Sermon fifteen: The Epistle to the Romans - Chapter Eight: 12-27
“So, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, that we may live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if you […]
“So, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, that we may live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if you […]
The apostle went on to another subject, while leaving the subject of salvation as a given, contenting himself with what he had shown us. This subject
“For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin” (Romans 7:14). 1 - And because the Apostle Paul said:
After he finished speaking about the practical moral teachings, we find him returning once again to the faith teachings, saying: “Or do you not know, O you who believe?”
“I speak humanly because of the weakness of your body. For just as you presented your bodies as slaves to uncleanness, and to iniquity for unrighteousness, so now present your members as slaves
“For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, then we will also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection” (Romans 6:5). 1 - This is what I said
“So what do we say about remaining in sin so that grace may abound?” God forbid” (Romans 6:1). The Messenger begins here by talking about moral behavior
” من أجل ذلك كأنما بإنسان واحد دخلت الخطية إلى العالم وبالخطية الموت وهكذا اجتاز الموت إلى جميع الناس إذ
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). 1- What does the phrase mean?
But it was not written for his sake alone that it was reckoned to him as righteousness, but for our sakes also, to whom it will be reckoned as righteousness.
1 - “What shall we say then, that our father Abraham has come into being according to the flesh?” (Romans 4:1). After he said that the world has become
“What then are we (as Jews) better? Not at all. For we have already accused both Jews and Greeks of being under sin, as it is written,