1A protožG686{PRT} neníť jižG3568{ADV} žádnéhoG3762{A-NSN} potupeníG2631{N-NSN} těmG3588{T-DPM}, kteříž jsou vG1722{PREP} KristuG5547{N-DSM} JežíšiG2424{N-DSM}, nechodícímG3361{PRT-N} G4043{V-PAP-DPM} podléG2596{PREP} tělaG4561{N-ASF}, aleG235{CONJ} podléG2596{PREP} DuchaG4151{N-ASN}. 2NeboG1063{CONJ} zákonG3551{N-NSM} DuchaG4151{N-GSN} životaG2222{N-GSF} vG1722{PREP} KristuG5547{N-DSM} JežíšiG2424{N-DSM} vysvobodilG1659{V-AAI-3S} mneG3165{P-1AS} odG575{PREP} zákonaG3551{N-GSM} hříchaG266{N-GSF} iG2532{CONJ} smrtiG2288{N-GSM}. 3NeboG1063{CONJ} seč G3588{T-NSN} nemohlG102{A-NSN} býti zákonG3551{N-GSM}, jelikož G1722{PREP} G3739{R-DSN} byl mdlýG770{V-IAI-3S} proG1223{PREP} těloG4561{N-GSF}, BůhG2316{N-NSM} poslavG3992{V-AAP-NSM} SynaG5207{N-ASM} svéhoG1438{F-3GSM} vG1722{PREP} podobnostiG3667{N-DSN} tělaG4561{N-GSF} hříchaG266{N-GSF}, aG2532{CONJ} příčinou G4012{PREP} hříchaG266{N-GSF}, potupilG2632{V-AAI-3S} hříchG266{N-ASF} naG1722{PREP} těleG4561{N-DSF}, 4AbyG2443{CONJ} spravedlnostG1345{N-ASN} zákonaG3551{N-GSM} vyplněnaG4137{V-APS-3S} byla vG1722{PREP} násG2254{P-1DP}, kteřížG3588{T-DPM} nechodímeG3361{PRT-N} G4043{V-PAP-DPM} podléG2596{PREP} tělaG4561{N-ASF}, aleG235{CONJ} podléG2596{PREP} DuchaG4151{N-ASN}. 5Ti zajistéG1063{CONJ}, kteřížG3588{T-NPM} jsouG5607{V-PXP-NPM} podléG2596{PREP} tělaG4561{N-ASF}, chutnají G5426{V-PAI-3P} toG3588{T-APN}, cožG3588{T-GSF} jest tělaG4561{N-GSF}, aleG1161{CONJ} tiG3588{T-NPM}, kteříž podléG2596{PREP} DuchaG4151{N-ASN}, toG3588{T-APN}, cožG3588{T-GSN} jest DuchaG4151{N-GSN}. 6NeboG1063{CONJ} opatrnostG5427{N-NSN} tělaG4561{N-GSF} jest smrtG2288{N-NSM}, opatrnostG5427{N-NSN} pakG1161{CONJ} DuchaG4151{N-GSN} životG2222{N-NSF} aG2532{CONJ} pokojG1515{N-NSF}, 7Proto žeG1360{CONJ} opatrnostG5427{N-NSN} tělaG4561{N-GSF} jest nepřítelkyněG2189{N-NSF} BohuG1519{PREP} G2316{N-ASM}; neboG1063{CONJ} zákonuG3551{N-DSM} BožímuG2316{N-GSM} neníG3756{PRT-N} poddánaG5293{V-PPI-3S}, anižG3761{ADV} G1063{CONJ} hned můžeG1410{V-PNI-3S} býti. 8Protož G1161{CONJ} tiG3588{T-NPM}, kteříž jsouG5607{V-PXP-NPM} vG1722{PREP} těleG4561{N-DSF}, BohuG2316{N-DSM} se líbitiG700{V-AAN} nemohouG3756{PRT-N} G1410{V-PNI-3P}. 