Robinson, D. D.1. 1. Robinson, D. D.1. H. Spurgeon.In the heroic days when Xerxes led his army in Greece, there was a remarkable contrast between the way in which the Persian soldiers and the Grecian warriors were urged to combat. On the other side the armies of Greece were small, but each man was a patriot and a hero, and hence when they marched to the conflict it was with quick and joyous step, with a martial song upon their lips, and when they neared the foe they rushed upon his ranks with an enthusiasm and a fury which nothing could withstand. Not in the oldness of the letter. (2) Justice, dead in a sense by the satisfaction of all its claims, has no hold on its once condemned criminal. The fact that it is new is a guarantee of improvement. As a venomous reptile is sometimes killed by leaving its sting in the victim it has stung to death, so the law, in executing its vengeance on Jesus our substitute, died. 4. THE OLDNESS OF THE LETTER respects such service as the law, by its light, authority, and terror, can procure from one who is under it, and seeking life by it, without the Spirit of God and His sanctifying grace and influence. From a new and spiritual nature created in them.4. I know that some conclude that sin is only seated in the body, and they have invented a variety of methods in order to eradicate sin out of the body; but when they have done all, still the heart remains as bad as ever. 1. Use well your weapons this day! Serving in the spirit is a service of filial obedience to Him who gave Himself for us, as constrained by His love, and in the enjoyment of all the privileges of the grace of the new covenant. ... but the evil I do not want is what I do. The believer's freedom from the law, therefore, is —, (1)Liberty from bondage. We must worship God in the spirit (Philippians 3:3; John 4:23, 24), inwardly, and by His Spirit; and must regard chiefly the spiritual meaning of His laws (Romans 2:28, 29). THE OLDNESS OF THE LETTER respects such service as the law, by its light, authority, and terror, can procure from one who is under it, and seeking life by it, without the Spirit of God and His sanctifying grace and influence. (3)In a new way.(J. (2) Justice has no hold on a dead criminal. represents the law as dead, which expresses an important truth. According to the spirit of the law which is love.2. On the other side the armies of Greece were small, but each man was a patriot and a hero, and hence when they marched to the conflict it was with quick and joyous step, with a martial song upon their lips, and when they neared the foe they rushed upon his ranks with an enthusiasm and a fury which nothing could withstand. Death must have intervened. Radio Streams. H. The former is to serve with reluctance, finding His service a drudgery; this, with delight, finding it perfect freedom. (2)Immunity from punishment. Haldane.I. But —(3) Christ's death was followed, and inevitably, by resurrection, and therefore by union with Him the believer is dead to death.III. III. If God be holy, He must necessarily hate sin and sinners. They were driven to their duty as beasts are, with rods and goads. The renewed spirit delights to exert itself in loving activity. Serving in the spirit is a service of filial obedience to Him who gave Himself for us, as constrained by His love, and in the enjoyment of all the privileges of the grace of the new covenant. Serving in newness of spirit and in oldness of the letter are here contrasted, as not only different, but as incompatible the one with the other.(R. He was not serving the law of sin with his mind. (2) Justice, dead in a sense by the satisfaction of all its claims, has no hold on its once condemned criminal. (1) The master has no hold on a dead slave. (2)By new motives. Avenge your slaughtered sires, and till the courts of Shushan with confusion and lamentation!" To the extent that he had light*, he delighted in the law of God in the inward man. From a new and spiritual nature created in them.4. (3)Life from the dead.II. We may commit adultery in thought as well as in deed, etc.2. ITS MEANS. )LinksRomans 7:6 NIVRomans 7:6 NLTRomans 7:6 ESVRomans 7:6 NASBRomans 7:6 KJVRomans 7:6 Bible AppsRomans 7:6 ParallelRomans 7:6 Biblia ParalelaRomans 7:6 Chinese BibleRomans 7:6 French BibleRomans 7:6 German BibleRomans 7:6 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)Life from the dead.II. Believers have thus, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, become capable of serving God with that new and Divine nature of which they partake, according to the spiritual meaning of the law, as His children, with cordial affection