1. THE WAY IN WHICH WE MAY EXPECT THESE BLESSINGS TO BE COMMUNICATED. Joy and peace minister to hope. In ver. III. Many have them who are not saved, for their joy springs from a mistake, and their peace rests upon the sand of their own imaginations. THE BLESSING OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THIS HOPE. PRAYER.1. Because of the wonderful union of His natures. And if a Church be destitute of holiness what effect can it have upon the world? In closing let us remind ourself that God, the God of hope, is the giver of the joy and peace in believing, and the assurance of heaven. Only when we put the colouring matter in at the fountain-head will it tinge every little ripple as it runs. You will never have more life, except as the Holy Ghost bestows it upon you. The Word cannot convert without the Spirit; and, as a rule, the Spirit does not convert without the Word. But there was one instance of creation in which the Spirit was more especially concerned, viz., the formation of the body of Christ. Is He worthy of my trust?" 1. The leaves on the tree prove that the tree is alive, but the absence of leaves will not prove that the tree is dead. All the evidences of the truth of Christianity which can be gathered from analogy, history, and external facts, are nothing whatever compared with the operations of the Spirit of God. 4. Could we suspect the Saviour we should find it difficult to trust Him; but as we cannot imagine a cause for suspecting Him, we feel shut up to believing Him. Remember that the state of suffering, if you must suffer, is the abnormal state, and that a true Christian is a man who is a happy Christian. THE QUICKENING OF SOULS TO SPIRITUAL LIFE. Spurgeon. These are like the floating timber and seeds that Columbus saw the day before he sighted land. Death is a great enemy because it introduces us to eternity which in every human being lives deep within us all, however we may protest that we do not believe in it. 3. This cheerful hope is the Christian's. I cannot save you, but I know my Master can.(C. He is the Advocate of the Church — not with God, for there Christ is our sole Advocate, but with man. 19). The reason is that there is a fire burning inside the one, but the other is untenanted. There is in Him the most stable foundation for the most glorious Lopes to all His rational creatures. H. Spurgeon(text, and ver. If I could have a stock of power all my own apart from the Spirit, I cannot suppose a greater temptation to pride and to living a distance from God.II. We may drink our full of it without surfeit. And when Jesus was gone the master attestation of the Spirit was when He came like a rushing mighty wind, and cloven tongues. Out of an empty basket you cannot distribute loaves and fishes, however hungry the crowd may be. But if he says, "I feel very happy, because I have got an estate in India," that may be right enough. SANCTIFICATION.1. And when Jesus was gone the master attestation of the Spirit was when He came like a rushing mighty wind, and cloven tongues. Because of the evident truthfulness of His character. But if he says, "I feel very happy, because I have got an estate in India," that may be right enough. God removes this by assuring us of His constant presence and guardianship. If professors be not taught of the Spirit their ignorance will breed conceit, pride, unbelief. A. divided Church has long been the scorn of Antichrist.VII. When a man brings you into a chamber vaulted with diamonds, walled with gold, and floored with silver, we should be astonished if he said, "This is a passage to something richer still." (1)The peace of reconciliation with a God offended. 2. It is wonderful how people will recover and see there is still something left. So, too, our fellowship with one another is always produced by the Spirit.2. 1. 5. You will get peace just as the florist gets his flower from the bulb; but you will never get the bulb from the flower. Because of the evident truthfulness of His character. THE FRUIT.1. Very well, then you cannot be an ideal of true Christianity. The works of grace. "God cannot deny Himself." 1. The reason that there is so little real Christian hope is because men do not want God. A. divided Church has long been the scorn of Antichrist.VII. The power of the Holy Ghost is manifested in —I. 3. It does not follow because a man has one leg shorter than the other, and is obliged to limp, that limping is a part of the best state of man. The names of God in the Scriptures emphasize his personality and close relationship with his creatures more than any designations in philosophy or mythology. He was raised by His own majesty and power because He had a right to come out. Is He worthy of my trust?" What more is wanted?" There is such a thing as joy and peace in believing, and some therefore infer that there is such a thing as believing in joy and peace. 2. Sorrow too comes of ignorance. 