Bro John,
This is an interesting thought you sent out, “The redemption of the soul happens now, in this life but the redemption of the body is still to come; that will be salvation.”*
In the Romans scripture, the groaning within ourselves, I mostly think of that as being the holy Ghost groaning as in deep prayer for something, like the scripture (in Romans) that says the Spirit helps our infirmities making intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered. So what you sent today is very good to think on: that we’ve been redeemed by his blood and forgiven of sin when we receive the holy Ghost and that our Spirit groans within us, waiting for the redemption of the body – our new body – salvation.
Your last Ephesians scripture is so good too. I surely don’t want to grieve the holy Spirit while waiting for that day.
I loved reading the new thoughts in Revelation too.
Sheila
*To read Pastor John’s entire blog, please follow the link below:
http://pastorjohnshouse.blogspot.com/2018/04/redemption-in-two-parts.html