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Shall death, or life, or angels, or principalities, or powers, arrest or tamper with his eternal correspondences? What, then, is the peculiar privilege of those who are so led? THE PRIVILEGE. Now this being led of the Spirit of God may be very much judged of by us from these observations. the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. (Rom. Horton., Thomas Horton, D.D.I. "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth October 12. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. V)The Revelation of Sons'For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.' Effectively. V)The Revelation of Sons'For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.' the gospel and your eye to the cross of Christ and you pray that 2Accusers ChallengedWho shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? Fools make mock of sin (Proverbs 14:9) . Shall death, or life, or angels, or principalities, or powers, arrest or tamper with his eternal correspondences? Waterland, D.D. We may often observe the Apostle Paul under this difficulty, when attempting to excite John NewtonMessiah Vol. (1) Christ's greatness and dignity. Hence men are said to resist, grieve, quench the Holy Spirit.II. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God. He provides for us, defends us, extricates us out of our difficulties, instructs us, corrects us, makes us privy to His plans, and will eventually take us home to Himself, that we may dwell for ever in our Father's house.Conclusion:1. He (Thomas Horton, D.D. When you are in difficulties, consult the Holy Spirit in the Word. And how unspeakably wealthy are the implications of the great word! We know Rev. And here again two more. To repentance.2. Terrible experiences cannot do it. He makes us so. The grace of true devotion, attended with deep compunction of heart (ver. "As Many as are Led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God" (Rom. Yet we may be practically orphans when we wander far from our Father and live in rebellion against Him. Obedient.2. No; John gives us the answer (John 1:12). There is a leading and a being led with a privilege mysteriously grand, growing out of that relation. To be ever mindful of the world of spirits whereunto we belong; and particularly of that blessed Spirit who presides over us, and whose temple we are, while we behave as becomes us.2. 15 For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. THEIR PRIVILEGES. Resignation. Cast yourself upon the Divine guidance, and you shall make no mistake. Our trials will be turned to helps; our enemies will be taken prisoners and made to fight our battles. Peculiar love. The sin of the world is a false confidence, a careless, complacent taking for granted that a man is a Christian when he is not. Conclusion: Use the text 1. Is sustained by Divine nourishment. This privilege 1. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth October 11. Not mere creatureship. Waterland, D.D.I. )The sons of God led by the Spirit of GodBp. Uncertain and variable traditions, private and ungrounded revelations which cross this recorded will of God, are the deceitful guides of the spirit of error. 17. The glorious deliverance the creation longs for,29. Not mere creatureship. Are you above your feelings, moods, emotions and states? Some are guided by the spirit of the world, some by the spirit of self-dependence, some by the spirit of superstition; but the children of God are led by the Spirit of God.1. "It is not subject to the law of God, neither, indeed, can be." Not on Sundays only, nor alone at periods set apart for prayer, but during every minute of every hour of every day. V)The Revelation of Sons'For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.' And here again two more. Obedient.2. (2) And our way is encompassed with peril. 20 For the creation was subjected to vanity not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. Secondly, those that are led by the Spirit, they are made conformable and like unto God, and have His image stamped upon them. No, the devil is a driver. But they will not think lightly of it, who duly consider the majesty, authority, and goodness of Him, against whom it is committed; and who are taught, by what God actually has done, what sin rendered necessary to be done, before a sinner could have a well-grounded John NewtonMessiah Vol. And I am to be at home with the Lord. By an inward impulse and by an outward ministry, and by these conjointly.II. IIIDivine Support and Protection[What shall we say then to these things?] (2) Trials may befall him; but he knows that "all things work together for good to them that love God." How is it that the Spirit of God leads? The glory of the new creation, then, is