_PEACE WITH GOD_ ‘Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.’ Romans 5:1 What St. Paul reminds us of in this text is that just as God has a never-failing store of _ grace and power_ for the strengthening and reviving of our spiritual life, so also He has an in... [ Continue Reading ]
_PRESENT PRIVILEGES OF THE JUSTIFIED_ ‘Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.… And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.’ Romans 5:1 These five verses describe the... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE GIVER AND THE GIFT_ ‘Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.’ Romans 5:5 All the various writers of the New Testament are agreed upon this one point. From whatever standpoint the writer approaches the mystery of the Incarnation and its m... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR WHOM CHRIST DIED_ ‘For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.’ Romans 5:6 The Apostle establishes this point by means of two reasons:— I. THE GREAT LOVE WHICH GOD HAS ALREADY BESTOWED ON MAN is illustrated by the Apostle’s reference to the unworthiness... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DEPTH OF GOD’S LOVE_ ‘But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.’ Romans 5:8 It is a remarkable feature in the sorrows of Jesus, that His love maintained such a wonderful equanimity. How very few are the affections which we know of, that ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_SALVATION BY LIFE_ ‘For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.’ Romans 5:10 The Cross is not a final thing; the Cross is a means to an end. The life which comes out of the death is the climax. I wou... [ Continue Reading ]
_ADAM AND CHRIST_ ‘Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin.… by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.’ Romans 5:12; Romans 5:19 A comparison and contrast this, often occurring elsewhere in the Apostle’... [ Continue Reading ]
_ADAM AND CHRIST_ ‘Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin.… by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.’ Romans 5:12; Romans 5:19 A comparison and contrast this, often occurring elsewhere in the Apostle’... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE TRIUMPH OF GRACE_ ‘Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.’ Romans 5:20 Grace runs through the epistles of St. Paul like a silver thread. We do not wonder at this when we remember what it did for St. Paul. He was a monument, a miracle of grace. I. IT ARRESTED HIM.—‘Suddenly’ it lai... [ Continue Reading ]