From Groaning to Glory

Thank you, choir.

That was an inspiring song, and we're grateful for the hard work you put into that.

! We have been in this series in Romans for a number of weeks, and I was thinking through

whether to prepare an exclusive kind of one-off sermon, taking a break from our series,

to talk about America and our 250th anniversary, or whether there was a way to find some of

the themes that we're talking about at this time of year, and in this year specifically,

within the pages of our text in Romans chapter 8.

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And I believe, y'all don't let me know until after the service, but I believe I was able

to do that.

All right.

All right.

So, I want to, first of all, just kind of share some thoughts with you before we dive

back into Romans chapter 8, where we talked before.

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Of all the world's inventions, how many of you know America has been an inventing country?

We have invented many great things.

Of all the world's inventions, the dry erase board has to be the most remarkable.

Remarkable.

Yes.

Thank you.

It just got there.

I was using super glue, and I accidentally glued my finger and my thumb together.

It's okay now.

What do you call a cow with no legs?

Ground beef.

Y'all know.

What do you call a cow with two legs shorter than the others?

Lean beef.

Why do cows wear bells?

Because their horns don't work.

I could keep going, but I think I've milked the cow jokes long enough.

I know, I know.

They're utterly terrible.

All right.

And of course, one of the best dad jokes out there, when is a door, not a door, when it's

a jar.

There you go.

How many of you, your child has said, dad, I'm hungry.

You said, nice to meet you, hungry.

I'm Sam.

What are y'all doing?

You're groaning, either audibly or inside.

You're groaning right now, right?

I'm wondering what on earth all these dad jokes have to do with America's 250th or Romans

chapter eight.

Well, I'm glad you asked that question because groaning is exactly the reaction that I was

hoping to get you to this morning.

Groaning means make it stop, right?

Some of you are begging for it to stop right now.

Well, as we celebrate America's 250th birthday this weekend, our nation, if we're honest, has

been for quite some time doing a lot of real groaning.

No matter your politics, we look at our nation, we look at our country and we feel the division,

we feel the tension, we feel the brokenness.

We love our nation, but we groan for it.

And it just so happens that Paul picks up where we left off last week in Romans chapter eight

by talking about groaning.

So as we think past, we think that of the 250 years that have just passed in our nation's history,

history.

We see videos like that and we hear choir songs and we sing our national anthem.

And I know there are people in the room whose birthplace was not America and we're grateful

for your presence here.

Some of you have become naturalized citizens and I'm sure you share from your own perspective

some of the love that we as natural born American citizens have for our country.

But as we study American history, we think back through the 250 years that have passed.

There's much to be proud of.

If we're honest, there's some that would cause us to hang our head in shame.

And we look at our current moment in American society and it does cause heartbreak.

It does cause groaning.

So turn with me if you're in your Bibles, if you would, to Romans chapter eight.

And let's look at verse 18.

Paul talks about groaning for about 13 verses here.

And I'll try not to make you to groan too much more as we explore the theme of from groaning

to glory, from groaning to glory.

This is also true of American history.

You think of the birth pains that America went through finding its liberty from England, the

United Kingdom, and going through the difficulties of becoming a nation, getting its feet under it.

And then to the glory that came as America became the world's foremost superpower and oftentimes a force for good around this globe.

And we see the glory that America has enjoyed.

But we know the groaning that it took to get it there.

And that mirrors what a lot of us experience as the people of God.

So let's look at Romans chapter eight and verse 18.

If you wouldn't mind joining me in standing if you're able to, we're just going to read the first few verses together.

And then we'll work through the rest of the chapter.

Yet what we suffer now, verse 18, is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.

From groaning to glory.

For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.

Against its will, all creation was subjected to God's curse.

But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay.

For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

And we believers also groan.

Even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory.

For we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering.

We too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children.

Including the new bodies he has promised us.

God, we thank you for this passage that applies to so many parts of our life and our nation.

God, I pray that you reveal your truth to us.

May it be done by the power of your spirit.

It's in Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

You may be seated.

Thank you for standing.

In the first 17 verses we worked through last Sunday here in Romans 8.

We talked about, we saw how the Holy Spirit is working inside of us to break the power of our past.

