CLIII. The Old Testament.
ROM. xv. 4. "For what- soever things were written aforetime were written for our learn- ing, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope." THE things…
CLII. Our Account.
ROM. xiv. 12. "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." WHEN St. Paul says that every man shall give account of himself to God,…
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…
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."…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…