Daily Sojourn

Romans 5:19 - Innocent NOT

blog@cmfhq.org — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

The foundation of this whole comparison is this, that these two men are set as two heads or roots, so that out of the one comes sin by nature, and from the other righteousness by grace springs forth upon others. So then, sin enters not into us only by following the steps of our forefathers, but we receive corruption from him by inheritance. (Geneva Bible Translation Notes)

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Romans 5:18 - One on One

blog@cmfhq.org — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Rom 5:18: Justification of life - Is that sentence of God, by which a sinner under sentence of death is adjudged to life. (John Wesley)

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Romans 5:17 - Redeemed from the Empire of Death

blog@cmfhq.org — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

The emphatic point of the comparison. The effect of the second Adam cannot fall behind that of the first. If death reigned, there must be a reign of life. (Dr. Marvin R. Vincent, Vincent's Word Studies)

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Romans 5:16 - Many to One VS One to Many

blog@cmfhq.org — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

The sentence was by one offence to Adam's condemnation — Occasioning the sentence of death to pass upon him, which, by consequence, overwhelmed his posterity. But the free gift is of many offences unto justification - Unto the purchasing it for all men, notwithstanding many offences. (John Wesley)

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Romans 5:15 - Grace Abounds to Many

blog@cmfhq.org — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Adam and Christ are compared together in this respect, that both of them give and yield to theirs that which is their own: but the first difference between them is this, that Adam by nature has spread his fault to the destruction of many, but Christ's obedience has be grace overflowed to many. (Geneva Bible Translation Notes)

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Romans 5:14 - Death is Here to Stay - Deny the Cross?

blog@cmfhq.org — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:54:00 GMT

Alas! and did my Savior bleed,
and did my Sovereign die!
Would he devote that sacred head
for sinners such as I?

Was it for crimes that I have done,
he groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

Well might the sun in darkness hide,
and shut its glories in,
when God, the mighty maker, died
for his own creature's sin.

Thus might I hide my blushing face
while his dear cross appears;
dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
and melt mine eyes to tears.

But drops of tears can ne'er repay
the debt of love I owe.
Here, Lord, I give myself away;
'tis all that I can do. (Issac Watts)

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Romans 5:13 - Sin Not Imputed

blog@cmfhq.org — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:55:00 GMT

For until the law sin was in the world - As death reigned from Adam to Moses, so also did sin. Now, as there was no written law from Adam to that given to Moses, the death that prevailed could not be the breach of that law; for sin, so as to be punished with temporal death, is not imputed where there is no law, which shows the penalty of sin to be death. (Dr. Adam Clarke)

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Romans 5:12 - Death Entered the World

blog@cmfhq.org — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:57:00 GMT

But whence is it that men are so disingenuous? The reason seems to be this: The promise of eternal happiness is so agreeable to the inclinations and wishes of mankind, that all who call themselves Christians, universally and willingly subscribe to the belief of it: but then there is something so shocking in the consideration of eternal torments, and seemingly such an infinite disproportion between an endless duration of pain, and short life spent in pleasure, that men (some at least of them) can scarcely be brought to confess it as an article of their faith, that an eternity of misery awaits the wicked in a future state. (George Whitfield, Eternity in Hell)

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Romans 5:11 - A New and Greater Joy!

blog@cmfhq.org — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:05:00 GMT

Rom 5:11 And not only so, but we also glory - The whole sentence, Romans 5:3-11, may be taken together thus: We not only "rejoice in hope of the glory of God," but also in the midst of tribulations we glory in God himself through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation. (John Wesley)

“The happiness which God designs for His higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to Him and to each other in an ecstasy of love and delight compared with which the most rapturous love between a man and a woman on this earth is mere milk and water.” (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity)

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Romans 5:10 - A Life of Friendship with God

blog@cmfhq.org — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:23:00 GMT

If - As sure as; so the word frequently signifies; particularly in this and the eighth chapter. We shalt be saved - Sanctified and glorified. Through his life - Who "ever liveth to make intercession for us." (John Wesley)

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