To free us.

To change our identity.

And now, as Paul is picking it up here in verse 18, we see that God's rescue plan to do that in us is much bigger than just saving our individual souls.

He is working to heal, to restore all of his creation.

So, this leads us, as we study from groaning to glory in the pages of Romans 8, this leads us to the first thought I want you to take home with you today.

While we are waiting, God is working.

You could say it this way.

While we are groaning, God is preparing us for glory.

While we are waiting, God is always at work.

For 250 years, the American experiment has been remarkable.

It's been a remarkable experiment in human freedom, in liberty.

But no human empire, no nation, going back to Greece and Rome and Babylon and any empire or nation that has risen above the rest in the history of this world,

has ever been or will ever be the final destination.

It is not the culmination.

It's not the end.

Every country, including our own, experiences the groaning of a broken world.

We did it at the beginning of our nation and we still do it today.

We see the groaning and the brokenness around us.

So, don't judge God's ultimate plan by the temporary chaos you see when you turn on the news or you log on to social media

or you just interact with those around you or even when you look in the mirror.

God is working through all that.

He has a plan that is bigger than any single nation.

So, I want to highlight some doctrines that we find in the pages of Romans 8 as we work through this.

And remarkably, in verses 18 through 30, I want to draw your attention to this idea of glorification.

What is glorification?

It is the new creation but a future glory that will come.

God is working on us to reveal his glory in us.

That is a wild concept to wrap our heads around.

That God wants to use broken humans like you and me to reveal his glory.

Oftentimes, God has used a people group or a nation to reveal his glory.

We've seen him do that even through the United States of America.

Look at verse 18 down through 22.

We see this idea that your present suffering is real.

God is not ignoring or denying or minimizing your present suffering that you're going through.

So, whatever is going on in your life that you're suffering through right now, whether it's external problems or internal problems, whether it's something you can't control or a failing on your part, your suffering is real.

But it's not the end.

A future glory awaits.

So, don't judge God's faithfulness by today's circumstances.

Today's pain is not the final chapter.

Verse 18, what did it say?

What we suffer now is, what did it say?

Nothing compared to the glory that later will come.

That he will reveal later.

Do you see the wording there?

It said, what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.

You know what that implies?

That the glory is real.

The glory is already present.

It hasn't all been revealed yet.

Man, that encourages me.

When I feel that there is no hope.

When I feel that nothing is really going to get better.

You know, we talked about last Sunday.

You move somewhere.

You change jobs.

You try to get a fresh start in some way.

Only to be reminded that it's still you in the new place.

It's still you in the new job.

And it's still you carrying the same you that caused problems in the last place.

Or the last job.

But through all that, God is saying he's working on you through the groaning to bring you to be aware.

To reveal his glory within that situation.

And within your life.

And within the life of our nation.

So your present suffering is real, but it's not the end.

And then look down at verse 23.

We believers also groan.

Even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory.

We know, yes, God's Spirit seals me.

I'm promised to be with God forever in what we call heaven.

He said, but then we long for our bodies to release.

To be released from sin and suffering.

We're longing for that day.

Why isn't it here yet, God?

God, Paul said it this way.

Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus.

God, don't drag this thing out.

It's getting rough down here.

And then he says, we too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children.

So it's okay to feel like you're waiting.

It's okay to feel like you're in an in-between time.

And this has eschatological implications.

That's eschatology.

What is eschatology?

The doctrine of the end times.

The things that have not yet happened.

The things that we leave to God in his hands.

And we can read in the book of Revelation.

We can look at Daniel's prophecy.

We can look at many, Isaiah, Jeremiah, many of the Old Testament prophets.

And then the writings of Paul and others.

In 1 Thessalonians, we see eschatology pop up throughout the scriptures.

When they're talking about things that haven't yet come.

Things that haven't yet come to pass.

This is eschatology.

And that's what this is talking about.

How does eschatology apply to our everyday life?

It's the idea of trust.

It's the idea of while I'm waiting, I know God is working.

So it's okay for me to wait right now.

Try telling your kid that.

When he's waiting for dessert.

And you say it's okay to wait.

Or he's waiting for a treat or a reward or a surprise.

Tell me what the surprise is.

