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If the Holy Ghost has never made Christ precious to you, you know nothing about Him.3. And then comes the triumphant answer, after all the possible obstacles and enemies have been mentioned one by one, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through Him that loved us." R. Bickersteth.I. The children of God they are led on by His spirit in this. THE RESULTS OF OUR BEING "SONS OF GOD."1. (2) To safety. )The happiness of the sons of GodJ. "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace."6. (1) By unfolding the meaning of the written Word. (e)So as to make further progress in the way. But this must not be. the Spirit leads us to the protection of Jesus. viii. 9). 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God. By nature we are all God's children, and cannot cease to be so. In the Greek there are two terms for "leading." Samuel Rutherford used to counsel his friends to "take a turn" round their estate. A. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth, October 11. Lyth, D.D.I. THEIR SPIRIT is 1. Every man is led by some spirit; one by a spirit of error (1 Timothy 4:1), another by the spirit of giddiness (Isaiah 19:14), another by the spirit of bondage, another by the spirit of the world (1 Corinthians 2:12), and all, besides, by the unclean spirit. --ROMANS viii. Nothing can sever us from his love.Dictionary of Bible ThemesRomans 8:143212Holy Spirit, and mission3263Holy Spirit, guidance5738sons7026church, leadershipRomans 8:1-176661freedom, and lawRomans 8:5-143254Holy Spirit, fruit of5832desire6746sanctification, means and resultsRomans 8:5-175345influenceRomans 8:11-148311morality, and redemptionRomans 8:11-168164spiritualityRomans 8:12-156106addictionRomans 8:12-172424gospel, promises7449slavery, spiritualRomans 8:13-148255fruit, spiritual8443growthRomans 8:13-163278Holy Spirit, indwelling4018life, spiritualRomans 8:13-172078Christ, sonship of5110Paul, teaching ofRomans 8:14-156610adoption, descriptionsRomans 8:14-165017heart, renewalRomans 8:14-171040God, fatherhood3203Holy Spirit, and assurance3215Holy Spirit, and peace6704peace, divine NT6710privileges8205childlikenessRomans 8:14-188106assurance, nature ofRomans 8:14-197115children of GodLibraryDecember 18:December 18th. There are times when He presses us forward into prayer, into service, into suffering, into new experiences, new duties, new claims of faith, and hope, and love, but there are times when He arrests us in our activity, and rests us under His overshadowing wing, and quiets us in the secret place of the Most High, teaching us some new lessons, breathing Rev. Do not confound with it transient emotions, occasional convictions, fitful resolutions, and short-lived periods of a reformation of life.4. "All things are yours." At another time a proper thing comes upon you strongly that it is to be done at once, and for some reason you cannot shake off the impression. A work of inward influence and sweet secret suasion of all our moral being. And one very considerable article of Divine wisdom and goodness lies in the providential ordering affairs so as to serve the purposes of grace; not exempting good men altogether from temptations, but so restraining, limiting, and governing the temptations, that they shall not press harder, or continue longer, than may best answer the design of God's permitting them.III. What it is to be led by the Spirit of God. If only one action apart from the Spirit were suffered to run to its full results, it would ruin us. V)LinksRomans 8:14 NIVRomans 8:14 NLTRomans 8:14 ESVRomans 8:14 NASBRomans 8:14 KJVRomans 8:14 Bible AppsRomans 8:14 ParallelRomans 8:14 Biblia ParalelaRomans 8:14 Chinese BibleRomans 8:14 French BibleRomans 8:14 German BibleRomans 8:14 CommentariesBible Hub, (e)So as to make further progress in the way. And then comes the triumphant answer, after all the possible obstacles and enemies have been mentioned one by one, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through Him that loved us." viii. But more: He leads us from an opposite extreme of self from a despairing view of our personal sinfulness. "(3) He may come to God with the confidence of a child. He knows the path to heaven all its intricacies and dangers: the sunken rock, the treacherous quicksand, the concealed pit, the subtle snare, the windings, and intricacy, and straitness of the way. We have already seen the first work of the Spirit in Romans 5:5. Not in the paths where the garments will be defiled; not into the scenes of worldly dissipation and amusement, but often through many obstacles (1)To the Cross, where they find rest to their souls. V)Suffering with Christ, a Condition of Glory with Christ'Joint heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.' (3) Be willing to follow the motions of the Spirit. He is not a servile Spirit, but the Spirit of the Son, and therefore sent into sons. "They are the sons of God." This distinction between sonship and servantship runs through all that pertains to a Christian's obedience.(Bp. (2)Obedience to God's will. He fights under the eye of the Captain of his salvation. Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" He is "led by the Spirit of God."1. Whenever you see a man fanatical and wild, whatever spirit is in him it is not the Spirit of Christ.III. It never can be any better. Men speak of the Spirit as a mere influence, an effect of the outgoing of Divine energy. This word, as many, it carries each of these latitudes in it. Certain.(J. (3) In so far as sonship involves the idea of exaltation, power, blessing, etc., the indwelling of the Spirit is the immediate source of all these distinctions.IV. These appear chiefly either in checks of conscience dissuading us from evil, or in godly motions, inciting us to what is right and good. 14, 16).3. "How may I get a good bargain, enjoy myself, be revenged on my enemy?" A spiritual man is not so much a man possessing a strong spiritual character as a man filled with the Holy Spirit. Grace, though it be in all one for substance, yet it is not in all one for modification, for the ordering and disposing of it. (4) Progressively, from grace to grace and virtue to virtue, whereas passion goes by sudden flashes. THEIR CHARACTER. viii. The Spirit is the one who gives them life, despite the mortality of their present bodies (8:10-11). His love to us is infinite (Psalm 103:13); what return do we make? viii. Thirdly, they are members of Christ. If you are led by the Spirit of God then you are most certainly a son of God.(C. He leads them, while they think little of themselves, to think much of Jesus. As to our judging of our whole conduct, and whether, or how far we are conducted by the Holy Spirit, we have a safe rule to go by God's commandments (1 John 3:24; Galatians 5:22-25).IV. They pray for that influence.4. viii. viii. God Himself is His greatest gift. Their liberty. You may train it by the most approved methods, you may set before it the brightest examples, you may pipe to it or mourn to it, treat it with encouragement or severity; its nature will always be incorrigibly the same. He seems at first sight to add in these words of our text another condition to those already specified, namely, that of suffering with Christ. Do not confound with it transient emotions, occasional convictions, fitful resolutions, and short-lived periods of a reformation of life.4. That is the mistake many of you are making. We must submit to, and have full faith in, the guidance of the Spirit.(C. On the other hand, truth is like a closed chamber to the unregenerate man.4. Adoption is the taking and treating a stranger as one's own child. "As Many as are Led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God" (Rom. If I find a child of God mixing with the ungodly, using their speech, and doing their actions, I am persuaded the Holy Ghost never led him there. T he Redemption of the soul is precious. If the Spirit leads us it is to govern and control our Words and actions (Titus 2:10-15; Isaiah 48:17, 18; Galatians 5:16-25; 1 John 3:1-10).2. 9). HIS PRESENT CONDITION. He makes us so. Heirship. 12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh: 13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. And as for his privileges in eternity, "Eye hath not seen" etc.,(Bp. They pray for that influence.4. The various sciences have distinct nomenclatures which they who are not initiated do not understand. 4). The stars, the birds, the flowers, are God's creatures.2. And lastly, it should very much persuade and prevail with Christians to mutual love and charity to one another, forasmuch as they are all led by the same common Spirit. Certain.(J. Those who are in Christ are free from condemnation.5. (1) There must be the having of the Spirit before there can be the leading of the Spirit. 1. Judgment (John 16:13), i.e., into all saving and necessary truths; so as to free us from gross ignorance and error.2. By hearing His Word? "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free" (Rom. R. The Spirit causes every true-born son of God to burn with love to the rest of the family. "If ye, through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live" (Rom. The world is converted into a vast school for the benefit of the Church, as the wilderness was when God brought His people out of Egypt (Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 32:10).5. An active and progressive, not a passive and stationary life.2. Unquestionable.III. (6) To glory. "Well, but," say you, "will He?" 3. There is 1. 1. 