Expositions of Holy Scripture

뵌*Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans
Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V), by Alexander Maclaren This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)
Author: Alexander Maclaren
Release Date: October 5, 2004 [EBook #13601]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE ***

Produced by Charles Franks, John Hagerson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D., Litt. D.
ROMANS CORINTHIANS _(To II Corinthians, Chap. V)_

EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D., Litt. D.
ROMANS

CONTENTS
THE WITNESS OF THE RESURRECTION (Romans i. 4, R.V.)
PRIVILEGE AND OBLIGATION (Romans i. 7)
PAUL'S LONGING (Romans i. 11, 12)
DEBTORS TO ALL MEN (Romans i. 14)
THE GOSPEL THE POWER OF GOD (Romans i. 16)
WORLD-WIDE SIN AND WORLD-WIDE REDEMPTION (Romans iii. 19-26)
NO DIFFERENCE (Romans iii. 22)
'LET US HAVE PEACE' (Romans v. 1, R.V.)
ACCESS INTO GRACE (Romans v. 2)
THE SOURCES OF HOPE (Romans v. 2-4)
A THREEFOLD CORD (Romans v. 5)
WHAT PROVES GOD'S LOVE (Romans v. 8)
THE WARRING QUEENS (Romans v. 21)
'THE FORM OF TEACHING' (Romans vi. 17)
'THY FREE SPIRIT' (Romans viii. 2)
CHRIST CONDEMNING SIN (Romans viii. 8)
THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT (Romans viii. 16)
SONS AND HEIRS (Romans viii. 17)
SUFFERING WITH CHRIST, A CONDITION OF GLORY WITH CHRIST (Romans viii. 17)
THE REVELATION OF SONS (Romans viii. 19)
THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY (Romans viii. 23)
THE INTERCEDING SPIRIT (Romans viii. 26)
THE GIFT THAT BRINGS ALL GIFTS (Romans viii. 32)
MORE THAN CONQUERORS (Romans viii. 37)
LOVE'S TRIUMPH (Romans viii. 38, 39)
THE SACRIFICE OF THE BODY (Romans xii. 1)
TRANSFIGURATION (Romans xii. 2)
SOBER THINKING (Romans xii. 3)
MANY AND ONE (Romans xii. 4, 5)
GRACE AND GRACES (Romans xii. 6-8)
LOVE THAT CAN HATE (Romans xii. 9, 10, R.V.)
A TRIPLET OF GRACES (Romans xii. 11)
ANOTHER TRIPLET OF GRACES (Romans xii. 12)
STILL ANOTHER TRIPLET (Romans xii. 13-15)
STILL ANOTHER TRIPLET (Romans xii. 16, R.V.)
STILL ANOTHER TRIPLET (Romans xii. 17, 18, R.V.)
STILL ANOTHER TRIPLET (Romans xii. 19-21)
LOVE AND THE DAY (Romans xiii. 8-14)
SALVATION NEARER (Romans xiii. 11)
THE SOLDIER'S MORNING-CALL (Romans xiii. 12)
THE LIMITS OF LIBERTY (Romans xiv. 12-23)
TWO FOUNTAINS, ONE STREAM (Romans xv. 4, 13)
JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING (Romans xv. 13)
PHOEBE (Romans xvi. 1, 2, R.V.)
PRISCILLA AND AQUILA (Romans xvi. 3-5)
TWO HOUSEHOLDS (Romans xvi. 10,11)
TRYPHENA AND TRYPHOSA (Romans xvi. 12)
PERSIS (Romans xvi. 12)
A CRUSHED SNAKE (Romans xvi. 20)
TERTIUS (Romans xvi. 22, R.V.)
QUARTUS A BROTHER (Romans xvi. 23)

THE WITNESS OF THE RESURRECTION
'Declared to be the Son of God with power, ... by the resurrection of the dead.'--ROMANS i. 4 (R.V.).
It is a great mistake to treat Paul's writings, and especially this Epistle, as mere theology. They are the transcript of his life's experience. As has been well said, the gospel of Paul is an interpretation of the significance of the life and work of Jesus based upon the revelation to him of Jesus as the risen Christ. He believed that he had seen Jesus on the road to Damascus, and it was that appearance which revolutionised his life, turned him from a persecutor into a disciple, and united him with the Apostles as ordained to be a witness with them of the Resurrection. To them all the Resurrection of Jesus was first of all a historical fact appreciated chiefly in its bearing on Him. By degrees they discerned that so transcendent a fact bore in itself a revelation of what would become the experience of all His followers beyond the grave, and a symbol of the present life possible for them. All three of these aspects are plainly declared in Paul's writings. In our text it is chiefly the first which is made prominent. All that distinguishes Christianity; and makes it worth believing, or mighty, is inseparably connected with the Resurrection.
I. The Resurrection of Christ declares His Sonship.
Resurrection and Ascension are inseparably connected. Jesus does not rise to share again in the ills and weariness of humanity. Risen, 'He dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him.' 'He died unto sin once'; and His risen humanity had nothing in it on which physical death could lay hold. That He should from some secluded dimple on Olivet ascend before the gazing disciples until the bright cloud, which was the symbol of the Divine Presence, received Him out of their sight, was but the end of the process which began unseen in morning twilight. He laid aside the garments of the grave and passed out of the sepulchre which was made sure by the great stone rolled against its mouth. The grand avowal of faith in His Resurrection loses meaning, unless it is completed as Paul completed his