And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17

And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17
And the Spirit & the bride say, come...Revelation 22:17 - May We One Day Bow Down In The DUST At HIS FEET ...... {click on blog TITLE at top to refresh page}---QUESTION: ...when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? LUKE 18:8

Monday, October 4, 2021

General Conference 1891 Study of Romans SERIES: 3

 BATTLE CREEK, MICH.,  1891.

BIBLE STUDY.

LETTER TO THE ROMANS

BY ELDER E. J. WAGGONER

 

Chap. 3:1-4. "What advantage then hath the Jew?”—"Chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.” 
 
Abraham was led out from amidst heathenism, from faith to faith,
and his descendants were beloved for their father's sake. 
--To them God committed His truth. 
--They failed to realize what the profit of being a Jew was, and rested confident, in their high profession, with the thought that God must think more of them than any other people. 
-- God had given them the light that they might carry it to others. 
But filled with pride they did not do the work, and God bore with them generation after generation.
 
God has sworn to Abraham, and His promises will be fulfilled, even though men do not believe. Verses 3 and 4
If none are found with the faith of Abraham, God is able of the stones to raise up children unto him. 
God is himself on trial before the universe, and Satan and evil men have always charged him with being unjust and arbitrary; but in the judgment all the universe will say, "Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."
 
Verse 19. "Under the law" ....means in the law, or within its jurisdiction. By this law all the world becomes guilty; no man has any advantage over any other in the sight of the law.
 
Verse 22. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
All men are on a level
The plan of salvation is one of giving and taking; giving on the part
of God
and taking on the part of man
This is offered without money and without price.
--Sometimes we hear people talk as though we must ourselves put on a fairly presentable garment before we can ask for the white raimentBut it is the very need and helplessness of the beggar that recommends him to charity. "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." All men stand on the same level, and offer of mercy is to whosoever will come and partake of the water of life freely. We are "justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." Verse 24.
 
It is to the everlasting credit of the law that it cannot justify the transgressor. The law requires in man the perfect righteousness manifested in the life of Christ. No man ever lived as Christ lived—all are guilty