The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-28


Spirit that dveileth In you.
II Therefore. brethren. we are debtors.
not 70 the flesh. to live after the flesh.
10 For II ye live after the flesh, ye shall
lie but II ye through the Spirit DO moriIfy
he deeds OF the body. ye shah live.
IL For as many as are led by the Spirit
Of God. they are the sons Of God.
GOLDEN TEXT--For ss many =. ar.
led by the spirit Of God, they are the
sons of God-R0m.-Sitt.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Free from the law ..............R Rom s.,-i
In the flesh or Spir!t............ Rom '5-ii
Children Of God d.................. Rom. sI2-iS
The Spirit Of our Helper. ..... Rom 3:l7-39.
TIME Spring Of a ID. 53
PLACE.-Corinth
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Paul was now about to start for
Rome. and in our lesson we see what
doctrine he had written 70 the Ro-
mans while he was In Corinth. Note
also how well II 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 70 the people 70
whom it was written, and TO US Paul's
thought is perfectly plain and sim
ple. 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
P'e - their Sayiovr. snd 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 (or as many understand i, the
Christ-spirit), which is the source Of
all that is worthy the name. 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. 10 save men from sin,
this God did do through Jesus Christ
The law weak through the
flesh" Law-the knowledge or
statement Of what We ought 70 dds
powerless to make IA DO it. II IS in
efficient, weak" because We are weak
CONDEMNED sin" "Deposed it.
Vincent. That the ordinance ire
quiremeut, r. V. margiu) Of the law
might BE- fulfilled" The aim u the
law was right. but il was inetfectua.
to accomplish il. I; was unable 70
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 ra-
ture controls, The mind OF the flesh. "
The low. sinful life Paul has been
speaking Of. as death" That can BE-
the only end of such life A life that
is constantly going down hill. moral
ly and spiritually, as we'll as physical
ly, must sometime reach the bottom
That is death. III any man hath not
the Spirit of Christ, he is none OF His:
II 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. "rhe body is dead"
The body iss,ill death-Smittcn II because
OF sins. ns.'-Bosworth. II was Paurs be-
lief that all physical death was the di-
rect result of the sin of the ancestors
of the human race. Spirit is hie:"
Righteousness and the Vigor and life
of the soul go together.
1--WE are debtors;" Rather we are
under obligation. Put TO death the
deeds of the body" That is, step
doing the selfish things the flesh ia
clines -Bosworth. Paul shows in
verses l5-l7 that the Christian is not
whipped into line by God, like 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 up to the law,
There as no condemnation to them
that are in Christ Jesus because they
are led by the Spirit OF God.
There Is no condemnation TO them
that are In Christ Jesus because they
are the children OF God.