According to the will of God, v. 27. He dwells in the heart by faith. The former is the work of the Spirit as a Sanctifier; this as a Comforter. 6:11 ). Adam did it meritoriously; the creatures being delivered to him, when he by sin delivered himself he delivered them likewise into the bondage of corruption. In this the suffering saints have triumphed; not only have not been separated from the love of Christ, but have been taken into the most sensible endearments and embraces of it. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Or, We shall not be separated from that love either in death or in life. It is by virtue of our interest in Christ, our relation to him, and our union with him, that we are thus secured. And, when they told him it was, without speaking any more, he said, "Now, God be with you, my children; I have breakfasted with you, and shall sup with my Lord Jesus Christ this night;" and so departed. It is God that justifieth. Sin is a burden to the whole creation; the sin of the Jews, in crucifying Christ, set the earth a quaking under them. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Hope supposes desire, and that desire offered up to God is prayer; we groan. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people," so runs our commission, Isa 40 1. 31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? It is no great loss to lose things which are nota body that is of the earth, earthy. WebBut what does it say? The kingdom of God is within you, and will be so to eternity. In our present state we come short, not only in the enjoyment, but in the knowledge of that glory (1 Cor 2 9; 1 John 3 2): it shall be revealed. Paul writes, Blessed is the man whose iniquity is thus forgiven. But at the same time the members of our body is waging war with that knowledge. That salvation has been provided by God through Jesus Christ and his redemptive work on the cross. Ministers are helpers of the joy of the saints. Nor height, nor depthneither the height of prosperity and preferment, nor the depth of adversity and disgrace; nothing from heaven above, no storms, no tempests; nothing on earth below, no rocks, no seas, no dungeons. How shall he not? All that God did from eternity predestinate to grace and glory he does, in the fulness of time, effectually call. He took upon him that nature which was corrupt, though perfectly abstracted from the corruptions of it. [1.] Secondly, With great gain. WebWe have seen how naturally a doctrine of salvation by pure grace may lead to a doctrine of predestination but a doctrine of predestination (given that God loves all men) leads at least equally naturally to a doctrine of universal salvation. And this not willingly, not of their own choice. The particular instances of Christians' privileges, ver 1-28. Context A. 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of evil desires for apart from Torah, sin is dead. They love God. He overcomes with a greater love, conquering enemies with love and converting persecutors with patience. This includes all, that God is for us; not only reconciled to us, and so not against us, but in covenant with us, and so engaged for usall his attributes for us, his promises for us. phronousi ta tes sarkosthey savour the things of the flesh; so the word is rendered, Matt 16 23. Shall we harbour and indulge that which is enmity to God our creator, owner, ruler, and benefactor? Romans 8:23 Many of the people of God have, accordingly, found this chapter a well-spring of comfort to their souls, living and dying, and have sucked and been satisfied from these breasts of consolation, and with joy drawn water out of these wells of salvation. There is a general outcry of the whole creation against the sin of man: the stone crieth out of the wall (Hab 2 11), the land cries, Job 31 38. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has begun its holy happiness which shall endure for ever. [1.] Ep elpidi hoti kai, etc.in hope that the creature itself; so many Greek copies join the words. The help of the Spirit in prayer. It is our having received the first-fruits of the Spirit, which both quickens our desires and encourages our hopes, and both ways raises our expectations. All rights reserved. His resurrection: Yea, rather, that has risen again. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. Lord, what is man, that thou shouldst thus magnify him! It was great condescension that he who was God should be made in the likeness of flesh; but much greater that he who was holy should be made in the likeness of sinful flesh. Both the good angels and the bad are called principalities and powers: the good, Eph 1 21; Col 1 16; the bad, Eph 6 12; Col 2 15. CONTRASTS AND REASSURANCE In 5:12-21, Paul contrasted Adam and Christ. The happy effect of this upon us (v. 4): That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us. WebRomans 8American Standard Version. All this will not cut the bond of love and friendship that is between Christ and true believers. If God is for us, who can be against us() 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us allhow will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? It is life and peace in the other world, as well as in this. Christ, as Mediator, is said to be the heir of all things (Heb 1 2), and true believers, by virtue of their union with him, shall inherit all things, Rev 21 7. Secondly, Of that spirit of bondage which many of the saints themselves were under