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The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:6

Romans 8:6For to be carnally minded is death.The carnal and the spiritual mindI. The carnal mind.1. The disposition.(1) The expression is an abstract one. The apostle touches a principle which he finds at work, and laying hold of it says, “I wish you to look at it so that you may see its nature and tendency,” just as a physician might describe the symptoms of a disease.(2) This disease is named the mind of the flesh. This “minding” is like other verbs in which the organ gives the name to the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:7-8

Romans 8:7-8Because the carnal mind is enmity against God. The carnal mindI. Its attitude towards God.1. Enmity.(1) Hating the thought of God.(2) Resisting the grace of God.2. Insubordination--transgressing the law of God.3. Utter incompatibility with His nature.II. God’s attitude towards it.1. He can only regard it with displeasure.2. This is evident from His Word, procedure, and threatenings. (J. Lyth, D. D.)The enmity of the carnal mindI. Its object. God who is--1. The kindest of beings;... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:8

Romans 8:8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.Pleasing GodMen’s happiness is to please them upon whom they depend, and upon whose favour their wellbeing hangs. It is the servant’s happiness to please his master, the courtier’s to please his prince. Now certainly all creatures depend upon the Creator, “for in Him we live, and move, and have our being.” Then of all things it concerns us most how to please Him, and if we do so we shall assuredly be happy, and it will not matter... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:9

Romans 8:9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. We are not in the flesh, but alas: the flesh is still in us“A boat has been sailing on the salt ocean, it has come through many a storm, and, half full of briny water, it is now sailing on the fresh water of the river. It is no longer in the salt water, but the salt water is in it. The Christian has got off the Adam-sea forever. He is in the Christ-sea forever. Adam is still in him, which he is to mortify and throw out, but he is not in... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 8:10

Romans 8:10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.The indwelling of ChristI. For the present the indwelling of Christ in believers, by His Spirit, removes the power of death from the sphere of their spiritual nature only.1. From that nature, however, it is removed. For “if Christ be in you,…the Spirit is life because of righteousness” (1 John 5:12). But on account of what “righteousness”? Surely not our own, for apart from... read more

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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