3. The stars, the birds, the flowers, are God's creatures.2. Secondly, by the goodness of the ways themselves in which we converse, we find these two joined together (Ezekiel 36:27, 28). (2) The first leading of the Spirit must be had before the secondary leading. (4) Depends on His provision, expecting such patrimony as He shall bestow upon him, and waiting for it patiently. viii. the Spirit leads us to the tender love of Jesus. viii. Bible > Romans > Chapter 8 > Verse 14 Library Free Downloads eBibles Romans 8:14 He who will watch for providences shall never want a providence to watch. He feels a parent's sympathy for us, and He fulfils all a parent's duty. He leads (1) In a right way, the way of God's commandments. All God's children are heirs, as all are partakers of the Divine nature. (3) In so far as sonship involves the idea of exaltation, power, blessing, etc., the indwelling of the Spirit is the immediate source of all these distinctions. (a) We are treading, as it were, upon the margin of eternity, and in an instant we might be summoned to stand before the bar of judgment. Thorough. Are we sad and desolate? Strutt.I. He knows His own work in the soul All its light and shade, its depressions and revivings, its assaults and victories, are vivid to His eye. The world is converted into a vast school for the benefit of the Church, as the wilderness was when God brought His people out of Egypt (Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 32:10).5. Men are the special creation of God; may have a special resemblance to Him; may have affection, not fear; may cry "Abba, Father."II. THE PEOPLE OF GOD CHERISH AND ENJOY THE INFLUENCE OF THE SPIRIT, AND THEREBY EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD. Not on Sundays only, nor alone at periods set apart for prayer, but during every minute of every hour of every day. And one very considerable article of Divine wisdom and goodness lies in the providential ordering affairs so as to serve the purposes of grace; not exempting good men altogether from temptations, but so restraining, limiting, and governing the temptations, that they shall not press harder, or continue longer, than may best answer the design of God's permitting them.III. )PeoplePaul, RomansPlacesRomeTopicsGod's, Guided, Led, Sons, SpiritOutline1. It implies following the Spirit (1) As a guide for the intellect seeking light in prayer, and humbly searching the inspired Scriptures. HOW ARE WE TO BECOME SONS OF GOD. Now, if all this be the case we need a leader such as the Spirit of God.2. Heirship. The second is the communication of this property to a diversity and plurality of persons "As many as are led." "The sons of God." )The sons of GodJ. He would always lead them, but, alas, there are times when they will not be led. Dwelling in that heart He knows where wisely to supply a cheek, or gently to administer a rebuke, or tenderly to whisper a promise, or sympathetically, to soothe a sorrow, or effectually to aid an incipient resolve, or strengthen a wavering purpose, or confirm a fluctuating hope.II. Note that the Spirit "leads." If you receive Are we weary? "So many as are led," etc. (2) And our way is encompassed with peril. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fourth Sunday after Trinity Consolation in Suffering, and Patience. O grave, where is thy victory? If you are proud, covetous, lustful after worldly gain, false in your statements, and unjust in your actions, the Holy Ghost never led you there. (e)So as to make further progress in the way. THE QUALIFICATION. They are joint heirs with Christ, and the time shall come when they shall enter upon a heavenly and immortal inheritance. Some of you say: "It is not possible for me to be good; no man ever was perfect, and it is no use for me to try." viii. A. V)Suffering with Christ, a Condition of Glory with Christ'Joint heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.' The leadership of the Spirit must be regarded as the influence which is thus exerted over the souls of men, and freely yielded to by them. )The sons of God led by the Spirit of GodC. A. We have an Advocate with the Father, who prays for us at God's right hand; but the Holy Spirit is the Advocate within, who prays in us, inspiring our petitions and presenting them, through Christ, to God. Text: Romans 8, 18-22. It is God who justifies. He feels a parent's sympathy for us, and He fulfils all a parent's duty. No, it is no such matter; there are multitudes and varieties of them. T he passions of joy or grief, of admiration or gratitude, are moderate when we are able to find words which fully describe their emotions. Loving.II. (2) To safety. )The sons of GodP. Restoration of the love of God in our hearts. Everlasting life and all the glory it There are inward monitions which are to be devoutly obeyed, guidances mysterious, which must be implicitly followed. If you are a child of God you will be led by the Spirit.3. This is the work of the Holy Spirit, and when you really yield yourself to the death, it is delightful to find how sweetly He can slay you. A. And if, upon reflection, we find that what we are inwardly dissuaded from is really evil, or what we are inwardly prompted to is really good, then may we safely and justly ascribe such motions to the Holy Spirit of God. T he Christian soldier may with the greatest propriety, be said to war a good warfare (I Timothy 1:18) . Our Lord, taking His leave of His disciples, consigned them, as it were, over to the care and guidance of the Holy Ghost (John 16:13), who would guide them into all truth, and abide with them and the Church for ever (John 14:16; Acts 1:5-8). Where we find the same operations we may conclude there are the same principles. But sometimes it happens that a person may be under the influence of unperceived prejudices, or passions, which warp him to a side. There are many signs besides the one here mentioned, as (1) Every child is like His Father, It is not so in carnal generation always. affirmations, as important as they are, don't make children. To pray that the Spirit of God may alway dwell with us, and to take care to avoid all such practices as may offend the Holy Spirit.3. 