"Flesh and spirit wage incessant
warfare one against the other within the citadel of Mansoul."
"Peace is joy resting; joy is
peace dancing." FF Bruce on Romans 5 talking about peace and joy
being two benefits of the Gospel. I love that!
"Paul never considered legalism as
the cure for libertinism; he knew a more excellent way. When men and
women yielded their lives to the risen Christ and the power of his
Spirit, their inward being was radically transformed: a new creation
took place." - Romans 6:1
In his death he dealt effectively and
conclusively with sin, winning a victory 'that needs no second fight,
and leaves no second foe." - Romans 6:10
Wretched man that I am! Who will
deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus
Christ our Lord! (Romans 7:24, 25 ESV) - "So some have
experienced more soul trials after their conversion than when they
were awakened to a sense of their lost condition. 'O wretched man
that I am!' is their cry till they are made perfect in holiness. But
He that hath begun a good work in them will perform it until the day
of Jesus Christ." - MacFarlane (as quoted by FF Bruce on Romans
7:25)
When the human spirit is in closest
harmony with the Spirit of God, words may not only prove inadequate;
they may even hinder prayer. But God, before whom the thoughts of all
are like an open book, recognizes in those unspoken 'sighs' deep in
his people's hearts the voice of the Spirit interceding for them in
tune with his own will, and answers them accordingly. Indeed, God's
overruling grace co-operates in all things for his people's good,
even in those things which at the time are so distressing and
perplexing and hard to bear. - Romans 8
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