9VyG5210{P-2NP} pakG1161{CONJ} nejsteG3756{PRT-N} G2075{V-PXI-2P} vG1722{PREP} těleG4561{N-DSF}, aleG235{CONJ} vG1722{PREP} DuchuG4151{N-DSN}, poněvadž G1512{COND} DuchG4151{N-NSN} BožíG2316{N-GSM} vG1722{PREP} vásG5213{P-2DP} přebýváG3611{V-PAI-3S}. JestližeťG1487{COND} pakG1161{CONJ} kdoG5100{X-NSM} DuchaG4151{N-ASN} KristovaG5547{N-GSM} nemáG3756{PRT-N} G2192{V-PAI-3S}, tenťG3778{D-NSM} neníG3756{PRT-N} G2076{V-PXI-3S} jehoG846{P-GSM}. 10AG1161{CONJ} jestliťG1487{COND} KristusG5547{N-NSM} vG1722{PREP} vásG5213{P-2DP}, tedyG3303{PRT} ač těloG4983{N-NSN} umrtvenoG3498{A-NSN} jest proG1223{PREP} hříchG266{N-ASF}, všakG1161{CONJ} duchG4151{N-NSN} živG2222{N-NSF} jest proG1223{PREP} spravedlnostG1343{N-ASF}. 11JestližeťG1487{COND} pakG1161{CONJ} DuchG4151{N-NSN} tohoG3588{T-GSM}, kterýž vzkřísilG1453{V-AAP-GSM} JežíšeG2424{N-ASM} zG1537{PREP} mrtvýchG3498{A-GPM}, vG1722{PREP} vásG5213{P-2DP} přebýváG3611{V-PAI-3S}, tedy ten, kterýžG3588{T-NSM} vzkřísilG1453{V-AAP-NSM} KristaG5547{N-ASM} zG1537{PREP} mrtvýchG3498{A-GPM}, obživíG2227{V-FAI-3S} iG2532{CONJ} smrtelnáG2349{A-APN} tělaG4983{N-APN} vašeG5216{P-2GP}, proG1223{PREP} přebývajícíhoG1774{V-PAP-ASN} DuchaG4151{N-ASN} jehoG846{P-GSM} vG1722{PREP} vásG5213{P-2DP}. 12A takžG686{PRT} tedyG3767{CONJ}, bratříG80{N-VPM}, dlužníciťG3781{N-NPM} jsmeG2070{V-PXI-1P} neG3756{PRT-N} těluG4561{N-DSF}, abychom G3588{T-GSM} podléG2596{PREP} tělaG4561{N-ASF} živiG2198{V-PAN} byli. 13NeboG1063{CONJ} budete-liG1487{COND} podléG2596{PREP} tělaG4561{N-ASF} živiG2198{V-PAI-2P}, zemřeteG3195{V-PAI-2P} G599{V-PAN}; pakliG1487{COND} G1161{CONJ} byste DuchemG4151{N-DSN} skutkyG4234{N-APF} tělaG4983{N-GSN} mrtviliG2289{V-PAI-2P}, živiG2198{V-FDI-2P} budete. 14NeboG1063{CONJ} kteřížkoliG3745{K-NPM} DuchemG4151{N-DSN} BožímG2316{N-GSM} vedeniG71{V-PPI-3P} bývají, tiG3778{D-NPM} jsouG1526{V-PXI-3P} synovéG5207{N-NPM} BožíG2316{N-GSM}. 15NepřijaliG3756{PRT-N} G2983{V-2AAI-2P} jste zajistéG1063{CONJ} duchaG4151{N-ASN} službyG1397{N-GSF} opětG3825{ADV} kG1519{PREP} bázniG5401{N-ASM}, aleG235{CONJ} přijaliG2983{V-2AAI-2P} jste DuchaG4151{N-ASN} synovstvíG5206{N-GSF}, vG1722{PREP} němžG3739{R-DSN} volámeG2896{V-PAI-1P} AbbaG5{N-PRI}, totiž OtčeG3962{N-NSM}. 16Tenť G846{P-NSN} DuchG4151{N-NSN} osvědčujeG4828{V-PAI-3S} duchuG4151{N-DSN} našemuG2257{P-1GP}, žeG3754{CONJ} jsmeG2070{V-PXI-1P} synovéG5043{N-NPN} BožíG2316{N-GSM}. 