14). John Henry JowettMy Daily Meditation for the Circling YearSons and Heirs'If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.' The whole Scripture is given by inspiration of God: and they who thankfully John NewtonMessiah Vol. The world is converted into a vast school for the benefit of the Church, as the wilderness was when God brought His people out of Egypt (Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 32:10).5. 19. (2) The first leading of the Spirit must be had before the secondary leading. 2). Are we sorrowful? A true son will let God have His way.III. God takes great delight in being loved.3. If they be not led by His Spirit, whatever they be else, they are none of His children. They pray for that influence.4. By the Spirit sinners not merely become children of God, but followers.1. e. Ga 5:18. f. Ro 8:16 Ro 8:19 Ro 9:8 Ro B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth October 21. "The carnal mind is enmity against God" (Rom. Now this is considerable with a double reference, either first of all to our first conversion; or, secondly, to our following conversation. He who will watch for providences shall never want a providence to watch. They render the obedience of children.5. There is a sublime and wonderful mutual possession of which Scripture speaks much wherein the Lord is the inheritance of Israel, and Israel is the inheritance of the Lord. "So many as are led," etc. Fatherhood of God by the testimony of the Spirit. J. S. Bird, B.A.I. --ROMANS viii. (a)Inward peace and comfort. (3)A single eye to God's glory.II. These forces are all around, and if yielded to would quickly swamp us. Heirship. This appears to be so in regard of the same effects, which it works in several persons. THE CONNECTION OF THIS QUALIFICATION WITH THE PRIVILEGE. THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE SPIRIT FOR THIS GUIDANCE.1. "The Carnal Mind is Enmity against God" (Rom. There is the leading and guiding of the Spirit, which is requisite and necessary for Christians in each of these conditions. THE CONDITION ON WHICH WE ARE "SONS OF GOD."1. The grace of true devotion, attended with deep compunction of heart (ver. THE DESCRIPTION. Galatians 4:4-8 NASB Terrible experiences cannot do it. WHAT IS IT TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT?1. 14, 16).3. It is not by a miraculous or abnormal operation, directing what text the eye shall fall upon. 21). Hence the expressions "Spirit of God" and "Spirit of Christ" and "Holy Spirit" are often used as equivalent. IIIEighth Sunday after Trinity Living in the Spirit as God's Children. His presence is not discerned by mystic signs: we do not see it in a burning bush or in cloven tongues of fire, we do not hear it in a mighty rushing wind, or in a still small voice; but as we do not sea the air above us, nor even hear it in the calm of summer, yet we perceive its existence by the gentle stirring of the trees, the strong flight of birds, the slow sailing of great clouds; so the unseen and silent Spirit reveals His presence by the life He brings, the influence He exerts.2. Every man is led by some spirit; one by a spirit of error (1 Timothy 4:1), another by the spirit of giddiness (Isaiah 19:14), another by the spirit of bondage, another by the spirit of the world (1 Corinthians 2:12), and all, besides, by the unclean spirit. THE NATURE OF THIS SONSHIP.1. And as there are two New Testament terms in the original, to signify two kinds of leading, so there are two to signify children. We cannot explain His mode of operation, but probably it is somewhat in the same way in which our spirits operate upon other men's spirits. First, take it indefinitely. If you are proud, covetous, lustful after worldly gain, false in your statements, and unjust in your actions, the Holy Ghost never led you there. What it is to be led by the Spirit of God. was beforehand decreed from God.38. He fights under the eye of the Captain of his salvation. There is one only-begotten Son of God, becoming also the Son of man, born of Mary, our humanity being for ever taken up into His Divinity and glorified by it. Every man is led by some spirit; one by a spirit of error (1 Timothy 4:1), another by the spirit of giddiness (Isaiah 19:14), another by the spirit of bondage, another by the spirit of the world (1 Corinthians 2:12), and all, besides, by the unclean spirit. We have an Advocate with the Father, who prays for us at God's right hand; but the Holy Spirit is the Advocate within, who prays in us, inspiring our petitions and presenting them, through Christ, to God. Mine is not "the spirit of bondage." They have 1. )The sons of GodP. The methods are various meditation, personal affliction, the prayers of Christians, some sermon, etc.3. An active and progressive, not a passive and stationary life.2. