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A thorough exposition of the book of Romans.
Excerpt- “Bondman of Jesus Christ” is the boast of one who knew the true holy liberty of grace as perhaps no other heart was taught and enjoyed so well. This was a general designation and should be true, is true, of each Christian. But Paul next speaks of himself as a “called apostle.” Apostleship was not successional like a Jewish priest, nor elect of the assembly like the seven who cared for tables at Jerusalem: still less was it a question of self-assumption He was an apostle by calling as the saints were called. (Ver. 7.) No doubt, from his mother's womb Saul of Tarsus had been separated, as he was afterward called by God's grace. But here it appears to me that the separation was more distinctly “for God's gospel,” and therefore may refer rather to Acts 13:2. God's glad tidings is a precious truth, the direct and explicit contradiction of man's natural thought of Him who gives to all liberally and upbraids not. Doubtless this can only be in and through Christ; still it is God who loves, gives, sends: it is His gospel. What a blessed starting-point for the apostle! What an exhaustless fountain-head! But if this fullness of spontaneous and active love in God toward man be a truth ever new by reason of the constant prevalence of human thoughts even in the saints, it was no new thing to God. (Ver. 2.) It was late in the world's history when this gospel went forth; but He had promised it before through His prophets in holy writ—through the prophets who ever appear of old when all on man's part was hopeless. So one of the earliest that wrote prophecies said, “O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help. I will be thy king; where is any other that may save thee?” So another, the last of them, wrote, “I am Jehovah, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” Had the Jews, had the priests even, despised His name? “From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles.” Such is a sample of what He proclaimed beforehand through His prophets. Space would fail even to cite a small portion. What went before as far as this verse notices was God's promise (for the law is not yet touched on); His gospel is not promise but accomplishment. Before Christ and His work, it could not be more than promised. Now, whatever be the promises, in Him is the Yea and in Him the Amen.
Table of Contents
1. Romans 1:1-7, Notes on
2. Romans 1:8-16, Notes on
3. Romans 1:17, Notes on
4. Romans 1:18, Notes on
5. Romans 1:19-23, Notes on
6. Romans 1:24-32, Notes on
7. Romans 2:1-8, Notes on
8. Romans 2:9-16, Notes on
9. Romans 2:17-29, Notes on
10. Romans 3:1-20, Notes on
11. Romans 3:21-31, Notes on
12. Romans 4:1-11, Notes on
13. Romans 4:12-18, Notes on
14. Romans 4:19-25, Notes on
15. Romans 5:1-2, Notes on
16. Romans 5:3-5, Notes on
17. Romans 5:5-8, Notes on
18. Romans 5:9-10, Notes on
19. Romans 5:11, Notes on
20. Romans 5:12, Notes on
21. Romans 5:13-14, Notes on
22. Romans 5:15-17, Notes on
23. Romans 5:18-19, Notes on
24. Romans 5:20-21, Notes on
25. Romans 6:1-4, Notes on
26. Romans 6:5-11, Notes on
27. Notes on Roman 6:12-14
28. Romans 6:15-18, Notes on
29. Romans 6:19-23, Notes on
30. Romans 7:1-6, Notes on
31. Romans 7:7-13, Notes on
32. Romans 7:14-20, Notes on
33. Romans 7:21-25, Notes on
34. Romans 8:1, Notes on
35. Romans 8:2, Notes on
36. Romans 8:3-4, Notes on
37. Romans 8:5-8, Notes on
38. Romans 8:9, Notes on
39. Romans 8:10-11, Notes on
40. Romans 8:12-14, Notes on
41. Romans 8:15-17, Notes on
42. Romans 8:18-25, Notes on
43. Romans 8:26-27, Notes on
44. Romans 8:28-29, Notes on
45. Romans 8:31-39, Notes on
46. Romans 9:1-5, Notes on
47. Romans 9:6-13, Notes on
48. Romans 9:14-18, Notes on
49. Romans 9:19-21, Notes on
50. Romans 9:22-24, Notes on
51. Romans 9:25-26, Notes on
52. Romans 9:27-29, Notes on
53. Romans 9:30-33, Notes on
54. Romans 10:1-3, Notes on
55. Romans 10:4-9, Notes on
56. Romans 10:10-15, Notes on
57. Romans 10:16-21, Notes on
58. Romans 11:1-10, Notes on
59. Romans 11:11-24, Notes on
60. Romans 11:25-36, Notes on
61. Romans 12:1-8, Notes on
62. Romans 12:9-21, Notes on
63. Romans 13, Notes on
64. Romans 14:1-12, Notes on
65. Romans 14:13-23, Notes on
66. Romans 15:1-13, Notes on
67. Romans 15:14-33, Notes on
68. Romans 16:1-16, Notes on
69. Romans 16:17-27, Notes on