No, then it wouldn't be a surprise.

Yeah, but I want to know right now.

I don't want to wait.

And we don't want to wait either.

But God is teaching us that while we're waiting, he's working.

The groaning brings the glory.

It's all part of the process.

Trust the process of our heavenly father.

Faith doesn't mean having everything now.

It means trusting God when you don't have everything.

Trusting that he will provide everything you need.

And someday he'll provide everything you could possibly want.

When your soul is aligned with his.

Problem is our souls are not aligned with his.

Our souls are distracted.

Our mind, our will, our emotions are influenced by this world around us.

By the brokenness that still struggles with the spirit within us.

And so we feel like we don't have everything we want.

And we struggle with waiting.

So your present suffering is real, but it's not the end.

It's okay to feel like you're waiting.

It can be a good thing.

And then in verse 26, Romans 8 and verse 26.

By the way, if you don't have a copy of the word of God, there should be one in front of you in the seat back.

Or you can look on with somebody who does.

The Bible app is on the phone.

That can be a handy thing for you to pull up as well.

But Romans chapter 8 and verse 26.

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The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness.

For example, we don't know what God wants us to pray for.

You ever realize that?

Has that ever hit you?

I don't exactly know what I should be praying for right now.

Yes.

But Paul is identifying with that as he writes to the church in Rome.

But he says,

Here's more groaning, right?

More groaning that will result in God's glory.

The Holy Spirit is praying for us.

And the Father who knows our hearts, knows all hearts, he knows what that Holy Spirit is saying.

He knows what those groanings mean.

For the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will.

That's the secret.

When you and I pray for things, sometimes it's in harmony with God's will.

Harmony means it sounds right, you know?

How many of you like to sing harmony?

How many of you are able?

Your ear hears harmony parts.

There's some kind of halfway.

Yeah.

My dad was a pastor growing up.

His secretary was, she was a natural harmony singer.

And she would sit with our family.

I would stand next to her so every time we sang during church, she would sing harmony parts.

And I learned harmony that way just by standing next to her.

So I would always then go and pick out harmony parts myself.

Harmony means you're not singing the melody line that was written,

the main line that you normally sing when you sing a song.

But you're singing a part that is closely related to that.

And it meshes well.

It breathes well.

It works well together.

And so when you and I pray, we're not always praying in harmony with the Holy Spirit.

But when our hearts are aligned with God, even if our requests aren't always aligned with God's will,

the Holy Spirit prays on our behalf.

He says, God, this is what we need.

This is what they need.

This is what they want.

Their heart is toward you.

And even if their request is not toward you, I'm praying for them.

I'm pleading on their behalf in harmony with God's will.

So the Spirit is making intercession for us.

What is intercession?

It is hardcore prayer.

Okay?

What is intercessory prayer?

It means you are ridding yourself of any other distraction.

You are focusing in on going before God and pleading for a cause.

And the Holy Spirit is doing that for you and for me.

For your kids.

For your grandkids.

For your coworker.

For your neighbor that's on your heart.

For the people that make you, keep you up at night.

The people that make you lose sleep.

Even when we don't intercede for them as often as we could, the Holy Spirit makes intercession for us.

That's a comfort for you and for me.

So while we're waiting, the Holy Spirit's making intercession.

While we're waiting, God is working.

And then down in verse 28.

As you're looking at verse 28, I want to share this verse with you.

Jesus is able to save those who come to God through him completely and forever since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Isn't it amazing that God makes intercession for us?

We're going to see that again.

That the Holy Spirit is not the only one doing the interceding.

In just a minute, a little bit later in Romans 8, we're going to see how Jesus the Son is also making intercession for us.

But it is such a comfort and a reminder to the believer that God is praying to himself for us.

What an incredible thought.

And then down in verse 28, if you're there.

We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

How many of you have heard that verse before?

Romans 8, 28.

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God.

Yeah.

That's a verse that we love to claim.

Sometimes when things are going wrong, it's like, yep, but all things are going to work together for good.

That's true.

But we don't always see the good when it comes.

Because the good is aligned with God's purpose and we don't always see that in the moment.

Well, how did this turn out to be good?

What good came from this?

We can't see it in that moment.

