DISCOURSE: 1845 THE GOSPEL SECURES THE PRACTICE OF HOLINESS Romans 6:1. _What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1846 THE CHRISTIAN RISEN WITH CHRIST IN NEWNESS OF LIFE Romans 6:8. _Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once:... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1847 A PROMISE OF VICTORY OVER SIN Romans 6:14. _Sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace_. IT is often made a ground of objection against the Gospel, that it is unfavourable to morality. But the very reverse of this is true; for the Gospel not... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1848 CONVERSION A GROUND OF THANKSGIVING Romans 6:17. _God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you_. EXEMPTION from the punishment of sin is doubtless an inestimable blessing; but deliverance from its... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1849 UNPROFITABLENESS AND FOLLY OF SIN Romans 6:21. _What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death_. AS an appeal to the judgment of men is, when just, the most powerful mode of silencing the contentious, so an appeal to their con... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1850 MAN’S DESERT, AND GOD’S MERCY Romans 6:23. _The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord_. THE distribution of rewards and punishments in the day of judgment will be in perfect agreement with the works of men; the righteous will be exa... [ Continue Reading ]