and gratitude. Serving in the spirit is a service of filial obedience to Him who gave Himself for us, as constrained by His love, and in the enjoyment of all the privileges of the grace of the new covenant. Serving, then, in the oldness of the letter, is serving in a cold, constrained, and wholly external manner. (2) The term is sometimes taken in a good sense, as in Galatians 2:20; Philippians 1:21, 22. On the other side the armies of Greece were small, but each man was a patriot and a hero, and hence when they marched to the conflict it was with quick and joyous step, with a martial song upon their lips, and when they neared the foe they rushed upon his ranks with an enthusiasm and a fury which nothing could withstand. With their spirit, instead of an outward formal service.3. Death is the great liberator, exhausting the penalty of the Law, and giving quittance from its captivity. ), together with the antidote given us by Christ Himself. Not everything new is better than the old. With new means and in new ways.(T. [40] Romans 7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. NEWNESS OF SPIRIT implies such principles, dispositions, and views, as the Spirit of God implants in hearts which He renews. (1) The master has no hold on a dead slave. Romans 7 : Play. "That we should serve." He wants to do good, but he doesn’t do it all the time. )LinksRomans 7:6 NIVRomans 7:6 NLTRomans 7:6 ESVRomans 7:6 NASBRomans 7:6 KJVRomans 7:6 Bible AppsRomans 7:6 ParallelRomans 7:6 Biblia ParalelaRomans 7:6 Chinese BibleRomans 7:6 French BibleRomans 7:6 German BibleRomans 7:6 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)By new motives. But —(3) Christ's death was followed, and inevitably, by resurrection, and therefore by union with Him the believer is dead to death.III. THE OLDNESS OF THE LETTER respects such service as the law, by its light, authority, and terror, can procure from one who is under it, and seeking life by it, without the Spirit of God and His sanctifying grace and influence. (1) The master has no hold on a dead slave. Haldane.I. We serve not to gain heaven, but because Christ has opened to us the kingdom of heaven. For example, Romans 5:12–21 emphasizes the reign of grace in a believer’s life and can’t describe someone who cries out, “I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin, nothing good dwells in me,” for chapter 6 shows the impossibility of continuing in sin when a believer has died to it. He counseled them to wait for his exposition on Romans 8:15 in the next volume: The theme of this volume is no mere fascinating theological or intellectual problem, but one of vital importance to Christian experience, and to the health, well-being, and vigor of the church. And so the believer, by dying with Christ, enters into freedom from both bondage and condemnation. There is now no condemnation for followers of Jesus. We may commit adultery in thought as well as in deed, etc.2. The law as a covenant is abrogated for one thing, and all its demands are exhausted for another. (1) The dead master has no hold on his slave. Bible Popular Verses John 3:16 James 4:7 Psalm 23:1 Romans 8:28 Matthew 6:34 Hebrews 11:1 Philippians 4:13 1 Corinthians 13:4 Bible Topics Verses on Love Verses on Faith Verses on Trust Verses on Lying Verses on Mercy Verses on Anger Verses on Prayer Verses on Strength Today's Devotional Believers have thus, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, become capable of serving God with that new and Divine nature of which they partake, according to the spiritual meaning of the law, as His children, with cordial affection and gratitude. Such service is essentially defective, proceeding from a carnal, unrenewed heart, destitute of holiness. And as they who are in the flesh cannot please God; so neither can God be pleased with them (Psalm 5:4, 5; Psalm 7:11). Such service is essentially defective, proceeding from a carnal, unrenewed heart, destitute of holiness. We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. But he often made remarks like “This subject is difficult because sin is difficult. (2) But what shall we say of that great special mercy, which is the glory of the gospel (Romans 8:32; John 3:16; Romans 12:1). As a venomous reptile is sometimes killed by leaving its sting in the victim it has stung to death, so the law, in executing its vengeance on Jesus our substitute, died. But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the Law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. ITS EFFECTS. Much outward conformity to the law may in this way be attained from the pride of self-righteousness, without any principle better than that of a selfish, slavish, mercenary, carnal disposition, influenced only by fear of punishment and hope of reward. It is preparation for the glorious truths of Romans 8:15, or more appropriately, Romans 8:14–17, which Lloyd-Jones viewed as one long chain. Spurgeon. II. Avenge your slaughtered sires, and till the courts of Shushan with confusion and lamentation!" No whips were needed for the Spartan men at arms — like high-mettled chargers they would have resented the touch thereof; they were drawn to battle by the cords of a man, and by the bands of patriotic love they were bound to hold their posts at all hazards. ITS MEANS. 