For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Ver. 14. For as many as are led] As great men suffer their sons to go along with them, but set tutors to overlook and order them; so dealeth God by his; the Spirit leadeth them into all goodness, righteousness, and truth, Ephesians 5:9, and fetcheth them again in their wanderings.
Verse Romans 8:14. _FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT_, c.] No man who has not Divine assistance can either find the way to heaven, or walk in it when found. As Christ, by his sacrificial offering...
FOR AS MANY - Whosoever; all who are thus led. This introduces a new topic, illustrating the benefits of the gospel, to wit, that it produces a spirit of adoption, Romans 8:14. AS ARE LED - As submit...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. (Romans 8:1 .)_ 2. Flesh and Spirit. (Romans 8:5 .) 3. The Body and the Spirit. (Romans 8:9 .) 4. Sons and Heirs of God. ...
So Christian men stand toward life and death (Romans 8:1); how _toward God?_ ROMANS 8:14. Justified (Romans 8:3) and sanctified (Romans 8:6), they are
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
So then, brothers, a duty is laid upon us--and that duty is not to our own sinful human nature, to live according to the principles of that same nature; for, if you live according to the principles of...
LED. See Romans 2:4. THE SPIRIT. See App-101. In this chapter we have _pneuma Christou_ and _pneuma Theou,_ both referring to the new nature....
_For_ This word points back to "_through the Spirit_" in Romans 8:13. That brief reference to the Divine Helper of the soul suggests and brings in the marvellous passage now following, down to Romans...
Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them: Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
The interpretation of the character and obligations of human life, under the power of the indwelling Spirit, in relation to creation and to GOD. (12) If then all this is true, that our spirit in its w...
ὍΣΟΙ ΓᾺΡ. You must do this, for only if so led by GOD’S Spirit, are you true sons....
ΌΣΟΣ (G3745) ракой (по числу или величине), ΆΓΟΝΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΆΓ (G71) вести....
THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD— Isaac, by his super-natural birth, being in a peculiar manner _the son of God,_the Israelites his children were called by God himself _his son,_ Exodus 4:22. But they were Go...
_TEXT_ Romans 8:12-15. So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh: Romans 8:13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the d...
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD - `these are sons of God.' The reader will observe the n...
__ Conciliation-Individual 11 Mortal bodies are such as are dying, in a physical sense. Their vivification cannot refer to the future resurrection, but to the present power of God's Spirit to use an...
THE NEW LIFE IN CHEIST IN RELATION TO GOD AND THE SPIRIT It was shown in Romans 5:12. that condemnation for the _guilt_ of sin is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question as to...
SONS] cp. Romans 8:16, 'children.' 'Children' denotes 'community of nature,' 'sons' denotes 'dignity of heirship' (Westcott): cp. John 1:12; Galatians 3:24.;...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 8 THE *HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD’S CHILDREN 8:1-39 FREEDOM FROM *SINFUL NATURE 8:1-4 V1 Therefore the people who belong to...
(12-17) These verses form a hortatory application of the foregoing, with further development of the idea to live after and in the Spirit....
(14-17) This life in the Spirit implies a special relation to God — that of sons. I say of sons; for when you first received the Holy Ghost it was no spirit of bondage and reign of terror to which you...
CHAPTER 18 HOLINESS BY THE SPIRIT, AND THE GLORIES THAT SHALL FOLLOW Romans 8:12 Now the Apostle goes on to develop these noble premisses into conclusions. How true to himself, and to his Inspirer,...
Ye shall live, for as many as are led by God's Spirit are God's sons, and life is congruous to such a dignity. υἱὸς suggests the rank and privileges of the persons in question; τέκνον (in Romans 8:16...
CHILDREN AND HEIRS OF GOD Romans 8:10 The Spirit here is of course the Holy Spirit, by whom Christ our Lord lives within us. It is passing wonderful that as the life which throbs in the heart beats a...
The opening sentences of this chapter show a remarkable contrast with the previous chapter. From the fearful sense of condemnation we pass into the consciousness of no condemnation. Having shown the n...
(16) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (16) A confirmation of this reason: for they are the children of God who are governed by his Spirit, therefore they will ha...
They are the sons of God, by this new grace of adoption, by which also they call God, Abba; that is to say, Father, whereas under the former law of Moses, God rather governed his people by fear; there...
“ _For all they who are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received a spirit of bondage to fall back into fear; but ye have received a Spirit of adoption, whereby we c...
EIGHTEENTH PASSAGE (ROMANS 8:12-17). FREED FROM SIN AND DEATH, THE CHRISTIAN BECOMES SON AND HEIR. Victory over sin and death once decided by the reign of the Holy Spirit, condemnation is not only ta...
THIRD SECTION (8:1-39). THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER. At the close of the preceding section, the apostle had contrasted the _oldness of letter_, a term by which he denotes the...
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (7) Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. ...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_FAITH IN THE HOLY GHOST_ ‘For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God.’ Romans 8:14 The miracles of nature prepare for the miracles of grace. The miracle of the human spi...
14._For whosoever are led by the Spirit of God_, _etc. _This is a confirmation of what has immediately preceded; for he teaches us, that those only are deemed the sons of God who are ruled by his Spir...
"There is therefore now no condemnation to those which are in Christ Jesus" (Chapter 8). He does not here speak of the efficacy of the blood in putting away sins (all-essential as that blood is, and t...
FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD,.... Not by the spirit of the world, or of the devil, or by their own spirits: the act of leading ascribed to the Spirit is either in allusion to the leadin...
_For as many as are led_, guided and governed, _by the Spirit of God_ As a Spirit of truth and grace, of wisdom and holiness; _they are the sons of God_ That is, they stand related to God, not merely...
ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT; follow his guidance. This includes the idea of minding the things of the Spirit, and through his help, mortifying the deeds of the body. THE SONS OF GOD; sonship here includes...
FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD....
The Spirit of adoption in the Christians:...
DELIVERANCE SIMPLY BY GOD'S TRUTH We come now, in the first four verses here, to the deliverance itself. Is this to be by means of experience? A mere glance at the verses will show us it is decidedly...
Spirit - Leads us "guard, guide and direct" Makes us sons of God 15 What do you have? Spirit of bondage Fear Spirit of adoption "Abba, Father" 16 Two spirits A. The Spirit = Holy Spirit B. Our...
FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THESE ARE SONS OF GOD. "LED" -and how does the 'Spirit of God' lead or guide? Through the word of God, of course. 'We can recognize no activity as pleasin...
10-17 If the Spirit be in us, Christ is in us. He dwells in the heart by faith. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has begun its holy happiness which shall endure for...
This proves the latter part of the foregoing verse: Such as by the Spirit do mortify sin, shall live, for THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD; and that appears, because they ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. He doth...
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. [To mortify the flesh is to be led of the Spirit, and to be led of the Spirit is to be a son of God; for, though all in the chur...
Origen Against Celsus Book IV But we pray that the light of the knowledge of the glory of God may shine in our hearts, and that the Spirit of God may dwell in our imaginations, and lead them to conte...
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‘For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.' And one reason why we can be so sure that we ‘will live' is because, by being led by the Spirit in this regard we are demonstratin...
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN FLESH AND SPIRIT IS CONSIDERED, LEADING UP TO THE ASSURANCE OF LIFE THROUGH THE TRIUNE GOD AND A DECLARATION OF OUR SONSHIP AND HEIRSHIP (8:5-17). Reference to ‘walking not after...
1. _The Life in the Spirit contrasted with the Life after the Flesh._ The Christian is free from condemnation (Romans 8:1), because he is freed from the law of sin (Romans 8:2), a result which the law...
3. _THE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT OVER AGAINST THE FAILURE OF THE LAW; THE GOSPEL AS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO PRESENT SALVATION FROM SIN_ . This chapter is ‘the climax of the Epistle' (Tholuck). The gospel is a...
Romans 8:14. FOR AS MANY AS, etc. This introduces the reason why we ‘shall live , ' indicating again that the mortifying (Romans 8:13) is the work of the Holy Spirit. LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD; cont...
SONS OF GOD (υιο θεου). In the full sense of this term. In verse Romans 8:16 we have τεκνα θεου (children of God). Hence no great distinction can be drawn between υιος and τεκνον. The truth is that...
Romans 8:12 From Present Life to Future Glory. I. The leading of the Holy Spirit is no leading at all unless it be efficacious. If we are led by the Spirit, that means that to some extent we are day...
Romans 8:12 St. Paul is telling us here that there are two masters, either of whom we may serve, but one or other of whom we must serve. Christ is one, sin is the other. Christ is the Lord of our spir...
This wonderful chapter is the very cream of the cream of Holy Scripture. What a grand key-note the apostle strikes in the first verse! Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them whic...
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ You can judge yourself, dear friend, by this test. Do you follow the Spirit's leading? Do you desire continually...
This precious chapter reminds us of the description of the land of Havilah, «where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good.» Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ To my mind one of the sweetest words of that verse is that...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,_ Observe that Paul writes «There is therefore,» for he is stating a truth which is founded upon solid argument....
The words we are about to read follow a passage in which the Apostle describes the conflict of his soul. It is rather singular that it should be so. To catch the contrast, let us just begin at the en...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ «No condemnation»: that is the beginning of the chapter. No...
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Not those who say they are «the sons of God,» but those who undoubtedly prove that they are, by being led, influe...
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Leading implies following; and those who are enabled to follow the guidance of the Divine Spirit are most assured...
CONTENTS: The new law of the Holy Spirit in the believer, giving deliverance from sinful nature. The full result of the Gospel in the believer and his security. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, P...
The first four verses of this chapter belong to the preseding one, and deduce the just conclusions therefrom, that the state of fallen man is a state of condemnation and legal bondage that he cannot e...
THOSE WHO ARE LED. See Acts 10:34-35. How are they led? (1) They have given themselves as "slaves" to God; (2) the Holy Spirit is their Helper (Romans 8:26). Compare Philippians 2:12-13. GOD'S SONS. C...
_For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT We are led not as brute beasts, but as reasonable creatures; not as though we do nothing, but lest w...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:1 Paul celebrates the new life of the Spirit that Christians enjoy as a result of Christ’s saving work. ⇐...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Romans 8:14_ Marks of God’s sons.—Led, and not driven. Led as the scholar by his teacher, the traveller by his guide, the soldier by his captain. So the Son of God...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 8:1 (_c_) _The blessed condition and assured hope of such as are in Christ _Jesus. The summary of the contents of this chapter, which follows the Exposition, may be referred to in...
Let's turn to the eighth chapter of Romans. Fasten your seatbelts as we take off. In the seventh chapter of the book of Romans, Paul has come to the realization that the law is spiritual. While he was...
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Sons [υ ι ο ι]. See on John 1:12; Matthew 1:1. There is an implied contrast with the Jewish idea of sonship by physical descent....
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God — In all the ways of righteousness. They are the sons of God — Here St. Paul enters upon the description of those blessings which he comprises, Romans 8:30,...
Observe here, 1. glorious privilege proclaimed, the being THE SONS OF GOD. 2.. description of the persons to whom that privilege doth belong, they are such AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF God. Learn, 1....