17AG1161{CONJ} jestližeG1487{COND} synovéG5043{N-NPN}, tedy iG2532{CONJ} dědicovéG2818{N-NPM}, dědicovéG2818{N-NPM} zajistéG3303{PRT} BožíG2316{N-GSM}, spoluG4789{A-NPM} pakG1161{CONJ} dědicové KristoviG5547{N-GSM}, však jestližeG1512{COND} spolu trpímeG4841{V-PAI-1P}, abychomG2443{CONJ} spolu iG2532{CONJ} oslaveniG4888{V-APS-1P} byli. 18NeboG1063{CONJ} tak za to mámG3049{V-PNI-1S}, žeG3754{CONJ} nejsouG3756{PRT-N} rovnáG514{A-NPN} utrpeníG3804{N-NPN} nynějšíG3568{ADV} G2540{N-GSM} G4314{PREP} onéG3588{T-ASF} budoucíG3195{V-PAP-ASF} slávěG1391{N-ASF}, kteráž se zjevitiG601{V-APN} má naG1519{PREP} násG2248{P-1AP}. 19NeboG1063{CONJ} stvořeníG2937{N-GSF} pečlivě jako vyhlídajeG603{N-NSF}, očekáváG553{V-PNI-3S} zjeveníG602{N-ASF} synůG5207{N-GPM} BožíchG2316{N-GSM}. 20MarnostiG3153{N-DSF} zajistéG1063{CONJ} poddánoG5293{V-2API-3S} jest stvořeníG2937{N-NSF}, nechtěG3756{PRT-N} G1635{A-NSF}, aleG235{CONJ} proG1223{PREP} tohoG3588{T-ASM}, kterýž je poddalG5293{V-AAP-ASM}, 21VG1909{PREP} nadějiG1680{N-DSF}, žeG3754{CONJ} iG2532{CONJ} toG846{P-NSF} stvořeníG2937{N-NSF} vysvobozenoG1659{V-FPI-3S} bude odG575{PREP} službyG1397{N-GSF} porušeníG5356{N-GSF} vG1519{PREP} svoboduG1657{N-ASF} slávyG1391{N-GSF} synůG5043{N-GPN} BožíchG2316{N-GSM}. 22NeboG1063{CONJ} vímeG1492{V-RAI-1P}, žeG3754{CONJ} všeckoG3956{A-NSF} stvořeníG2937{N-NSF} spolu lkáG4959{V-PAI-3S}, aG2532{CONJ} spolu ku porodu pracujeG4944{V-PAI-3S} ažG891{PREP} posavadG3568{ADV}. 23AG1161{CONJ} netolikoG3756{PRT-N} G3440{ADV} ono, aleG235{CONJ} iG2532{CONJ} myG846{P-NPM}, prvotinyG536{N-ASF} DuchaG4151{N-GSN} majícíG2192{V-PAP-NPM}, iG2532{CONJ} myťG2249{P-1NP} samiG846{P-NPM} vG1722{PREP} soběG1438{F-3DPM} lkámeG4727{V-PAI-1P}, zvolení synůG5206{N-ASF} očekávajíceG553{V-PNP-NPM}, a tak vykoupeníG629{N-ASF} tělaG4983{N-GSN} svéhoG2257{P-1GP}. 24NeboG1063{CONJ} nadějíG1680{N-DSF} spaseniG4982{V-API-1P} jsme. NadějeG1680{N-NSF} pakG1161{CONJ}, kteráž se vidíG991{V-PPP-NSF}, neníG3756{PRT-N} G2076{V-PXI-3S} nadějeG1680{N-NSF}. NeboG1063{CONJ} cožG3739{R-ASN} kdoG5100{X-NSM} vidíG991{V-PAI-3S}, pročG5101{I-ASN} by se toho nadál G2532{CONJ} G1679{V-PAI-3S}? 