DISCOURSE: 1882 THE PRIVILEGES OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I hare great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1883 OUR DUTY TOWARDS THE JEWS Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen acco... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1884 ISRAEL IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL Romans 9:6. _They are not all Israel who are of Israel_. EVIL as have been the dispositions of those who have set themselves against the doctrines of the Gospel, we have been greatly indebted to them: since they have called forth statements which we sho... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1885 GOD’S SOVEREIGN MERCY THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR BLESSINGS Romans 9:16. _So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy_. THE Apostle, being about to declare the rejection of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles, introduces his subject... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1886 GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY NOT TO BE ARRAIGNED BY MEN Romans 9:19. _Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made we thus? Ha... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1887 CHRIST REJECTED BY THE JEWS, AND BELIEVED ON BY THE GENTILES Romans 9:30. _What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteo... [ Continue Reading ]