The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 6:23
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life. The wages of sin and the gift of GodI. The wages of sin is death. “Wages” here means “the rations” supplied as pay to a soldier. If sin is your commander, you will have “death” to eat as your pay. “Sin” is treated as a person, even as “God” is, and the more we treat it as a living enemy, the more we are likely to fight against it manfully. “Death” may be defined as separation. Spiritual death is a present separation... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 6:22
Romans 6:22But now being made free from sin.The freedom and dignity of the ChristianI. We are “free from sin.”1. We are free from--(1) Its guilt and pollution. Sin is represented as an evil of enormous magnitude. It is said to be a plague and a leprosy, foul, odious, detestable. But now there is a fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness. “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.”(2) Its curse and condemnation. “So many as are of the works of the law are under the curse.”... read more