25PakliG1487{COND} G1161{CONJ} čehožG3739{R-ASN} nevidímeG3756{PRT-N} G991{V-PAI-1P}, toho se nadějemeG1679{V-PAI-1P}, tedy toho skrzeG1223{PREP} trpělivostG5281{N-GSF} očekávámeG553{V-PNI-1P}. 26Ano G1161{CONJ} takéG5615{ADV} iG2532{CONJ} DuchG4151{N-NSN} pomocenG4878{V-PNI-3S} jest mdlobámG769{N-DPF} našimG2257{P-1GP}. NeboG1063{CONJ} začG5101{I-ASN} G2526{ADV} bychom se měliG1163{V-PQI-3S} modlitiG4336{V-ADS-1P}, jakž by náleželo, nevímeG3756{PRT-N} G1492{V-RAI-1P}, aleG235{CONJ} ten G846{P-NSN} DuchG4151{N-NSN} prosíG5241{V-PAI-3S} zaG5228{PREP} násG2257{P-1GP} lkánímiG4726{N-DPM} nevypravitelnýmiG215{A-DPM}. 27TenG3588{T-NSM} pakG1161{CONJ}, kterýž jest zpytatelG2045{V-PAP-NSM} srdcíG2588{N-APF}, znáG1492{V-RAI-3S}, jakýG5101{I-NSN} by byl smyslG5427{N-NSN} DuchaG4151{N-GSN}, žeG3754{CONJ} podléG2596{PREP} BohaG2316{N-ASM} prosíG1793{V-PAI-3S} zaG5228{PREP} svatéG40{A-GPM}. 28VímeťG1492{V-RAI-1P} pakG1161{CONJ}, žeG3754{CONJ} milujícímG25{V-PAP-DPM} BohaG2316{N-ASM} všeckyG3956{A-NPN} G3956{A-APN} věci napomáhajíG4903{V-PAI-3S} kG1519{PREP} dobrémuG18{A-ASN}, totiž těmG3588{T-DPM}, kteříž podléG2596{PREP} uloženíG4286{N-ASF} jeho povolániG2822{A-DPM} jsouG5607{V-PXP-DPM}. 29NeboG3754{CONJ} kteréžG3739{R-APM} předzvědělG4267{V-AAI-3S}, ty iG2532{CONJ} předzřídilG4309{V-AAI-3S}, aby byli připodobněniG4832{A-APM} obrazuG1504{N-GSF} SynaG5207{N-GSM} jehoG846{P-GSM}, aby onG846{P-ASM} bylG1519{PREP} G1511{V-PXN} prvorozenýG4416{A-ASM} meziG1722{PREP} mnohýmiG4183{A-DPM} bratřímiG80{N-DPM}. 30KteréžG3739{R-APM} pakG1161{CONJ} předzřídilG4309{V-AAI-3S}, těchG5128{D-APM} iG2532{CONJ} povolalG2564{V-AAI-3S}, aG2532{CONJ} kterýchžG3739{R-APM} povolalG2564{V-AAI-3S}, tyG5128{D-APM} iG2532{CONJ} ospravedlnilG1344{V-AAI-3S}, aG1161{CONJ} kteréžG3739{R-APM} ospravedlnilG1344{V-AAI-3S}, tyG5128{D-APM} iG2532{CONJ} oslavilG1392{V-AAI-3S}. 31CožG5101{I-ASN} tedyG3767{CONJ} dímeG2046{V-FAI-1P} kG4314{PREP} tomuG5023{D-APN}? KdyžťG1487{COND} jest BůhG2316{N-NSM} sG5228{PREP} námiG2257{P-1GP}, i kdoG5101{I-NSM} protiG2596{PREP} námG2257{P-1GP}? 32KterýžG3739{R-NSM} G1065{PRT} ani vlastnímuG2398{A-GSM} SynuG5207{N-GSM} svému neodpustilG3756{PRT-N} G5339{V-ADI-3S}, aleG235{CONJ} zaG5228{PREP} násG2257{P-1GP} za všeckyG3956{A-GPM} vydalG3860{V-AAI-3S} jejG846{P-ASM}, iG2532{CONJ} kterakžG4459{ADV-I} by tedy námG2254{P-1DP} sG4862{PREP} nímG846{P-DSM} všechG3956{A-APN} věcí nedalG3780{PRT-I} G5483{V-FDI-3S}? 