DISCOURSE: 1840 BENEFITS ARISING FROM A JUSTIFYING FAITH Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glo... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1841 THE BELIEVER’S SECURITY IN CHRIST Romans 5:6. _For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1842 HAPPINESS OF THE MORE-ADVANCED BELIEVER Romans 5:11. _And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement_. THOSE remarkable words of the prophet, “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1843 DEATH BY ADAM, AND LIFE BY CHRIST Romans 5:18. _Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1844 THE ABUNDANT GRACE OF GOD Romans 5:20. _Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord_. FROM eternity God determined to glorify his grace: for this end... [ Continue Reading ]