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth June 1. 15).4. Indefinitely, if they be led by God's Spirit, they are His children, let them be who they will be. An interest in God Himself, and in His promises, mercies, etc.3. Peculiar love. They who were before merely creatures and servants, or children only as by creation, become children in a new and profounder way. (a)As for his actions, he dares not do anything wilfully that would displease Him (Malachi 1:6). the Spirit leads us to the sympathy of Jesus. 1. Illuminating or enlightening grace, inasmuch as He instils good thoughts and salutary instructions; opening the understanding to receive them (Psalm 19:18; Acts 16:14). leading us. (5) To life, whereas other spirits, the flesh included, lead to death.III. 17). So the apostle said: "Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you." It is inconsistent with the honour that belongs, and with the love that we owe, to the Spirit. viii. But filial disposition. Our trials will be turned to helps; our enemies will be taken prisoners and made to fight our battles. The knowledge of the truth not by inspiration or revelation, but illumination.2. 1. And how unspeakably wealthy are the implications of the great word! Thirdly, inclination, or bowing of the will and affections to close and comply with such truths and motions which are apprehended. His love to us is infinite (Psalm 103:13); what return do we make? And how unspeakably wealthy are the implications of the great word! A contrast with the leading of the spirit of the world, which conducts so many astray.4. The leadership of the Spirit must be regarded as the influence which is thus exerted over the souls of men, and freely yielded to by them. It is the pledge of the highest glory.(P. Strutt. We ought to be led by the Spirit in little things as well as in great. Mr. Pitt was once taken by Wilberforce to hear William Cecil; that statesman listened attentively, and when he was retiring, upon being asked by his friend how he liked the statements he had heard, the honest answer was, that he could not understand one single sentence. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. From whence we may observe this much, that this being led and acted and guided by the Spirit of God, it is not only the property of one or two particular persons, who are singular and alone by themselves, but it is the condition of a whole society and generation of men. We have heard how Paul comforts the Christians in their sufferings, pointing them to the future inconceivable and eternal glory to be revealed in us in the world to come; and how he has, for our greater consolation, reminded us that the whole creation as one being suffers in company with the Christian Church. As the "Spirit of holiness," it is his aim to deepen the impress of the restored image of God in the soul, to increase our happiness by making us more holy, and to advance our holiness by making us more like God. He who is led does not lead. WHITHER DOES THE SPIRIT OF GOD LEAD THE SONS OF GOD?1. 3. Is witnessed by the Divine Spirit.7. A claim to eternal glory (Colossians 1:12; Matthew 25:34). They may bruise my skin, John Henry JowettMy Daily Meditation for the Circling YearMay the Twenty-Eighth the Sons of God"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God." They are wilful and headstrong, and start aside.2. If no light comes from thence kneel down and pray. Say what we will about universal charity, we love our children with a special love.4. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth August 4. the Spirit leads us to the blood of Jesus. But you must try your spiritual sonship by this rule your Heavenly Father is holy (1 Peter 1:15, 16), merciful, righteous, slow to anger, abhors all manner of evil; are we like that, or the reverse? 2-4; 143:10). Peculiar love. He fights under the eye of the Captain of his salvation. Loving.II. Lyth, D.D.1. THE RESULTS OF OUR BEING "SONS OF GOD."1. Child of God, the Spirit must lead you in everything.3. And if a son, then heir! This distinction between sonship and servantship runs through all that pertains to a Christian's obedience.(Bp. V), Suffering with Christ, a Condition of Glory with Christ'Joint heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.' In the Greek there are two terms for "leading." )The character and privileges of true ChristiansClerical World.I. "The glorious liberty of the children of God" (Rom. (a) We are treading, as it were, upon the margin of eternity, and in an instant we might be summoned to stand before the bar of judgment. "As many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God" (Rom. He who will watch for providences shall never want a providence to watch. THEIR PRIVILEGES. What inducements are there to excite men to attain and live under this leading? The leadership of the Spirit must be regarded as the influence which is thus exerted over the souls of men, and freely yielded to by them.

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