Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life. I. GOD'S GLORY REQUIRES IT (John 15:8). II. CHRIST'S FULNESS REQUIRES IT. For what purpose has He this fulness, but that He may give it out to us as the root to the branches grafted into it. What we want is faith to draw upon that fulness. There is life, truth, strength, holiness enough in Jesus, to carry us triumphantly through every difficulty; but the stint and straitening is in our own faith. III. THE SPIRIT'S INHABITATION REQUIRES IT. Will God put His Spirit into us, and be content that we should walk at the low rate at which men walk who have no such privileges? "The fruit of the Spirit is love," etc. IV. THE SAINT'S PEACE REQUIRES IT. How much unhappiness we bring upon ourselves by the devious ways we take, the dark paths we wander into, and by the neglect of the means God has provided for our being strengthened and helped, and for our having the joy of the Lord for our strength. (M. Rainsford.) Parallel Verses KJV: But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. |
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