not only that it recreates the human spirit, but that it fits Rev. Ordinarily in a gentle, moral, insinuating way, and not by mechanical, irresistible impulses, such as would take away human liberty, or reduce men to intelligent clockwork, or reasoning machines. At another time a proper thing comes upon you strongly that it is to be done at once, and for some reason you cannot shake off the impression. There have been always men guided by God's Spirit, and still are, and always will be. He leads and guides us through the influence and work of the Holy Spirit. viii. A. Not mere creatureship. Heirship. )The sons of God led by the Spirit of GodBp. THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS ON OUR PART IN ORDER TO THIS GUIDANCE.1. All God's children are heirs, as all are partakers of the Divine nature. (5) Be very thankful for this glorious mercy.4. (2)Obedience to God's will. (2) It gives right views and motives to determine us in all emergencies. Bickersteth. To all those who come home the door is open.2. "As many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God" (Rom. If we would have a comfortable assurance we must be led by the Spirit in 1. 27). )The sons of God led by the Spirit of GodBp. To all those who come home the door is open.2. The children of God are led not only into knowledge, but into love. True, there is a law, but it is a law of liberty a commandment which love delights to obey, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty," not licentiousness; that liberty which consists not of freedom from moral obligation, but of disposition to comply with such obligation (Psalm 119:32).3. How can I know that I am a child of God? The reason the leading of the Spirit proves we are children of 17). We have heard how Paul comforts the Christians in their sufferings, pointing them to the future inconceivable and eternal glory to be revealed in us in the world to come; and how he has, for our greater consolation, reminded us that the whole creation as one being suffers in company with the Christian Church. "As many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God" (Rom. Nothing can sever us from his love.Dictionary of Bible ThemesRomans 8:143212Holy Spirit, and mission3263Holy Spirit, guidance5738sons7026church, leadershipRomans 8:1-176661freedom, and lawRomans 8:5-143254Holy Spirit, fruit of5832desire6746sanctification, means and resultsRomans 8:5-175345influenceRomans 8:11-148311morality, and redemptionRomans 8:11-168164spiritualityRomans 8:12-156106addictionRomans 8:12-172424gospel, promises7449slavery, spiritualRomans 8:13-148255fruit, spiritual8443growthRomans 8:13-163278Holy Spirit, indwelling4018life, spiritualRomans 8:13-172078Christ, sonship of5110Paul, teaching ofRomans 8:14-156610adoption, descriptionsRomans 8:14-165017heart, renewalRomans 8:14-171040God, fatherhood3203Holy Spirit, and assurance3215Holy Spirit, and peace6704peace, divine NT6710privileges8205childlikenessRomans 8:14-188106assurance, nature ofRomans 8:14-197115children of GodLibraryDecember 18:December 18th. F. Adeney, M.A.I. It involves a warfare, for many foes beset our path, and there is no turning aside to By-path Meadows for the man under the influence of the Spirit. There are none so inextricably caught in Alexander MaclarenRomans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. 35). To a perception of our lost and ruined condition. If the Spirit leads us it is to govern and control our Words and actions (Titus 2:10-15; Isaiah 48:17, 18; Galatians 5:16-25; 1 John 3:1-10).2. The sting of death is sin: and the strength of sin is the law. 27). The blessed Holy Spirit is our Guide, our Leader, and our Resting-place. From whence we may observe this much, that this being led and acted and guided by the Spirit of God, it is not only the property of one or two particular persons, who are singular and alone by themselves, but it is the condition of a whole society and generation of men. I agree with the first sentence, "No man ever was perfect"; but I don't agree with the second, "There is no use trying." Grace, though it be in all one for substance, yet it is not in all one for modification, for the ordering and disposing of it. Winslow, D.D.Man is a traveller to the eternal world. Their regeneration and adoption by Divine grace.2. the Spirit leads us to the tender love of Jesus. 