)Paul's fleshThomas Jones.It was hard for an enthusiast to live in flesh like Paul's. When I believed on Christ I was so united with Christ, so linked with Him, that I am now so much a part of Him that His crucifixion positionally becomes my crucifixion. (Phillips Brooks, D. D.)The power of the CrossC. Spurgeon. - Forward with Back to the Bible - December 29, More Forward with Back to the Bible Articles, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The righteousness of Christ, cancelling the obligations of the law, frees us from the first.2. (Thomas Jones. Adams.I. CHRISTIAN EXISTENCE IS A DEATH AND YET A LIFE.II. Faith now serves instead of sight and fruition (Hebrews 11:1).(T. I have not a farthing of mine own. A. He is plainly describing what he really endured. He is the AUTHOR of it (Hebrews 12:2).III. He is the REVEALER of it (John 1:17).II. Then of that life what is the motive power? )The progressiveness of the life of ChristThomas Jones.Man was made to grow. Adams.So called because —I. Jesus was crucified with us, that we might be crucified with Him. (Thomas Jones. Hamilton, A. M.I. 2. In the transverse, by the ready extension of our hands to all good works of piety, justice, and charity; in the arrectary, or beam, by uninterrupted perseverance in good; in the head, by an elevated hope and looking for of glory; in the foot, by a lively and firm faith, fastening our souls upon the affiance of His free grace and mercy. Its INSPIRING POWER.(A. It is the first stone in the spiritual building, to which all the rest are added. Thanks for watching. Our religion makes us neither more nor less than human, though it brings us into the family of God.(C. Because all other graces are marshalled and ranked under the conduct of faith. Before the feeble tortured breath had left the body, he had entered into Christ's glory. In the transverse, by the ready extension of our hands to all good works of piety, justice, and charity; in the arrectary, or beam, by uninterrupted perseverance in good; in the head, by an elevated hope and looking for of glory; in the foot, by a lively and firm faith, fastening our souls upon the affiance of His free grace and mercy. Its EFFECTS, as —1. Its filth, which makes us odious.3. )Great loveR. He suffered so much from his hands, that when his great heart was full, and he longed to dash off a missionary letter, he was unable to hold a pen. The supplies of the present life.4. An Easter of resurrection — "I live, etc. "Well," I say, "I don't doubt that; it's rather a common thing to happen," and I don't think anything more about it. Its punishment, which is death eternal.II. Christian enthusiasm is POSSIBLE UNDER GREAT NATURAL DISADVANTAGES.II. But beyond infinite there is no degree; and His merit was infinite because both an infinite Majesty resided in His person, and because an infinite Majesty accepted His sacrifice for infinite. Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: (when Christ died that's when we died) nevertheless I live; (physically) yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh (here and now, day by day) I live by the faith (or the faithfulness, He is faithful, He will never let us down.) CHRISTIAN EXISTENCE IS A DEATH AND YET A LIFE.II. II. The life of sanctification, which is Christ in us. I become suddenly interested. An Easter of resurrection — "I live, etc. Its PERSONAL INTEREST.II. THE SOURCE OF IT ALL IS THE INDWELLING CHRIST.(C. Vince.The other night a friend of mine witnessed a drunken brawl. "Well," I say, "I don't doubt that; it's rather a common thing to happen," and I don't think anything more about it. Christian enthusiasm, so far from CRUSHING INDIVIDUALITY AND INDEPENDENCE, EMPHASIZES THEM.VII. (Bishop Hall. The worth lies in the object, as the ivy receives strength from the oak round which it winds. With respect to the life of consolation and glory, it may be said that it is not the believer who lives, but Christ lives in him. )Christ's love is an individual loveMoody.The great trouble is that people take everything in general, and do not take it to themselves. )The life of faithT. To stand still in the course of nature is to die. There Christ was crucified with two thieves. )The immortality of life in ChristThomas Jones.The sun might say every morning in the spring, I am come that the earth may have life and have it more abundantly; I am come that the fields may grow, that the gardens and vineyards be more fruitful, that the beauty of the landscape may appear, that the dead may become alive, and the world be filled with joy. WHAT IS THIS FAITH? I have not a farthing of mine own. In the transverse, by the ready extension