_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 6:2.—Necessary connection between faith in Christ’s death and abhorrence of sin. Heathen writers speak of the wise and good as dead to sensualities and animal pleasures (Wordsworth). Romans 6:3. BAPTISED INTO HIS DEATH.—In relation to His death—_i.e._, faith in it, acceptat... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 6:12.—Sin works bodily desires as the utterances of itself, obedience to which gives it its domain in the body (Wordsworth). Sin personified as a sort of rival sovereign or deity. Romans 6:13.—Do not wield arms for sin. Be as one who has come out of the world of the dead in... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 6:23.—Eternal life is not like wages due for service to God, as death is wages due for service to sin. Eternal life is a donative or free gift of God. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Romans 6:22_ Four stages in the Christian’s life.—The essentials of the Christian’s cou... [ Continue Reading ]