2-4; 143:10). (4) Progressively, from grace to grace and virtue to virtue, whereas passion goes by sudden flashes. As a consolation. viii. A work of inward influence and sweet secret suasion of all our moral being. There is a sublime and wonderful mutual possession of which Scripture speaks much wherein the Lord is the inheritance of Israel, and Israel is the inheritance of the Lord. 2The Intercession of ChristWho is he that condemneth? They bear the name of children (vers. The Spirit causes every true-born son of God to burn with love to the rest of the family. The son is not simply saved, he is honoured. Is confirmed by Divine instruction. R. Bickersteth.I. viii. What is signified by being "led by the Spirit"? Well, look at the things that do influence us. How can it be? They are wilful and headstrong, and start aside.2. (5) To all comfort. The son is not simply saved, he is honoured. He who will watch for providences shall never want a providence to watch. The Spirit leads to "godly sorrow, which worketh repentance unto salvation," etc.4. It is labour in a free and joyous spirit, such as befits the thankful receivers of an unspeakable gift in its true character. Bickersteth. 2). It is not a service of compulsion or restraint, rendered "grudgingly or of necessity." By hearing His Word? )Sons of GodU. "The Carnal Mind is Enmity against God" (Rom. 21). The glorious deliverance the creation longs for,29. "By one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, and have been made all to drink into one Spirit" (1 Corinthians 12:13). In imbuing them continually with a new life. He brings out this Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. viii. It is God who justifies. (2) And our way is encompassed with peril. II. The person led shall certainly follow Him (Ezekiel 26:27; Jeremiah 31:18). Are you above your feelings, moods, emotions and states? (4) To all holiness. This privilege . Secondly, illumination, or enabling of the mind to conceive and apprehend those truths which are thus discovered. An interest in God Himself, and in His promises, mercies, etc.3. 2August the Twenty-Fifth Impotent Enemies"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Conclusion:1. For upon that supposition every good work, word, or thought, would be so entirely God's, that no part of it would be ours. This privilege 1. "As many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God" (Rom. Secondly, illumination, or enabling of the mind to conceive and apprehend those truths which are thus discovered. John Henry JowettMy Daily Meditation for the Circling YearSons and Heirs'If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.' THEIR PRIVILEGES. What is it, then, that distinguishes them?I. F. Adeney, M.A.I. What is signified by being "led by the Spirit"? F. Adeney, M.A. And that again in a twofold explication. This implies 1. What advantage have I as a child of God?(J. This is distinguished into preventing, assisting, perfecting; being considered, first, as laying the early seeds of that spiritual life; next, as contributing to its growth; and lastly, as adding the finishing hand to it.3. The sin of the world is a false confidence, a careless, complacent taking for granted that a man is a Christian when he is not. WHY ARE THOSE WHO ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT THE SONS OF GOD.1. The flesh is incurably bad. Winslow, D.D.Man is a traveller to the eternal world. This appears to be so in regard of the same effects, which it works in several persons. Again, they are not neither after one and the same manner. If the Holy Ghost has never made Christ precious to you, you know nothing about Him.3. What is meant by the sons of God? THE PRIVILEGE. THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS ON OUR PART IN ORDER TO THIS GUIDANCE.1. But this divorce from the principle of self is the work of a life. Are we tempted? H. Is effectuated by regeneration. Cast yourself upon the Divine guidance, and you shall make no mistake. Now this being led of the Spirit of God may be very much judged of by us from these observations. I agree with the first sentence, "No man ever was perfect"; but I don't agree with the second, "There is no use trying." What harm comes of the flesh;13. and what good of the Spirit.19. That is the great contrast between lodgings and home. Right to guardianship of angels (Psalm 91:11; Matthew 18:10; Hebrews 1:14). Are you above sickness and the evil forces around that would drag down your physical life into the quicksands? viii. (a)As for his actions, he dares not do anything wilfully that would displease Him (Malachi 1:6). (Rom. THE RESULTS OF OUR BEING "SONS OF GOD."1. He leads the sons of God into all truth. 18. He feels a parent's sympathy for us, and He fulfils all a parent's duty. Text: Romans 8, 18-22. 35). Have you got above circumstances so that you are not influenced by them? Yes. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward. The Holy Spirit becomes to the consecrated heart the Spirit of intercession. The blessed Holy Spirit is our Guide, our Leader, and our Resting-place. 14). 17. )Leadings of the Holy SpiritBp. 27). 4). (d)The glory and blessedness of heaven (Psalm 73:24).2. 