This is a waiting time.

But we can trust that while we're groaning, glory is the future.

Glory is promised.

God is working.

And this has to do with God's sovereignty.

God's sovereignty.

Hang on.

I got ahead of myself.

There we go.

Down through verse 30.

This is talking about how God is in control of all of it.

He chose us.

He knew his people in advance.

And he chose us.

And he called us.

And he says to all that he called.

He will work all things in our lives together for our good and for his glory.

And what does it say in verse 30?

Having chose them, he called them to come to him.

And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself.

That's how we can wake up in the morning and say, I have right standing with God because God told me I did.

I'm not out of favor with God because I messed up last night.

I'm not favor.

I'm not out of favor with God because I got drunk.

I'm not out of favor with God because I looked at pornography.

I'm not out of favor with God because I was angry and yelled at my kids.

I'm not out of favor with God because of fill in the blank.

I have favor with God because he gave that to me.

I may have

from time to time go off and make a choice

that will lead to bad consequences

it will be hurtful to myself, to others

and I'll have to endure that

until I align

my will back with God's will

but all the way

through, while I'm

waiting, while I'm groaning

in this world of brokenness

I have right standing with

God, I have his favor

because I'm his child

and since he gave that

to us in verse 30

having given them right standing

he gave them his

what's that last word in verse 30

what is it?

his glory

he gave them his glory

let's put us in there

he gave us his glory

that is what is promised

we sing the battle hymn of the republic

not too long ago

glory, glory, hallelujah

glory, glory, hallelujah

praise be to God

because he gave us as his children

not because we're Americans

not because we're white or black

or Hispanic or Asian

or we're rich or poor

or anything else

not because of any social standing

on this earth

but because

he gave us his grace

to repent of our sins

to turn to him

and say God

I place my faith in you

and you alone

so glory is promised

and then number two

and we only have two points

so this is the last point

ready?

God's love

never

fails

while we're waiting

God is working

and we can be sure

that his work

is always

motivated

and acted out

through the lens

of his love

it always reflects

his love for us

and his love

never

fails

1 Corinthians chapter 13

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is called

the love chapter

and one of the ends

of that

it uses a word

that's charity

it's a placeholder

for love

it means the same thing

and so

it says charity

never fails

love

never

fails

have you noticed

that real

love

never

fails

there is selfish

love

there is attraction

there is sexual

love

there is

self-serving

love

there is all kinds

of love

out there

but real

love

that comes

from the inventor

of love

the author

of love

which is God

that love

never fails

it took Jesus

to the cross

but then what

happened

did he stay

dead

was that the

end of his

story

come on church

I'm asking you

if Jesus

stayed dead

there you go

y'all know

the answer

to this one

this isn't hard

no he came

back to life

it's why we

celebrate Easter

around here

in a big way

because Jesus

is alive

love

love

could not

fail

love

will not

fail

you

so look

down in

verse 31

what shall

we say

about such

wonderful

things as

these

if God

is for

us

who can

ever

be

against

us

God's

love

will

never

fail

you

why

because

he's

for

you

God

is

for

you

and

you

don't

have

to

live

in

fear

since

he didn't

spare

even

his own

son

but he

gave him

up

for

us

all

he

is

for

us

and he

gave

his

son

for

us

and

then

look

this is

talking

about

the

atonement

the

atonement

that

Jesus

made

the

atoning

sacrifice

where

he

recognized

that

we

were

slaves

to

sin

we

owed

a

debt

of

sin

to

darkness

to

death

to

hell

and

Jesus

came

and paid

!