33KdoG5101{I-NSM} bude žalovatiG1458{V-FAI-3S} naG2596{PREP} vyvolenéG1588{A-GPM} BožíG2316{N-GSM}? BůhG2316{N-NSM} jest, kterýžG3588{T-NSM} ospravedlňujeG1344{V-PAP-NSM}. 34KdoG5101{I-NSM} jest, ješto G3588{T-NSM} by potupilG2632{V-PAP-NSM} G2632{V-FAP-NSM}? KristusG5547{N-NSM} jest, kterýžG3588{T-NSM} umřelG599{V-2AAP-NSM}, nýbržG1161{CONJ} iG3123{ADV} G2532{CONJ} z mrtvých vstalG1453{V-APP-NSM}, a kterýžG3739{R-NSM} iG2532{CONJ} naG1722{PREP} praviciG1188{A-DSF} BožíG2316{N-GSM} jestG2076{V-PXI-3S}, kterýžG3739{R-NSM} iG2532{CONJ} orodujeG1793{V-PAI-3S} zaG5228{PREP} násG2257{P-1GP}. 35KdoG5101{I-NSM} násG2248{P-1AP} odloučíG5563{V-FAI-3S} odG575{PREP} láskyG26{N-GSF} KristovyG5547{N-GSM}? Zarmoucení-liG2347{N-NSF}, anebG2228{PRT} úzkostG4730{N-NSF}, nebG2228{PRT} protivenstvíG1375{N-NSM}? Zdali G2228{PRT} hladG3042{N-NSM}, čiliG2228{PRT} nahotaG1132{N-NSF}? ZdaliG2228{PRT} nebezpečenstvíG2794{N-NSM}, čiliG2228{PRT} mečG3162{N-NSF}? 36JakožG2531{ADV} psánoG1125{V-RPI-3S} jest G3754{CONJ}: ProG1752{ADV} tebeG4675{P-2GS} mrtveniG2289{V-PPI-1P} býváme celýG3650{A-ASF} denG2250{N-ASF}, jmíniG3049{V-API-1P} jsme jakoG5613{ADV} ovceG4263{N-NPN} oddané k zabitíG4967{N-GSF}. 37AleG235{CONJ} vG1722{PREP} tomG5125{D-DPN} ve všemG3956{A-DPN} udatně vítězímeG5245{V-PAI-1P}, skrzeG1223{PREP} tohoG3588{T-GSM}, kterýž násG2248{P-1AP} zamilovalG25{V-AAP-GSM}. 38JistG3982{V-RPI-1S} jsem zajistéG1063{CONJ}, žeG3754{CONJ} aniG3777{CONJ} smrtG2288{N-NSM}, aniG3777{CONJ} životG2222{N-NSF}, aniG3777{CONJ} anděléG32{N-NPM}, aniG3777{CONJ} knížatstvoG746{N-NPF}, aniG3777{CONJ} mocnostiG1411{N-NPF}, aniG3777{CONJ} nastávajícíG1764{V-RAP-NPN} věci, aniG3777{CONJ} budoucíG3195{V-PAP-NPN}, 39AniG3777{CONJ} vysokostG5313{N-NSN}, aniG3777{CONJ} hlubokostG899{N-NSN}, aniG3777{CONJ} kterékoliG5100{X-NSF} jinéG2087{A-NSF} stvořeníG2937{N-NSF}, nebude mociG1410{V-FDI-3S} násG2248{P-1AP} odloučitiG5563{V-AAN} odG575{PREP} láskyG26{N-GSF} BožíG2316{N-GSM}, kterážG3588{T-GSF} jest vG1722{PREP} KristuG5547{N-DSM} JežíšiG2424{N-DSM}, PánuG2962{N-DSM} našemG2257{P-1GP}.
