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The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:11

Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus … dwell in you.The indwelling SpiritThe indwelling of God the Holy Spirit is the common mark of all believers in Christ. It is the shepherd’s mark of the flock of the Lord Jesus, distinguishing them from the rest of the world. It is the goldsmith’s stamp on the genuine sons of God, which separates them from the dross and mass of false professors. It is the king’s own seal on those who are his peculiar people, proving them to be his own... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:12

Romans 8:12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live after the flesh.The Christian--a debtorI. How are we to understand this. We are debtors--1. To all times.(1) To the past. To such who have preceded us we owe the purity of the Church. Shall we not, in some degree, repay the immense debt of our obligation by seeking to make the future also debtors to us, that our descendants may acknowledge that they owe us thanks for preserving the Scriptures, for maintaining liberty, for... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:13

Romans 8:13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Sin and death, or grace and lifeI. If sin live in us, we shall die.1. To live “after the flesh” is to obey the orders of our corrupt nature; to gratify its sinful desires without regard to or in contradiction of the will of God. And this will appear if we consider--(1) The actions of a carnal man (Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:12; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:14

Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.The leading of the SpiritWe are led not as brute beasts, but as reasonable creatures; not as though we do nothing, but lest we should do no good thing. Neither are we led against our will, but in the leading made willing to be led; so willing, that when God hath once breathed His grace unto us, we cannot resist, but earnestly desire to be led. And yet is not the nature of the will Overthrown. But as orators by... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:15

Romans 8:15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage … but … the Spirit of adoption.The spirit of bondage and of adoptionI. The spirit of bondage. Much of the bondage of our fallen nature is not the work of the Spirit of God at all. Bondage under sin, the flesh, worldly customs, the fear of man--this is the work of the devil.1. But there is a sense of bondage which is of the Spirit of God. The bondage of--(1) Conviction of sin.(2) Assurance of punishment for sin from which there is no... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:16

Romans 8:16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit. The witness of the Spirit with our spiritsI. The respective offices of the two witnesses.1. “The Spirit itself beareth witness.”(1) The subject of the testimony is not that we have been awakened, that we have repented, that a number of moral changes have taken place in us, so that we may conclude that we are the children of God. Its direct and simple object is to assure us “that we are the children of God.”(2) Of this the Spirit is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:17

Romans 8:17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.Sonship: certainty and uncertainty aboutIt is not easy to imagine a more cautious, lawyer-like record than that of Lord Eldon’s, “I was born, I believe, on the 4th of June, 1751.” We may suppose that this hesitating statement refers to the date, and not to the fact of his birth. Many, however, are just as uncertain about their spiritual birth. It is a grand thing to be able to say, “We have passed from death unto... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 8:3

3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: Ver. 3. It was weak through the flesh ] Which was irritated by the law, and took occasion thereby. In the likeness of sinful flesh ] Christ condescended to our rags, sordes nostras induit, took our passions and infirmities natural, but not sinful. He was in all things like unto us, but in sin: as the brazen serpent was... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 8:4

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Ver. 4. Might be fulfilled ] In us applicative, in Christ inhaesive. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 8:5

5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. Ver. 5. Do mind the things ] For want of a better principle. The stream riseth not above the spring. read more

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