ROMANS 8:18-25

1. This life’s trials are incapable of being compared to our hope of glory (v.18).
   • What weight of suffering could compare to the weight of the glory that is coming?
   • Why would God want us to think about this comparison? (2 Cor. 4:17)
2. This creation has become the very definition of hope for us (v.19-21).
   • How eagerly are we longing for the revelation of our hope?
   • How and when was creation ‘subjected to futility?’ (Genesis 3:17-19)
   • How do our actions show that we await the freedom of glory?
3. The creation has been groaning for the realization of our hope (v.22).
   • Why would the apostle Paul choose to personify the creation?
   • How should we be motivated by the groaning of all creation?
4. We also have been groaning as we eagerly await our redemption (v.23).
   • If we are already children of God, what adoption are we awaiting?
   • What behavior and perspective displays our longing for this redemption?
5. The saved must patiently wait for our unseen hope (v.24-25).
   • In what sense were we saved by an unseen hope?
   • Why must our hope remain unseen?
   • How is patience being produced in our lives by our unseen hope?

Call to Action: To feed our unseen hope so that we will patiently endure.