The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-05-30

that raised up Christ from the dead shall
also quicken your mortal bodies by His
Spirit that dweleth in you.
". Therefore brethren, we are debtors,
not to the flesh, to live after the flesh
ls. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall
die: but II We through the Spirit do mortity
the deeds Of the body ye shall live.
H. For as many as are led by the Spirit
Of God, they are the sons Of God.
GOLDEN TEXT.--For as many as are
led by the Spirit OF God, they are the
sons of GOd.--Rom.-S;1A
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION,
Free from the law ............,. Rom. S;l-4
In the flesh or Spirit honl' S;9ol5,
The Spirit of our Helper, ...-.. Rom. S:lI-5g
TIME Spring Of A. ID. 5o
PLACE.-Corinth.
NOTES AND COMMENTS,
Paul was now about to start for
Rome. and in our lesson we see what
doctrine he had written to the Ro-
mans while he was in Coripth. Note
also how well it sets forth the differ
ence between himself and those before
whom he had been brought, as related
in the last lesson.
The eighth chapter of Romans is one
ofthe great chapters Of the New Testa-
ment, and while to us it perhaps seems
technical, and full Of unfamiliar terms,
it was not SO at all to the people to
whom it was written, and to us Paul's
thought is perfectly plain and sim
pie He is speaking of the influence
in the lives of all true Christians Of
the Holy Spirit through what we call
the "higher nature
"No condemnation;' Such as we Of
course deserved before the beginning
Of the Christian life "Them that are
in Christ Jesus" Who have accepted
His az their Saviour, and are honestly
trying to do as He would have them
do. "Law of the Spirit Of life
law of sim" Say control instead of
law; "The control Of the Spirit OF
Christ Cor as many understand it, the
Christ-spirit), which is the source of
all that is worthy the names Of life,
released me from the control Of the
lower, sinful nature, which had ruled
before the Christian life began"
''What the law (of Moses could not
do:" That is, to save men from sin,
this God did do through Jesus Christ.
"The law weak through the
flesh:" Law-the knowledge or a
statement Of what we ought to do-is
powerless to make us do it. 1t is in
efficient. "weak," because we are weak.
CONDEMNED SIM" 'Deposed it,
Vincent. "That the ordinance ire
quirement, r. " margin) Of the law
might be fulfilled" The aim of the
law was right but it was Intellectual
to accomplish it. 1t was unable to
make mems lives right without touch
ing their hearts, while Christ makes
mems lives right by first making their
hearts and wills right. When that is
done the right life follows naturally.
''Flesh:" The lower nature. "Spirit:"
The higher and better nature inspired
and strengthened by the Spirit of
Christ.
"They that are after the flesh" The
kind of people in whom the lower ma
ture controls. "The mind of the fesh:"
The low. sinful life Paul has been
speaking Of "Is DEATH" That can be
the only end of such a life A life that
is constantly going down hill, moral
ly and spiritually, as well as physical
". must sometime reach the bottom.
That is death "If any man hath not
the Spirit Of Christ, he is none of His"
It is not membership in any church or
belief In any creed nor the performing
of any particular meritorious act that
decides whether or not one is Christ's.
but simply whether he is so filed with
the Christ-spirit that he is becoming
really like Christ. ''The body is dead"
''The body sstill lldeath-smitten because
Of sins. -Bosworth. It was Paul's be
lief that all physical death was the di-
rect result Of the sin Of the ancestors
of the human race. Spirit is hfe:"
Righteousness and the vigor and life
of the soul go together.
eve are debtors:" Rather we are
under obligation "Put to death the
deeds of the body That is "stop
doing the selfish things the flesh in
clines o."-Bosworth. Paul shows in
verses 1917 that the Christian is not
whipped into line by God, like a slave,
but that he is Gods child. and that his
service is love service.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
There is no condemnation to them
that are in Christ Jesus because they
have the filial. obedient spirit
There is no condemnation TO them
that are in Christ Jesus because they
are trying to live mp to the law.
There is no condemnation to them
that are in Christ Jesus because they
are led by the Spirit Of God
There is no condemnation 10 them
that are in Christ Jesus because they
are the chiidrewof God