debt

had

left

a

crimson

stain

but

he

washed

it

white

as

snow

it's

what

Jesus

did

in

the

atonement

when

he

atoned

or

paid

the

sacrifice

the

sacrificial

debt

for

our

sins

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Corinthians

521

Paul

wrote

this

and

it

has

powerful

implications

for

you

and

me

God

made

Jesus

who

had

no

sin

to

be

sin

for

us

can

we

say

that

God

made

Jesus

who

had

no

sin

to

be

for

us

so

that

in

Jesus

we

might

become

or

embody

God's

righteousness

there's

no way

that

you

and

I

could

be

God's

righteousness

but

through

Jesus

alone

you

and

I

are

sinners

we're

always

going

to

be

attracted

or

drawn

toward

what

is

wrong

toward

what

is

unrighteous

but

since

Jesus

became

our

sacrifice

for

us

he

gave

us

right

standing

with

God

now

he

can

change

what

we're

drawn

to

he

can

change

what

we

find

ourselves

getting

involved

in

in

this

world

like

huh

me

what

I

volunteered

to work

in the

nursery

at church

I'm not

that kind

of person

I volunteered

to sing

in the

choir

where did

that come

from

because

God

can

change

you

we talked

about that

last Sunday

God

changing

your

nature

that is

part of

becoming

God's

righteousness

he

changes

you

to

become

what

you

could

be

not

what

you

have

been

and

then

in

Psalm

56

in

verse

9

the

psalmist

knew

this

David

knew

this

when he

wrote

this

so many

years

ago

he

said

this

I

know

I

don't

know

everything

there

are

things

I

doubt

there

are

things

I

fear

but

he

said

this

I

know

that

God

is

what

this

I

know

that

God

is

what

!

does

it

really

matter

who

is

against

you

I

feel

like

this

world

is

against

me

I

feel

like

culture

is

against

me

does

it

really

matter

because

God

is

for

you

that's

what

matters

so

your

failures

don't

get

the

final

word

because

God

is

for

you

verse

33

who

dares

accuse

us

us

whom

God

has

chosen

for

his

own

no

one

because

God

himself

has

given

us

right

standing

with

him

so

who

can

condemn

us

no

one

because

Christ

Jesus

died

for

us

and

was

raised

to

life

for

us

and

is

sitting

in

the

place

of

honor

at

God's

right

hand

pleading

for

us

so

Jesus

is also

interceding

for

us

he's

also

pleading

for

us

he's

also

praying

for

us

we ask

each

other

to

pray

for

each

other

when

we

have

a

need

or

a

burden

right

we'll

say

would

you

pray

for

this

and

we hope

that

person

does

pray

for

it

but

you

know

what

we

can

be

confident

in

Jesus

is

praying

for

us

the

Holy

Spirit

is

praying

for

us

and

he

is

for

us

so

while

we're

waiting

while

we're

groaning

in the

middle

of

the

!

God

is

preparing

glory

his

love

will

never

fail

and

then

down

in

verse

35

we're

almost

done

can

anything

ever

separate

us

from

God's

love

from

Christ's

love

does

it

mean

that

he

no

longer

loves

us

if

we

have

trouble

of

course

not

calamity

or

persecuted

we're

hungry

we're

poor

we're

destitute

we're

in

danger

we're

threatened

!

