DISCOURSE: 1851 DEADNESS TO THE LAW, AND UNION WITH CHRIST Romans 7:4. _My brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God_. THAT the Gospel is hostile to the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1852 THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE LAW Romans 7:7. _What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet_. THERE is not any thing, however good, which has not been abused to the vil... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1853 THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE LAW Romans 7:9. _I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died_. WHEN we behold the extreme supineness of those around us in relation to their eternal concerns, we are naturally led to inquire, What the reason of it... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1854 SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS OF BELIEVERS Romans 7:18. _I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1855 PAUL’S SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS Romans 7:24. _O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord_. THE Epistle to the Romans, as a clear, full, argumentative, and convincing statement of the Gospel salvation, far exceeds... [ Continue Reading ]