The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-12-02

Baptist church, Sunday morning Nov.
q. 1910 by Rev. W. NJ Wood, ID. d.
In tho Eighth Chapter of Romans
and a. the fourteenth v.rse, you will
find tho words of my text. For as
many as are led by the Spirit OF God,
they are the sons OF God" The sub
Ject that we want TO consid,r is that
of Divine Sonship. This Eighth
Chapter of Romans is very much like
the garden of Eden. II is filled with
all mannar OF delights In it you
will find food for every need that
comes TO the Christian man. In it
you will find assurance TO enable
you in the dark, perilous hours of
life TO look up and be glad. In it
you have a positive statement that
there is therefore now no condemn
alton to them that arc in Christ Je-
sus, who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit. For the law of
u
hath made me free from the law of
sin and death. In this chapter you
find those precious words that have
been inspiring to our aching, burn
ing hearts in the time Of trouble;
that all things work together for good
TO them that love God; to them who
are the called according to his pur-
pose. In it you hear the blessed
words OF text to-day that gives
us the conc option of Divine Sonship,
For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons of I
God" And then, to bring the glo-
rious climax of the chapter to your
conception, it says, Who shall be /
able u separate the Christian from
Christ? In this Chapter we are !
taught that there is nothing on earth;
thai there is nothing in hall beneath; 4
that there is nothing in haven above
hat is able to cast the child of God
DOWN into the dark regions of das-
pair; that We are kept by the power
Of God through faith unto salvation
'eady 20 be revealed in the last day.
This Chapter is among the other
chapters Of the Bible like Benjamine,
ness which was five times as much
Is that of any of his brothers. II
S a mine OF ineXhaus able spiritual
We now come 10 the consideration
If this glorious truth OF Divine Sem
hip. For as many as are led by
he spirit of God. thcy are the .sous
# God" First of all, this morn
ng, | want us 20 consider. Ths Means
II Divine SonshiD. SscoDd We want
o consider in this connection, The
Evidences of Divine Sonship, or How
% You Know That You Are A Chris
ian? And last, but net least of all, J
We want TO consider, The Blessings |
hat will come to us-The Outgrowth
# Divine Sonship. I
THE MEANS OF SONSHIP.
Now, let us consid1r the first S
Means of Divine Son
hip-and in order that we may come I
o just conception of the means of
Divine Sonship 1t is Necessary that Z
re have some of the rubbish removed l
hat has been accumulated through I
he ages and look at it from ne v
ative view point and see what are v
OF the means of Divine Sonship, s
'efore We look TO the positive side
nd tell you what the means of Di- h
Inc Sonship are. would say. then a
rst OF all as We brush away the rub $
lsh, that the means of Divine Son
lip Is not result of creation. I v
In not say what we would have been
1t for the fall. But, since the fall v
rs come and man has slnnld ard n
'me short Of the glory Of Cod, We b
! are sinners and the fall has had o
effect upon all of Adams sinful q