Peter Barnes | Romans 8:17
SERMON NOTES
CHILDREN AND HEIRS
(Romans 8:17)
1. If we are children, we are heirs of God.
– not all children need be heirs but all Christians are heirs
– Eph.1:11; 1 Pet.1:3-4; there are probably different degrees of glory
2. We become fellow heirs with Christ.
– John 17:22-24; Luke 22:29-30; Rev.3:21; 21:7
3. We are to suffer with Christ.
– Calvin: ‘he does not argue about the source of our salvation, but the manner in which God governs His people.’
– blessing in the Old Testament (e.g. Deut.28:1-3), but more suffering in the New (e.g. Mark 4:16-17; 1 Pet.4:12-13; Acts 14:22)
– Lloyd-Jones cites ‘All Christ’s sheep are branded with a cross’.
– Phil.1:29; 3:10
4. Suffering with Christ leads to glory with Christ.
– Suffering helps to prepare us for the transformation in our persons and our bodies (1 John 3:2; Phgil.3:20-21).