_SPIRIT OR LETTER_ ‘That we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.’ Romans 7:6 The man who lives by rule and by rote has not yet entered on the fullness of Christian freedom. Christianity is not a set of rules, but a set of principles. These principles have an en... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SINFULNESS OF SIN_ ‘That sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.’ Romans 7:13 In the Bible we have three things:— I. ‘SIN,’ THE VICIOUS PRINCIPLE IN THE BREAST. II. ‘TRANGRESSION,’ THE ACT BY WHICH THAT VICIOUS PRINCIPLE SHOWS ITSELF. III. ‘INIQUITY,’ THE VIOLATION OF GOD... [ Continue Reading ]
_RESTORATION OF FALLEN HUMANITY_ ‘I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.’ Ro... [ Continue Reading ]