and this is the fruit of it. (Eze. 20:6 milk and honey, . . . the glory of all lands)
BY
LOT IN THE LAND, FAITH
Joshua 14:2 By lot
was their inheritance, as the
LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for
the half tribe.
HEIRS,
RICH IN FAITH
James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God
chosen the poor of this world rich in
faith, and heirs of the kingdom
which he hath promised to them that love him?
JOINT
HEIRS WITH JOSHUA, TYPE
Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, (east country,
wilderness milk) and joint-heirs
with Christ (milk and honey, Canaan); if so be that we suffer with him,
that we may be also glorified together.
INHERITANCE
IS A REWARD
Colossians 3:23-25 And whatsoever
ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto
men; 24
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall
receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive
for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
THE
LORD IS COMING SOON
Revelation 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my
reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
LET
NO MAN TAKE THY CROWN
Revelation 3:11 Behold, I
come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy
crown.
LOOK
TO YOURSELVES
2 John 1:8 Look
to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.