at their conversion, under the convictions of sin and wrath set home by the Spirit; as those in Acts 2 37, the jailer (Acts 16 30), Paul, Acts 9 6. The present calamities of Christ's beloved ones supposedthat they meet with tribulation on all hands, are in distress, know not which way to look for any succour and relief in this world, are followed with persecution from an angry malicious world that always hated those whom Christ loved, pinched with famine, and starved with nakedness, when stripped of all creature-comforts, exposed to the greatest perils, the sword of the magistrate drawn against them, ready to be sheathed in their bowels, bathed in their blood. Things present separate us from things to come, and things to come separate and cut us off from things present; but neither from the love of Christ, whose favour is twisted in with both present things and things to come. It denotes a full, and strong, and affectionate persuasion, arising from the experience of the strength and sweetness of the divine love. WebIt never did obey Gods laws, and it never will. Who can be against us, to strip us, to deprive us of our comforts? We have died to the guilt of sin. (3.) You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. (2.) We owe no suit nor service to our carnal desires; we are indeed bound to clothe, and feed, and take care of the body, as a servant to the soul in the service of God, but no further. None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to sanctification (2 Thess 2 13), and surely it cannot be a temptation to any to be conformed to the world to believe that they were predestinated to be conformed to Christ. Vile bodies shall be newly fashioned, Phil 3 21; 1 Cor 15 42. $25 every month. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Created wills are so very fickle, and created powers so very feeble, that, if any of these did depend upon the creature, the whole would shake. Use a dictionary if necessary. Hence he infers (v. 8), Those that are in the flesh cannot please God. 3. How comfortable should this be to all the children of God, how little soever they have in possession, that, being heirs, they have enough in reversion! It is the undoubted character of all true believers that they are led by the Spirit of God. 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. The good angels are engaged friends, the bad are restrained enemies. It is the adoption perfected and completed. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. He performs all things for them. How Christ appeared: In the likeness of sinful flesh. When he had undertaken it, he did not spare him. The fears of the saints lest they should lose their hold of Christ are often very discouraging and disquieting, and create them a great deal of disturbance; but here is that which may silence their fears, and still such storms, that nothing can separate them. He did not spare his own Son that served him, that he might spare us, though we have done him so much disservice. (1.) 101. Shall they, can they, do it? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Jesus did for us what we are unable to do for ourselves. Whom he did foreknow, that is, whom he designed for his friends and favourites. As to the manner, we know not how to pray as we ought. And, upon the view of both, he gives this judgment here. Died to sin Since Jesus is our Federal Head, He represented us on the cross. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. How comes it about? Those desires that are contrary to the will of God do not come from the Spirit. WebRomans 8 Bible Study Book includes printed content for eight sessions, personal study between group sessions, applicable Scripture, How to Use This Study, a leader guide, God gave his only Son, his very best for us, will He not give 2. Abba is a Syriac word signifying father or my father; pater, a Greek work; and why both, Abba, Father? You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. A daring challenge to all the enemies of the saints to separate them, if they could, from the love of Christ. [2.] The Spirit witnesses to none the privileges of children who have not the nature and disposition of children. Beareth witness with our spirit. Nor any other creatureany thing that can be named or thought of. (1.) Pleasing God is our highest end, of which those that are in the flesh cannot but fall short; they cannot please him, nay, they cannot but displease him. Now, the Spirit teaches us in prayer to come to God as a Father, with a holy humble confidence, emboldening the soul in that duty. What becomes of the souls of brutes, that go downwards, none can tell. The whole species of creatures is designed for, and is hastening to, a total dissolution by fire. We do not, will not, love him the less for this; and that for this reason, because we do not think that he loves us the less. Men may justify themselves, as the Pharisees did, and yet the accusations may be in full force against them; but, if God justifies, this answers all. [1.] Accounted as sheep for the slaughter; they make no more of killing a Christian than of butchering a sheep. Faith is the evidence, hope the expectation, of things not seen. I. Nor things present, nor things to comeneither the sense of troubles present nor the fear of troubles to come. That are actuated and guided by the Holy Spirit of God, as a sanctifier, teacher, and comforter. (2.) 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