Matthew Henry - Concise Commentary 1 Believers may be chastened of the Lord, but will not be condemned with the world. By their union with Christ through faith, they are thus secured. What is the principle of their walk; the flesh or the Spirit, the old or the new nature, corruption or grace? For which of these do we make provision, by which are we governed? The unrenewed will is unable to keep any commandment fully. And the law, besides outward duties, requires inward obedience. God showed abhorrence of sin by the sufferings of his Son in the flesh, that the believer's person might be pardoned and justified. Thus satisfaction was made to Divine justice, and the way of salvation opened for the sinner. By the Spirit the law of love is written upon the heart, and though the righteousness of the law is not fulfilled by us, yet, blessed be God, it is fulfilled in us; there is that in all true believers, which answers the intention of the law. The favour of God, the welfare of the soul, the concerns of eternity, are the things of the Spirit, which those that are after the Spirit do mind. Which way do our thoughts move with most pleasure? Which way go our plans and contrivances? Are we most wise for the world, or for our souls? Those that live in pleasure are dead,
1Tim 5:6. A sanctified soul is a living soul; and that life is peace. The carnal mind is not only an enemy to God, but enmity itself. The carnal man may, by the power of Divine grace, be made subject to the law of God, but the carnal mind never can; that must be broken and driven out. We may know our real state and character by inquiring whether we have the Spirit of God and Christ, or not,
1Tim 5:9. Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. Having the Spirit of Christ, means having a turn of mind in some degree like the mind that was in Christ Jesus, and is to be shown by a life and conversation suitable to his precepts and example.
10 If the Spirit be in us, Christ is in us. He dwells in the heart by faith. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has begun its holy happiness which shall endure for ever. The righteousness of Christ imputed, secures the soul, the better part, from death. From hence we see how much it is our duty to walk, not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. If any habitually live according to corrupt lustings, they will certainly perish in their sins, whatever they profess. And what can a worldly life present, worthy for a moment to be put against this noble prize of our high calling? Let us then, by the Spirit, endeavour more and more to mortify the flesh. Regeneration by the Holy Spirit brings a new and Divine life to the soul, though in a feeble state. And the sons of God have the Spirit to work in them the disposition of children; they have not the spirit of bondage, which the Old Testament church was under, through the darkness of that dispensation. The Spirit of adoption was not then plentifully poured out. Also it refers to that spirit of bondage, under which many saints were at their conversion. Many speak peace to themselves, to whom God does not speak peace. But those who are sanctified, have God's Spirit witnessing with their spirits, in and by his speaking peace to the soul. Though we may now seem to be losers for Christ, we shall not, we cannot, be losers by him in the end.
18 The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions, and but for a moment. How vastly different are the sentence of the word and the sentiment of the world, concerning the sufferings of this present time! Indeed the whole creation seems to wait with earnest expectation for the period when the children of God shall be manifested in the glory prepared for them. There is an impurity, deformity, and infirmity, which has come upon the creature by the fall of man. There is an enmity of one creature to another. And they are used, or abused rather, by men as instruments of sin. Yet this deplorable state of the creation is in hope. God will deliver it from thus being held in bondage to man's depravity. The miseries of the human race, through their own and each other's wickedness, declare that the world is not always to continue as it is. Our having received the first-fruits of the Spirit, quickens our desires, encourages our hopes, and raises our expectations. Sin has been, and is, the guilty cause of all the suffering that exists in the creation of God. It has brought on the woes of earth; it has kindled the flames of hell. As to man, not a tear has been shed, not a groan has been uttered, not a pang has been felt, in body or mind, that has not come from sin. This is not all; sin is to be looked at as it affects the glory of God. Of this how fearfully regardless are the bulk of mankind! Believers have been brought into a state of safety; but their comfort consists rather in hope than in enjoyment. From this hope they cannot be turned by the vain expectation of finding satisfaction in the things of time and sense. We need patience, our way is rough and long; but He that shall come, will come, though he seems to tarry.
