I do not think a man could. exactly "joy in God," and then get into the seventh of Romans. You see joy in God is not joy in salvation. We do not generally get joy in God until we have done with ourselves. You get joy in salvation first in Rom. 5, and then troubles by the way, and then joy in that. Joy in God is another thing In Rom. 8 it is we are set before God; it is not exactly what God is for us. The man in the seventh of Romans is "none of his." The ground of sealing is the remission of sins. God cannot have me in Christ without having Christ in me, and When Christ is in me there is liberty. And if Christ be in me the body is dead as to will; I do not own the body at all.
(J. N. D.)