of our hands to all good works of piety, justice, and charity; in the arrectary, or beam, by uninterrupted perseverance in good; in the head, by an elevated hope and looking for of glory; in the foot, by a lively and firm faith, fastening our souls upon the affiance of His free grace and mercy. Life must be extended, not only to spiritual duties and acts of immediate worship, but to all the actions of our natural and temporal life. In Scripture language we are said to live by faith, but to work by love. 2. But they perish in the autumn. (5)The felon and justly: the cross of the two malefactors.2. We may dote on our worldly gear until God becomes jealous of it and sends a blight upon it; and, on the other hand, we may, with holy moderateness, use these things as not abusing them, and get from them the utmost good they are capable of conveying to us.(C. 4. He is the AUTHOR of it (Hebrews 12:2).III. Its guilt makes us liable to condemnation.2. He is the REVEALER of it (John 1:17).II. THE INTER-WEAVING OF OUR OWN PROPER PERSONALITY WITH THAT OF JESUS CHRIST. )The personal love and gift of ChristJohn Donne, D. D.All that Christ did and suffered He did for thee as thee; not only as man, but as that particular man, which bears such and such a name; and rather than any of those whom He loves should appear naked before His Father, and so discover the scars and deformities of their sins, Christ would be content to do and suffer as much as He hath done for any one particular man yet. Will you forge a dagger with which to pierce this little one's heart?" Faith is a grace, by which we believe God's Word in general, and in a special manner do receive Christ, and rest upon Him for grace here and glory hereafter.1. The Exemplar, the great Exemplar — the pattern of Christ. Selfish aims and self-devised resources are gone, and in their place the grace of Christ is the inspiration, and the mind and will of Christ are the controlling influences of the new life. Its EFFECTS, as —1. Faith does all, not from any intrinsic worth and force in itself; but all its power is in dependence upon Christ. "(Bishop Hall. (a)As in the first Adam all lived and then died, so in the second Adam all die and are made alive. H. Adams. This describes, so for every person who's a follower of Christ, just think about what this verse is saying about us. Its guilt makes us liable to condemnation.2. Life must be extended, not only to spiritual duties and acts of immediate worship, but to all the actions of our natural and temporal life. I am beholden to Christ. )Strong in ChristThomas Jones.Plant the tenderest sapling in the ground, and all the elements of nature shall minister to its wants. But beyond infinite there is no degree; and His merit was infinite because both an infinite Majesty resided in His person, and because an infinite Majesty accepted His sacrifice for infinite. H. "Well," I say, "I don't doubt that; it's rather a common thing to happen," and I don't think anything more about it. H. Spurgeon.When Paul and his companions were shipwrecked at Melita, the apostle set to work like other people to gather fuel for the fire. It is HEIGHTENED BY THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PERSONAL LOVE OF CHRIST.IV. In Scripture language we are said to live by faith, but to work by love. The worth lies in the object, as the ivy receives strength from the oak round which it winds. (John Donne, D. D.)Life in the fleshC. THE BELIEVER LIVES AND YET HE DOES NOT LIVE.III. "Nevertheless I live." He suffered so much from his hands, that when his great heart was full, and he longed to dash off a missionary letter, he was unable to hold a pen. J. Muir, M. A.I. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. lie entered into our pain that we might enter into His peace. We wake up in the morning and we say, just like we said at the very point of our salvation, we said, "I cannot do this on my own, I need you to save me." He is the AUTHOR of it (Hebrews 12:2).III. Give one a pencil, one a regular pen, one a crayon, and one a Sharpie permanent marker. There is assent.2. (b)Our real union with Christ makes His Cross and Passion ours. This is a … Spurgeon. First we live by faith, and then by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). But when the truth comes to me that eternal life is mine, and all the glories of heaven are mine, I begin to be interested.(Moody. Its EFFECTS, as —1. 2. It is spiritual. Its EFFECTS, as —1. (e)In His transfixion, when our hearts are branded with Divine love. Its filth, which makes us odious.3. Then I pay attention; I say: "To me?" 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