3. By the grace of the Holy Spirit who dwells within (Romans 8:1, 2, 9, 11).5. yet such is the description which the searcher of hearts gives a man as a fallen creature (Genesis 6:5; Psalm 53:2, 3). Use well your weapons this day! 1. 3. Believers have thus, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, become capable of serving God with that new and Divine nature of which they partake, according to the spiritual meaning of the law, as His children, with cordial affection and gratitude. He believed the main point of Romans 7 was to dramatically illustrate what happens if you seek sanctification apart from the Spirit through the law. While in this state "the motions of sins" — desires after unlawful things, inordinate desires after lawful things, dispositions contrary to the mind of Christ — these which are manifested and irritated "by the law" as well as prohibited and condemned, "did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death"; such fruit as would have issued in eternal death, if God, in His mercy, had not interposed. Romans 7:14-25: Sensitiveness Increases with Soul Development: Romans 7:14-25 5. We may have no idols of wood and stone, and yet worship self, wealth, etc. 2. Say ye, is it not better to die as free men than to live as slaves? THAT DELIVERANCE OUT OF THE STATE OF NATURE, FROM UNDER THE POWER OF SIN, AND THE RIGOUR OF THE LAW, IS AN UNSPEAKABLE BLESSING. The Law lay as a burden on men's souls; the gospel is a "reasonable service," clarifying the vision and guiding men as "with the eye" of God. In this way Paul describes himself (Philippians 3) as having formerly served, when he had confidence in the "flesh," as he there designates such outward service. Henceforth with Christians "the terrors of law and of death can have nothing to do.". Romans 7:18: Inefficacious Convictions: John Foster. Haldane.I. Such service is essentially defective, proceeding from a carnal, unrenewed heart, destitute of holiness. - S.R.A. Romans 7:7-25 Our liberty is transference to another Master, whose service is perfect freedom and whose law is the "perfect law of liberty." With their spirit, instead of an outward formal service.3. "That we should serve." Our liberty is transference to another Master, whose service is perfect freedom and whose law is the "perfect law of liberty." Because Romans 8 describes the Christian experience all should be seeking. In fact, the “therefore” of Romans 7:25explains that the victory does not make the warfare past; it makes it possible and real. )That we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.The old service and the newR. Our obedience unto God is never more pleasing to Him than when it flows from this noble principle. Not the definite limiting letter governs the service, but a code of action which leaves much to be ascertained and applied by the enlightened judgment. Romans 7:6. )Believers serve in newness of spirit as they serveT. (1)By the help of the Spirit who makes all things new. 2. Keyword: Filter: Page 1 | First: 2,000 sermons: SORT. (2)As justice does condemned criminals in the stone walls of a prison. "Spartans," would their leaders say, "your fathers disdained to number the Persians with the dogs of their flock, and will you be their slaves? That we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 1. THE OLDNESS OF THE LETTER respects such service as the law, by its light, authority, and terror, can procure from one who is under it, and seeking life by it, without the Spirit of God and His sanctifying grace and influence. What if your foes be many, yet one lion can tear in pieces a far-reaching flock of sheep. "If, therefore, the Son shall make you free," etc. H. ITS MEANS. 2. Therefore, Lloyd-Jones had relatively little to say about it. With new means and in new ways.