'The Lord hath taken you to be to Him a people of inheritance,' says Moses; 'Ye are a people for a possession,' says Alexander MaclarenRomans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. We are heirs of God.2. What it is to be led by the Spirit of God. Secondly, by the goodness of the ways themselves in which we converse, we find these two joined together (Ezekiel 36:27, 28). viii. J. S. Bird, B.A. 2August the Twenty-Fifth Impotent Enemies"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" (7)To heaven.3. commit yourself to the guidance of the Spirit. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of His" (Rom. The love of truth, or the conformity of our hearts to the standard of God's will.3. They are sensible of their ignorance and weakness, and recognise the enlightening and strengthening energy of the Spirit.2. Such guidance (which often goes under the name of grace) is ascribed to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it is the common work of all. viii. To a discovery of Christ as the Saviour (John 16:13, 14). There are none so far away from false confidence as those who tremble lest they be cherishing it. REDEMPTION OF THE CREATURES. When they rise very high, language is too faint to express them; and the person is either lost in silence, or feels something which, after his most laboured efforts, is too big for utterance. "That the Righteousness of the Law Might be Fulfilled in Us" (Rom. (3) Reverence Him. FROM THIS PROMISE WE PASS OVER TO THAT GIVEN US BY ST PAUL.1. All is sober and rational, as it is sacred and solemn. And there are three things which do make up this unto us. We don't infer logically the fatherhood of God from the He who is led does not lead. 18. He gives 1. IIIEighth Sunday after Trinity Living in the Spirit as God's Children. "Well, but," say you, "will He?" By an inward impulse and by an outward ministry, and by these conjointly.II. THEIR CHARACTER. Is witnessed by the Divine Spirit.7. Disposition. The son has "the run of the house." If we would have a comfortable assurance we must be led by the Spirit in 1. By hearing His Word? God loves him too well not to try him. (2) The power of Christ to save, as the end of the law for righteousness, the great atonement, our "Wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption."5. If they are such as are led by God's Spirit they are His children, let them be who they will. (5) To life, whereas other spirits, the flesh included, lead to death.III. "The carnal mind is enmity against God" (Rom. Strutt.I. )The sons of God led by the Spirit of GodC. 2). Hatred and disobedience and fear are exchanged for glad communion and willing service. Not that the preacher had clothed the truth in unintelligible language, but in the language of Scripture, inspired by the Spirit of God, and therefore in a language which that statesman was unable to comprehend because it was to be spiritually discerned. Consider 1. Are we poor, empty, and helpless? He drops from these transcendent heights to contrast their present apparent condition with their true character and their future glory. As relating to the present life. Are we tempted? (2) The Spirit also speaks through His ministers. Thus he can look upon his trials with thankfulness, believing that they shall work out for him, "a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Lyth, D.D.1. And then comes the triumphant answer, after all the possible obstacles and enemies have been mentioned one by one, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through Him that loved us." Spirit the evidence and demonstration that we are the sons of God. When the Spirit has glorified Jesus He leads us to know other truths. Uncertain and variable traditions, private and ungrounded revelations which cross this recorded will of God, are the deceitful guides of the spirit of error. We need this Advocate. Again, they are not neither after one and the same manner. He controls all the operations of nature. II you are doing nothing for Jesus the Spirit of God has never led you into this idleness.II. The temptation is strong of being biassed by the profound research, the distinguished talents, the exalted piety, and admired example of men. This is the work of the Holy Spirit, and when you really yield yourself to the death, it is delightful to find how sweetly He can slay you. terms of being led by the Spirit, and it explains "you will live" And yet the Holy Ghost is emphatically styled "the Spirit of Grace," as being more immediately concerned in the work of grace. That is the mistake many of you are making. