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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die,.... Such persons are dead, whilst they live, and shall die a second or an eternal death, if grace prevent not. It may be asked, whether one that has received the grace of God in truth, can live after the flesh; flesh, or corrupt nature, though still in such a person, has not the dominion over him: to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: If you live simply to gratify your ambition, if you live for avarice, if you live to please yourself, if you live for any earthly object which can be comprised under the term “after the flesh,” you will certainly be disappointed, for you will die, and your hope will die with you. Rom_8:13. But if ye...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: It is a dying thing, and “ye shall die” if ye live after its dying fashion.. Rom_8:13. But if ye through the Spirit— That living, immortal power—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God: Oh, high dignity and blessed privilege! As soon as ever we get away from the dominion of the flesh, and come to be led by the Spirit of God, and so become spiritual men, we have the evidence that we are the sons of God, for “God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: It will die, and so will you, who make it your master. Rom_8:13. But if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. “Mortify,” kill, put to death.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: For the flesh is to die. Rom_8:13. But if ye through the Spirit do mortify — Or, kill — Rom_8:13. The deeds of the body, ye shall live. Shall a dying body, then, be my master? Shall the appetite for eating and drinking, or anything else that comes of the flesh, dominate my spirit? God forbid! Let death...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For 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. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Your “universal fatherhood” is rubbish. “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God,” and none others. This is the essential to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 leading of blind persons, or such who are in the dark; or rather to the leading of children and teaching them to go; which supposes life in those that are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God. There may be a great many weaknesses and infirmities about them, but if they follow the divine leadership of the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. God has not got a dead child; never had one. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 that he should be your supreme Guide and Leader? If you are led by the Spirit of God, then you have this highest of all privileges, you are one of the sons of God....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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, influenced, gently guided, by the Spirit of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 assuredly children of God, for the Lord ever leads his own children. If, then, you are following the lead of God’s Spirit, you have one of the evidences of sonship.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear,.... By "the spirit of bondage" is meant, not the Spirit of God: for this is just the reverse of his character, who is a "free Spirit", or רוח נדיבה, "a Spirit of liberty"; and is contrary to his work and office, which is to show a soul its state of bondage by nature, and to deliver out...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; We did have it once, and it wrought some good effect upon us for the time being; when we were under the Law, we felt ourselves to be in slavery, and that made us go to Christ for liberty. Rom_8:15. But ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Oh, blessed,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father. Is this true of you? “Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” Dear friends, hearing these words, can you respond to them? Are they true of you?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. First, love, and then sonship; he rises in his strain.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear: but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: That is, when we have the Spirit, when we are renewed in the Spirit of our minds, when we come into the domain of Spirit, and...