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. The indwelling of the Spirit. To prove this, he urges that it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 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. And this we say to these things, this is the inference we draw from these premises. [ a] 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you[ b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. The apostle, having fully explained the doctrine of justification, and pressed the necessity of sanctification, in this chapter applies himself to the consolation of the Lord's people. Not only theynot only the creatures which are not capable of such a happiness as the first-fruits of the Spirit, but even we, who have such present rich receivings, cannot but long for something more and greater. But how shall we learn to ask according to his will? The kingdom of God is within you, and will be so to eternity. On what do they dwell with most satisfaction? Charity thinks no evil, entertains no misgiving thoughts, makes no hard conclusions, no unkind constructions, takes all in good part that comes from love. It denotes our being overcome and subdued by one of these principles. WebROMANS 8:1-11. It also denotes that the adoption is common both to Jews and Gentiles: the Jews call him Abba in their language, the Greeks may call him pater in their language; for in Christ Jesus there is neither Greek nor Jew. Here are life and death, blessing and cursing, set before us. It is in the virtue of Christ's resurrection that we shall rise. The first verse of Romans 8 is the declaration of hope and rejoicing that is unfortunately broken by the chapter break. We cannot without God, and he will not without us. The body of Christ lay in the grave, under the sin of all the elect imputed, and broke through it. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 1. (2.) I. In this, as in other things, God hath made our present state a state of trial and probationthat our reward is out of sight. Or, We shall not be separated from that love either in death or in life. Blessed is the man whose iniquity is thus forgiven. [1.] In one scale he puts the sufferings of this present time. Whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. The state of the church in this world always is, but was then especially, an afflicted state; to be a Christian was certainly to be a sufferer. They may be chastened of the Lord, but not condemned with the world. 2. The complaint he takes to himself, but humbly transfers the comfort with himself to all true believers, who are all interested in it. Who then dares fight against us, while God himself is fighting for us? WebRomans 8 Bible Study Romans 1-3 Everyones condemned Romans 4-5 start talking about but God but God intervened. Christ intercedes for us in heaven, the Spirit intercedes for us in our hearts; so graciously has God provided for the encouragement of the praying remnant. Life in the Spirit contrasted with life in the flesh. This is his triumph after that melancholy complaint and conflict in the foregoing chaptersin remaining, disturbing, vexing, but, blessed be God, not ruining. It is not a rash and sudden determination, but the product of a very serious and deliberate consideration. Lord, what is man, that thou shouldst thus magnify him! If he had died, and not risen again, we had been where we were. Now this intercession which the Spirit makes is, (1.) As we say, A man is in love, or in drink, that is, overcome by it. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the life of the saint lies in the soul, while the life of the sinner goes no further than the body. [2.] His death: It is Christ that died. Faith is the evidence, hope the expectation, of things not seen. At the right hand of God, which denotes that he is ready therealways at hand; and that he is ruling thereall power is given to him. That Jesus Christ, the purchaser, might not labour in vain, nor spend his strength and life for nought and in vain, there is a remnant given him, a seed that he shall see, so that the good pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hands. We are not debtors to the flesh, neither by relation, gratitude, nor any other bond or obligation. Remind yourself of the purpose served by (2) There are four conditional 1. This testimony is always agreeable to the written word, and is therefore always grounded upon sanctification; for the Spirit in the heart cannot contradict the Spirit in the word. Not as I will, but as thou wilt. Can it be imagined that he should do the greater and not do the less? (2.) Thus did he deliver him up for us all, that is, for all the elect; for us all, not only for our good, but in our stead, as a sacrifice of atonement to be a propitiation for sin. Ep elpidi hoti kai, etc.in hope that the creature itself; so many Greek copies join the words. Now, to comfort them in reference to those sufferings, he tells them that they suffered with Christfor his sake, for his honour, and for the testimony of a good conscience, and should be glorified with him. It is only through Christ that loved us, the merit of his death taking the sting out of all these troubles, the Spirit of his grace strengthening us, and enabling us to bear them with holy courage and constancy, and coming in with special comforts and supports. Then the Spirit himself was to the saints a spirit of bondage: "But," says the apostle, "with you this is over." I. (3.) But God himself hath undertaken the doing of it from first to last, that we might abide in a constant dependence upon him and subjection to him, and ascribe all the praise to himthat every crown may be cast before the throne. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. We, having received such clusters in this wilderness, cannot but long for the full vintage in the heavenly Canaan. Shall they, can they, do it? Which way go the projects and contrivances? 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. All the paths of spiritual wisdom are paths of peace. 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? Helpeth, synantilambanetaiheaves with us, over against us, helps as we help one that would lift up a burden, by lifting over against him at the other endhelps with us, that is, with us doing our endeavour, putting forth the strength we have. This expresses states and conditions of the soul vastly different. We see the Old-Testament saints had the same lot; so persecuted they the prophets that were before us. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Why, the Spirit itself makes intercession for us, dictates our requests, indites our petitions, draws up our plea for us. 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? That there is a present vanity to which the creature, by reason of the sin of man, is made subject, v. 20. 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! The deed of adoption, which is now written, signed, and sealed, will then be recognized, proclaimed, and published. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Men may give a charter of adoption; but it is God's prerogative, when he adopts, to give a spirit of adoptionthe nature of children. Shall we put this question to our own hearts, Who dwells, who rules, who keeps house, here? The happiness is not barely a negative happiness, not to be condemned; but it is positive, it is an advancement to a life that will be the unspeakable happiness of the man (v. 10, 11): If Christ be in you. 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 Though he was his own Son, yet, being made sin for us, it pleased the Lord to bruise him. Not sinful, for he was holy, harmless, undefiled; but in the likeness of that flesh which was sinful. WebRomans 8:14-17 Sons and Daughters of the Living God p.12 8. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. It is to salvation. That salvation has been provided by God through Jesus Christ and his redemptive work on the cross. He helps our infirmities, meant especially of our praying infirmities, which most easily beset us in that duty, against which the Spirit helps. The inability of all these things to separate us from the love of Christ. They are neither a cause nor an evidence of the abatement of his love. (5.) Nor any other creatureany thing that can be named or thought of. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people," so runs our commission, Isa 40 1. 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And it is not the least part of their vanity and bondage that they are used, or abused rather, by men as instruments of sin. Why, they lose that which the gold loses in the furnace, nothing but the dross. 13 10. But those two come much to one; for all that are actuated by the Spirit of God as their rule are conformable to the spirit of Christ as their pattern. Nothing less than that glory would make up the fulness of his covenant relation to them as God; and therefore, in all he does for them, and in them, he has this in his eye. How shall he not? Who can cut off our streams, while we have a fountain to go to? The covenant of grace made with us in Christ is a treasury of merit and grace, and thence we receive pardon and a new nature, are freed from the law of sin and death, that is, both from the guilt and power of sinfrom the course of the law, and the dominion of the flesh. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. The chapter begins, as well, with That which is herein chiefly designed is the honour of Jesus Christ, that he might be the first-born among many brethren; that is, that Christ might have the honour of being the great pattern, as well as the great prince, and in this, as in other things, might have pre-eminence. 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