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the children of God. Disposition. "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" It is Christ that died, yea rather that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us! But if I see a man devout before God, and full of integrity before men, I know that the Spirit of God is his leader. A. viii. Conclusion: Use the text 1. 14, 16).3. They who were before merely creatures and servants, or children only as by creation, become children in a new and profounder way. Christ is engaged to protect and defend them.5. )Led by the SpiritW. Lyth, D.D.1. The sin of the world is a false confidence, a careless, complacent taking for granted that a man is a Christian when he is not. (2) Bears a filial love to His Father. --ROMANS viii. Thirdly, inclination, or bowing of the will and affections to close and comply with such truths and motions which are apprehended. Lyth, D.D.I. They bear the name of children (vers. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth August 6. The fault, and sorrow, and weakness of the Church is a false diffidence, an anxious fear whether a man be a Christian when he is. And that again in a twofold explication. October 21. )The sons of GodP. The whole Scripture is given by inspiration of God: and they who thankfully John NewtonMessiah Vol. There is milk for babes, and meat for strong men.4. The third is the consent or correspondency of this conduct in this variety, where many and different persons are intimated to be guided by one and the selfsame Spirit. viii. 2The Intercession of ChristWho is he that condemneth? Guidance by means of the revealed Word of God, yet due to a Divine and supernatural influence.5. Henry DrummondBeautiful ThoughtsOctober 10. Because(1) They need guidance. What harm comes of the flesh;13. and what good of the Spirit.19. Where does the Spirit lead them? (6)To conflict. The witness of God's Spirit.2. 3. Their regeneration and adoption by Divine grace.2. "The sons of God." (2) And our way is encompassed with peril. (2) To safety. He may seem to have no definable object of pursuit; led on now by one impulse, now by another, its force and persistency varying in all degrees. "Ye are not in the Flesh but in the Spirit if So be that the Spirit of God Dwell in You. 16), and the "fruits of the Spirit" (Galatians 5:22).(J. But this divorce from the principle of self is the work of a life. viii. Secondly, those that are led by the Spirit, they are made conformable and like unto God, and have His image stamped upon them. The children of God are led not only into knowledge, but into love. He brings out this Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 21). Divine.2. 4). 4). Whosoever belong to Christ, who is the natural Son of God, they are consequently themselves the adopted sons of God. Something altogether different from abandonment to natural impulses.3. THE DESCRIPTION. Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. (2) As a leader for the will, and yielding self-will to the voice of God in the conscience and in revealed law. The stars, the birds, the flowers, are God's creatures.2. Text: Romans 8, 12-17. The prodigal was still the child of his father, but he was away from his father.I. T he passions of joy or grief, of admiration or gratitude, are moderate when we are able to find words which fully describe their emotions. We must submit to, and have full faith in, the guidance of the Spirit.(C. But there is another law of spiritual life and of physical life in Christ Jesus to which we can rise and through which we can counterpoise and overcome the other law that bears us down. 31-39. Who can get between the love of Christ and me? "For the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus Hath Made Me Free" (Rom. And if a son, then heir! We have heard how Paul comforts the Christians in their sufferings, pointing them to the future inconceivable and eternal glory to be revealed in us in the world to come; and how he has, for our greater consolation, reminded us that the whole creation as one being suffers in company with the Christian Church. He leads (1) In a right way, the way of God's commandments. So far the two writers agree. Those who are carried with furious impetuousness are not led by the spirit of meekness. 'The Lord hath taken you to be to Him a people of inheritance,' says Moses; 'Ye are a people for a possession,' says Alexander MaclarenRomans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. How is it to be known whether a person is led of the Spirit? God does not destroy sickness, or its power to hurt, but He lifts us above it. We may often observe the Apostle Paul under this difficulty, when attempting to excite, Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? 14, 16).3. Have you got above circumstances so that you are not influenced by them? A. THE CONNECTION OF THIS QUALIFICATION WITH THE PRIVILEGE.

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