(T. Use well your weapons this day! "Spartans," would their leaders say, "your fathers disdained to number the Persians with the dogs of their flock, and will you be their slaves? They serve Him in the duties of public and social worship, in their secret devotions, in their daily callings; they serve Him always and at all times; in their afflictions, by a cheerful submission; in their enjoyments, by improving them to His glory (1 Corinthians 10:3). Romans 7:5. Much outward conformity to the law may in this way be attained from the pride of self-righteousness, without any principle better than that of a selfish, slavish, mercenary, carnal disposition, influenced only by fear of punishment and hope of reward. He did his doctoral work on Martyn Lloyd-Jones, focusing on how his medical training shaped his pastoral ministry. The Gospel Coalition supports the church by providing resources that are trusted and timely, winsome and wise, and centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ. It may be said of every natural man, that he has no heart suited to the duties of religion (Deuteronomy 29:4). As they are in a state of sin, they are under the curse; and as their temper is suited to their state, they must be hateful in His sight (Habakkuk 1:13; Proverbs 15:8; Proverbs 21:27; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Jeremiah 2:21). "Spartans," would their leaders say, "your fathers disdained to number the Persians with the dogs of their flock, and will you be their slaves? The new service has the dewy freshness of youth about it. W. For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. represents the believer as dead — another important truth. It is the service not of the hireling but of the son; not of the slave but of the friend; not with the view of being saved by the keeping of the law, but of rendering grateful obedience to their almighty Deliverer.II. Avenge your slaughtered sires, and till the courts of Shushan with confusion and lamentation!" It is the service not of the hireling but of the son; not of the slave but of the friend; not with the view of being saved by the keeping of the law, but of rendering grateful obedience to their almighty Deliverer.II. (3)Life from the dead.II. death of Christ is spiritually enacted in his followers. The A.V. represents the believer as dead — another important truth. With their spirit, instead of an outward formal service.3. So, then, the believer serves —1. Such service is essentially defective, proceeding from a carnal, unrenewed heart, destitute of holiness. Believers have thus, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, become capable of serving God with that new and Divine nature of which they partake, according to the spiritual meaning of the law, as His children, with cordial affection and gratitude. )That we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.The old service and the newR. This illustration may set forth the difference between the world's service of bondage, and the Christian's religion of love: the worldling is flogged to his duty under fear, and terror, and dread, but the Christian man is touched by motives which appeal to his highest nature; he is affected by motives so dignified as to be worthy of the sons of God; he is not driven as a beast, he is moved as a man.(C. So, then, the believer serves —1. 2. The Paperback Bible. Dead to the Law, Serving in the Spirit, Part 3. No whips were needed for the Spartan men at arms — like high-mettled chargers they would have resented the touch thereof; they were drawn to battle by the cords of a man, and by the bands of patriotic love they were bound to hold their posts at all hazards. (3)Life from the dead.II. Robinson, D. D.1. )Believers serve in newness of spirit as they serveT. We are discharged from the law as a covenant, but not as a rule of life. Liberty is not licence. As a venomous reptile is sometimes killed by leaving its sting in the victim it has stung to death, so the law, in executing its vengeance on Jesus our substitute, died. They repeat in essence his crucifixion of sin. Robinson, D. D.1. ITS MEANS. III. "Spartans," would their leaders say, "your fathers disdained to number the Persians with the dogs of their flock, and will you be their slaves? On the other side the armies of Greece were small, but each man was a patriot and a hero, and hence when they marched to the conflict it was with quick and joyous step, with a martial song upon their lips, and when they neared the foe they rushed upon his ranks with an enthusiasm and a fury which nothing could withstand. Burn. ; Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. The former is to serve in a legal righteousness, unpardoned, unchanged. )Believers serve in newness of spirit as they serveT. 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