CLI. Living and Dying to the Lord.
ROM. xiv. 8. “For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.” THESE great words were suggested by a comparatively trivial…
CL. The Living Sacrifice.
ROM. xii. 1. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” DOCTRINAL discussions with Paul lead to practical con- clusions. I….
CXLIX. The Jews.
ROM. xi. 15. “For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?” I. THESE words express the hope entertained by Paul of the ultimate…
CXLVIII. All Day Long.
ROM. x. 21. “But to Israel He saith, All day long I have stretched forth My hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.” ST. PAUL is quoting the prophet Isaiah, and Isaiah is speaking to Israel in the name of…
CXLVII. Victory.
ROM. viii. 37. “More than conquerors.” THE key-note of the text is Victory. It is the characteris- tic of all God’s works, that whatever He does, He does abundantly. There is always something in excess; a David’s cup that mantles…
CXLVI. The Heart of God being Given, All is Given.
ROM. viii. 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.” THERE are a great many very sad and troubled hearts in…
CXLV. All Things Working for Good.
ROM. Viii. 28. “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” THE incarnation of the Son of God is the highest expres- sion of that love which presides, although not always visibly, in nature…
CXLIV. The Misery and Deliverance of Creation.
ROM. viii. 20-22. “The creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath sub- jected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the…
CXLIII. No Condemnation.
ROM. Viii. 1. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” THE truth here declared follows from the position taken up by Paul in the…
God’s Laws Make Sense
God is in the business of saving life (your life) and His commands protect you from things that will hurt and eventually kill you if you choose to ignore them. Commandment #1 – No other gods God must be first…