ELCoG 2023 02 19 Message Pr Samkutty Mathew - "From GROANING to GLORY"
Channel: Eternal Life Church of God
Date: 22/02/2023

Eternal Life Church of God, Sacramento, CA

Speaker: Pr. Samkutty Mathew
Theme: From GROANING to GLORY

Groan for the fulfillment of your aim
നിങ്ങളുടെ ലക്ഷ്യപ്രാപ്തിക്കായി ഞരങ്ങുക

Wordily Groaning: Destructive for our Soul 
Divine/Godly Groaning: Constructive for our Spiritual growth

1. With a purpose of present deliverance
Example: Groaning of people of Israel
Deliverance from the slavery [Ex.2:23-25]

Exodus 2:23-25
     23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
     24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
    25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

2. The Old Testament Prophets groaned
       a. With a purpose of people’s Restoration & Revival
       b. Example: Jeremiah & Ezekiel
Jeremiah has been dubbed “the weeping prophet” because of the nature of his message and the grief he expressed for his people.

If we submit ourselves to God's mighty hands, we will experience restoration and revival

3. Jesus’ groaning
Examples:
• Mk.8:12: Because present generation is seeking for a sign
Mark 8:12
  12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

• Mk.7:33,34: For the healing of deaf & dumb man
Mark 7:33-34
   33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
   34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
If we are praying for an instant miracle, it is possible with God

• Jn.11:33,38: To console them 
John 11:33, 38
   33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
   38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

• Jn.11:23-26: Because of Martha’s unbelief 
John 11:23-26
    23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
    24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
    25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
    26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

4. We believers groan for future glory
• For the redemption of our body [Rom. 8:23]
Romans 8:23
     23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

• We groan in this tent – longing to put our heavenly dwelling [2Cor.5:2-4]
2 Corinthians 5:2-4
     2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
     3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
    4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

കൂടാരമായ ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഭൌമഭവനം അഴിഞ്ഞുപോയാൽ കൈപ്പണിയല്ലാത്ത നിത്യഭവനമായി ദൈവത്തിന്റെ ദാനമായോരു കെട്ടിടം ഞങ്ങൾക്കു സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ ഉണ്ടെന്നു അറിയുന്നു.
ഈ കൂടാരത്തിൽ ഞരങ്ങിക്കൊണ്ടു ഞങ്ങൾ നഗ്നരായിട്ടല്ല ഉടുപ്പുള്ളവരായിരിക്കുന്നു എങ്കിൽ
സ്വർഗ്ഗീയമായ ഞങ്ങളുടെ പാർപ്പിടം അതിന്നു മീതെ ധരിപ്പാൻ വാഞ്ഛിക്കുന്നു.
ഉരിവാനല്ല മർത്യമായതു ജീവനാൽ നീങ്ങിപ്പോകേണ്ടതിന്നു മീതെ ഉടുപ്പാൻ ഇച്ഛിക്കയാൽ ഞങ്ങൾ ഈ കൂടാരത്തിൽ ഇരിക്കുന്നേടത്തോളം ഭാരപ്പെട്ടു ഞരങ്ങുന്നു.