He did not fail one of them.3. Wherefore, "He is able to save to the uttermost."III. 4. He is God, and whatever God undertakes He is able to accomplish. From the roof of one the snow has disappeared, while the other is still covered with it. And since he dwells in believers, his aid may surely be reckoned on. And here the Word and the Spirit join together to make us "abound in hope."2. We might have expected "after ye have believed," as if joy and peace were net to be looked for at the outset of our Christian course, but the recompense of an advanced and established faith. Expect peace and joy whilst you hold fast to the message which imparted glad tranquillity at the first, whilst you remember the obligations and partake of the privileges of the gospel. And when Jesus was gone the master attestation of the Spirit was when He came like a rushing mighty wind, and cloven tongues. - S.R.A. He means with the best and highest degree of joy, with as much of it as you can hold. You cannot get out of the Church what is not in it. And here the Word and the Spirit join together to make us "abound in hope."2. 1. But here is God, whom the world has injured, revealing Himself as the object of its hope. Half of the heresy in the Church of God is not wilful error, but error which springs of not submitting the mind to the light of the Holy Ghost. )The present happiness of believersD. Remember that even after you are secure in Christ, and accepted before God, you may sometimes get despondent. 2. A body of professors performing religion as a task can have but small effect upon the sinners around them. Joy is one of those early fruits of the Spirit which flow from a sense of our interest in the promises — a well-grounded persuasion of our having a part in the great propitiation. THOUGH FAITH NATURALLY TENDS TO FILL THE SOUL WITH THE MOST PLEASANT AND DELIGHTFUL FEELINGS, YET EVEN TRUE CHRISTIANS DO NOT ALWAYS FULLY ENJOY THEM.III. It will sometimes fly up to God with such a power that eagles' wings cannot match it; but it is also potent the other way, for my imagination has taken me down to the vilest kennels and sewers of earth. This is a very necessary work, for if believers become unhappy they become weak for service. And all through the apostle's ministry "mighty signs and wonders were clone by the Holy Ghost, and many believed thereby."4. As well may you try to calm the tempest with poetry or stay the hurricane with rhetoric as to bless a soul by mere learning and eloquence. 2. I. (3) In what He has already done. In the text He is "the God of hope," because —. The design of the enjoyment. If you want to get at them for any worldly object you can do it. I. WHENCE. Painful penances? (2) Irreverent. He can "Speak with that voice which wakes the dead."2. To bring on the latter-day glory.3. 1. THE GREAT TRUTH OF THE TEXT IS, THAT BELIEVING IN CHRIST IS THE TRUE GROUND FOR JOY AND PEACE. The encouragement is to point us to the source of joy and peace which is found in the hope we have in Christ. Few are atheists in theory, but many are such in their feelings. We shall look at the power of the Holy Ghost in —I. Moore, M.A. So where worldliness and formalism lie thick upon Churches there is not the warmth of Christian life within; but where hearts are warm with Divine love through the Spirit of God, evils vanish and beneficial consequences follow. By freely justifying us, and by giving us peace with Him; by adopting us into His family; regenerating us by His grace; constituting us His heirs, and giving us an earnest of our future inheritance in our hearts (1 Peter 1:3; 2 Corinthians 4:17). God is the object of hope. Hath He not said, "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it"? Do not overestimate them; for, though eminently desirable, they are not infallible evidences of safety. That there is a way of joy and peace through self. That was in accordance with his view of Christianity. Glory On The Mountain May 24, 2020. Holiness is the entirety of our manhood fully consecrated to the Lord and moulded to His will. "Peace and joy in believing" are the firstfruits of Heaven. The reply is this, "We have trusted Christ" —1. The true idea of religion is one that makes men happy by making them happiable; that brings them into that soul-knowledge, and into that concord of soul, out of which comes happiness. "I may yet be in comfortable circumstances," he says, and again he can work with a will. He knew that every Gentile believer cherished hope; but he would have this hope to abound in every season, under every circumstance. Because the merit of His sufferings must be great enough to save us.5. This Christian hope is a sure hope. As well may you try to calm the tempest with poetry or stay the hurricane with rhetoric as to bless a soul by mere learning and eloquence. One of the most essential elements of life is hope. THE CREATION IN BELIEVERS OF THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION.1. What is the hope in which we are to rejoice and abound? Nor need I do more than just remind you of how, in the object that the faith grasps, there is ample provision for all manner of calm and of gladness, seeing that we lay hold upon Christ, infinite in wisdom, gentleness, brotherliness, strength. That same power which raised Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies.Practical inferences:1. 2. And this may serve to explain the paradox, "sorrowful, yet always rejoicing." Could we suspect the Saviour we should find it difficult to trust Him; but as we cannot imagine a cause for suspecting Him, we feel shut up to believing Him. The hope desired for the Romans was a collective hope, to be fostered as a common solace and strength. But you shall have joy and peace while the fighting is going on.2. Scoffers utterly despise professors whose lives contradict their testimonies.V. If He will but enlighten the Church thoroughly there will be an end of divisions. The plenitude of the enjoyment. E.g. To raise the dead. "Believing." This hope is not secure. That same power which raised Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies.Practical inferences:1. But there is not a minister breathing who can win man's heart himself. Hope can be described as happy anticipation of good which is coming for the believer. How often parents with broken hearts have said that. This, especially in some men, is a very stubborn thing. "The power of the Highest shall overshadow Thee," etc.2. The power of the Holy Ghost is manifested in —I. Faith rests upon the "It is finished" already spoken; hope rejoices in the assurance of another "It is finished" which the creation waits to hear. PRAYER.1. Share. ITS FUTURE AND DESIRED EFFECTS. If a man should say, "I have got a large estate in India, because I feel so happy in thinking about it," that is no proof whatever.
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