26 Though the infirmities of Christians are many and great, so that they would be overpowered if left to themselves, yet the Holy Spirit supports them. The Spirit, as an enlightening Spirit, teaches us what to pray for; as a sanctifying Spirit, works and stirs up praying graces; as a comforting Spirit, silences our fears, and helps us over all discouragements. The Holy Spirit is the spring of all desires toward God, which are often more than words can utter. The Spirit who searches the hearts, can perceive the mind and will of the spirit, the renewed mind, and advocates his cause. The Spirit makes intercession to God, and the enemy prevails not.
28 That is good for the saints which does their souls good. Every providence tends to the spiritual good of those that love God; in breaking them off from sin, bringing them nearer to God, weaning them from the world, and fitting them for heaven. When the saints act out of character, corrections will be employed to bring them back again. And here is the order of the causes of our salvation, a golden chain, one which cannot be broken. 1. Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. All that God designed for glory and happiness as the end, he decreed to grace and holiness as the way. The whole human race deserved destruction; but for reasons not perfectly known to us, God determined to recover some by regeneration and the power of his grace. He predestinated, or before decreed, that they should be conformed to the image of his Son. In this life they are in part renewed, and walk in his steps. 2. Whom he did predestinate, them he also called. It is an effectual call, from self and earth to God, and Christ, and heaven, as our end; from sin and vanity to grace and holiness, as our way. This is the gospel call. The love of God, ruling in the hearts of those who once were enemies to him, proves that they have been called according to his purpose. 3. Whom he called, them he also justified. None are thus justified but those that are effectually called. Those who stand out against the gospel call, abide under guilt and wrath. 4. Whom he justified, them he also glorified. The power of corruption being broken in effectual calling, and the guilt of sin removed in justification, nothing can come between that soul and glory. This encourages our faith and hope; for, as for God, his way, his work, is perfect. The apostle speaks as one amazed, and swallowed up in admiration, wondering at the height and depth, and length and breadth, of the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. The more we know of other things, the less we wonder; but the further we are led into gospel mysteries, the more we are affected by them. While God is for us, and we keep in his love, we may with holy boldness defy all the powers of darkness.
32 All things whatever, in heaven and earth, are not so great a display of God's free love, as the gift of his coequal Son to be the atonement on the cross for the sin of man; and all the rest follows upon union with him, and interest in him. All things, all which can be the causes or means of any real good to the faithful Christian. He that has prepared a crown and a kingdom for us, will give us what we need in the way to it. Men may justify themselves, though the accusations are in full force against them; but if God justifies, that answers all. By Christ we are thus secured. By the merit of his death he paid our debt. Yea, rather that is risen again. This is convincing evidence that Divine justice was satisfied. We have such a Friend at the right hand of God; all power is given to him. He is there, making intercession. Believer! does your soul say within you, Oh that he were mine! and oh that I were his; that I could please him and live to him! Then do not toss your spirit and perplex your thoughts in fruitless, endless doubtings, but as you are convinced of ungodliness, believe on Him who justifies the ungodly. You are condemned, yet Christ is dead and risen. Flee to Him as such. God having manifested his love in giving his own Son for us, can we think that any thing should turn aside or do away that love? Troubles neither cause nor show any abatement of his love. Whatever believers may be separated from, enough remains. None can take Christ from the believer: none can take the believer from Him; and that is enough. All other hazards signify nothing. Alas, poor sinners! though you abound with the possessions of this world, what vain things are they! Can you say of any of them, Who shall separate us? You may be removed from pleasant dwellings, and friends, and estates. You may even live to see and seek your parting. At last you must part, for you must die. Then farewell, all this world accounts most valuable. And what hast thou left, poor soul, who hast not Christ, but that which thou wouldest gladly part with, and canst not; the condemning guilt of all thy sins! But the soul that is in Christ, when other things are pulled away, cleaves to Christ, and these separations pain him not. Yea, when death comes, that breaks all other unions, even that of the soul and body, it carries the believer's soul into the nearest union with its beloved Lord Jesus, and the full enjoyment of him for ever.
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