with

death

does

it

mean

that

God

doesn't

love

us

when

these

things

happen

to

us

of

course

not

as

the

scripture

says

in

the

old

testament

prophets

for

your

sake

for

God's

sake

we're

being

killed

every

day

we're

being

slaughtered

like

sheep

you

think

you're

the

first

Christians

to

suffer

in

the

name

of

God

you

think

you're

the

first

Christians

to

go

through

a

hard

time

of

course

not

no

verse

37

despite

all

these

things

overwhelming

victory

is

fail

you

love

has

never

failed

love

only

brings

overwhelming

victory

and this

also says

that hard

times are

not a

sign

that God

has

abandoned

you

hard

times

are not

a sign

that God

has

is

throwing

the book

at you

and making

you pay

for all

the wrong

you've

done

that is

not who

he is

he closed

the book

he wiped

out your

record of

wrong

he washed

it in

his

blood

and he

gave

you

right

standing

with

him

first

Peter

4

13

rejoice

in the

degree

that you

can

share

in the

sufferings

of

Christ

so that

when his

glory

is revealed

in you

you may

also rejoice

and be

glad

instead of

saying

man I

guess I

just

haven't

been

perfect

so God

is

getting

me

with

all

this

trouble

that is

going

on

in

my

life

John

was

just

coming

back

from

vacation

and he

can tell

you

himself

about

everything

that they

went

through

on their

return

trip

home

with

their

truck

and trailer

and just

the

insanity

now God

showed up

and he

kept it

from being

too bad

that they

couldn't

recover

from it

right

but look

he didn't

come in

saying

man I

guess I

just

wasn't

faithful

enough

in

prayer

so God

was

getting

me

no

I'm

glad

that he

could

share

I'm

glad

that you

can

share

I'm

glad

that I

can

share

in the

sufferings

of

Christ

none

of

us

will

ever

suffer

to

the

degree

that

Jesus

did

when

all

the

weight

of

the

sin

and

the

brokenness

of

this

world

was

placed

on

him

and

he

sacrificed

his

very

life

on

this

earth

on

the

cross

for

you

and

for

me

but

when

we

can

share

a

little

bit

of

the

suffering

then

we

know

that

glory

is

coming

I

know

that

God

is

going

to

show

up

big

in

that

family's

life

he

has

and

he'll

continue

to

I

know

that

he'll

show

up

big

in

yours

and

I've

seen

him

show

up

big

in

mine

and

I

believe

that

the

best

is

yet

to

come

do

you

believe

the

best

from

our

heavenly

father

is

yet

to

come

do

you

believe

there's

glory

waiting

then

you

can

endure

this

groaning

because

the

glory

is

coming

nothing

can

at the

last

two

verses

here

I

am

convinced

that

nothing

can

ever

separate

us

from

God's

love

this

has

to

do

with

God's

covenant

look

we went

through

the

atonement

we talked

about

Christ

interceding

and praying

for us

talked

about

how

Christ

is

enough

through

the

problems

through

the

suffering

that

we

have

to

endure

and

then

we

get

to

God's

covenant

promise

in

verse

38

nothing

can

ever

separate

us

from

God's

love

death

life

angels

demons

our

fears

for

today

our

worries

about

tomorrow

not

even

the

powers

of

hell

can

separate

us

from

God's

love

no

power

in the

sky

above

or in

the

earth

below

nothing

in

all

creation

will

ever

be able

to

separate

us

from

the

love

of

God

that

is

revealed

in

Christ

Jesus

our

Lord

this

is

the

unbreakable

covenant

of

God's

love

your

love

is

flawed

my

love

is

imperfect

I

love

you

but

my

love

might

fail

you

I

believe

looking

across

here

most

of

you

love

me

some

of

you

I'm

not

sure

I'm

kidding

but

your

love

might

fail

me

at

some

point

but

nothing

can

ever

separate

you

from

God's

love

and

nothing

can

ever

separate

me

from

God's

love

that

is

the

covenant

that

we

can

rest

in

we

can

go

to

sleep

at

night

knowing

God

made

a

covenant

with

me

because

of

his

son

Jesus

Christ

and

if

my

faith

is

in

him

then

I'm

safe

if

my

faith

is

in

myself

I'm

not

safe

if

my

faith

is

in

the

church

I'm

not

safe

if

my

faith

is

in

my

past

or

my

present

or

my

future

my

kids

if

my

faith

covenant

and

I

am

safe

there's

glory

coming

so

we've

gone

through

Romans

Romans 8 · chapter mention

chapter

8

verses

1

through

39

between

last

week

and

this

week

and

we

saw

well

I can't

skip over

this verse

alright

real quick

if we

are

unfaithful

he

remains

faithful

for

he

cannot

deny

who

he

is

this

is

a

point

that

directly

applies

to

what

we

were

just

talking

about

so

before

we

recap

the

chapter

and

we

close

I

want

to

draw

your

attention

to

this

how

many

of

you

believe

that

you've

always

been

faithful

to

God

through

your

whole

life

and

you've

never

been

unfaithful

to

him

I

was

really

hoping

nobody

would

raise

their

hand

so

good

job

good

job

so

I'm

not

going

to

make

you

raise

your

hand

to

highlight

your

unfaithfulness

to

God

but

you

all

recognize

even

when

you

were

unfaithful

to

him

I

got

both

hands

up

yeah

if

we

are

unfaithful

look

that's

in

the

Bible

Paul

was

writing

to

Timothy

and

he

said

I

have

learned

this

even

when

I

am

unfaithful

to

God

he

remains

faithful

because

he

cannot

die

who

he

is

deny

who

he

is

why

because

we're

in

that

covenant

we

are