1. We must ourselves drink of the living water till we are full, and then out of the midst of us shall flow rivers of living water. You say to God, "Thou tellest me to trust Christ and I shall be saved. IV. IN HIS OFFICE OF PARACLETE.1. But you shall have joy and peace while the fighting is going on.2. If the Church is to be happy and holy within herself, and if she is to conquer the world for Christ, she must have the power of the Holy Ghost. Thanks be to Him, He has given us firm ground in the atonement of His Son. But of all these there may be measures and degrees. Our God is a blessed God, so that to believe in Him is to find happiness and rest. To perfect us in holiness. This hope, therefore, is neither painted in water nor written in dust. 15:5) so that amity and concord might prevail among them. And He, who withheld not His own Son, what gift can He deny? But here you put the effect in the place of the cause. But He was raised by the Spirit as to the energy which His mortal frame received (Romans 8:11; 1 Peter 3:18).3. For a time he droops his head despondently, but he is soon ready to make another start. Joy and peace are the element of a Christian, but he is sometimes out of his element. Out of an empty basket you cannot distribute loaves and fishes, however hungry the crowd may be. How often parents with broken hearts have said that. "Such joy and such peace can come only from God." "Thou shalt keep him in perfect peace," etc. And when afterwards Jesus raised the dead, healed the leper, etc., it was done by the power of the Spirit, who dwelt in Him without measure. But there was one instance of creation in which the Spirit was more especially concerned, viz., the formation of the body of Christ. But He is man, and has the requisite tenderness to deal with sinners.2. You cannot get out of the Church what is not in it. Faith is, indeed, the band which grasps the gift; but all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally, in such kind and in such proportion, as He will. The soul, no longer weighed down under the burden of sin, by a holy necessity springs upward. The encouragement is to point us to the source of joy and peace which is found in the hope we have in Christ. 2. In works of witnessing. Joy and peace are the element of a Christian, but he is sometimes out of his element. We begin with two observations —1. (3) Egotistical. What is the hope in which we are to rejoice and abound? All things are his, not in possession, but in prospect. It divides the triumphs of faith, and enters largely into the self-denials and labours of love. Joy and peace are the element of a Christian, but he is sometimes out of his element. In creation works (Job 26:13; Psalm 104:29; Genesis 1:2). Oh, if only we keep hold of Him there can be but little in any future to alarm, and little in any present to disturb or to sadden. Sermon on Romans 15: 13 - HOPE IN CHRIST PAUL has been pressing on us how we should live as believers in Jesus. Charity, of course, has the pre-eminence by every right; but as the grace of our stern probation — hope has its own peculiar pre-eminence. He was raised by the Father, who said, "Loose the Prisoner — let Him go. God is the object of hope. WE MUST LABOUR TO REMOVE THE OBSTACLES WHICH PREVENT OUR FULL ENJOYMENT OF THIS SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS. If there be a scanty supply in the higher reservoirs, there cannot be much overflow in the course of the river through Egypt. How often do great things in the Bible, like the perpetual cycles of nature, begin where they end and end where they begin. It is not by working nor by feeling. The Holy Spirit is our friend and Comforter. "Behold he prayeth" is one of the earliest signs of the new birth. Then they are also without hope. Many a heart would break if the Spirit of God had not comforted it. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive, what things God hath prepared for those who love Him."(J. He is the Advocate of the Church — not with God, for there Christ is our sole Advocate, but with man. Millions of spirits boar witness to the trustworthiness of Christ. These things may be good in themselves; but to rest in them will be your ruin. In works of witnessing. What a deathblow to the carnal expecters of a Mohammedan paradise I God Himself is the true object of hope. THE QUICKENING OF SOULS TO SPIRITUAL LIFE.1. In the resurrection of Christ. Thank God, this is a rare thing. As that gospel rests on an accomplished propitiation, He is "the God of grace," "the Father of mercies"; as it displays its present effects in the soul, He is "the God of peace," and His name of names is love; as it reserves its blessedness for the future, He is "the God of hope," i.e., the Fountain of the entire Christian salvation as it is not yet revealed. Well, I cannot trust Christ, but I can trust my own feeling, and if I felt very happy I could believe that He would save me. Breathe about our wintry chills, scatter our darkness, raise our plane of thought and feeling! Have you ever seen a person filled with delight? He was raised by the Father, who said, "Loose the Prisoner — let Him go. An ignorant Christian is disqualified for great usefulness; but he who is taught of God will teach transgressors God's ways, and sinners shall be converted unto Christ. 3. "He that believeth" must "not make haste." Sinners, there is some hope for you. Scoffers utterly despise professors whose lives contradict their testimonies.V. Thus is it in the great battle of truth. 4. He gives us fellowship with God Himself. II. THE MEASURE IN WHICH THEY MAY BE ENJOYED. The Holy Spirit is our friend and Comforter. THE TEXT MAY BE USED TO CORRECT TWO COMMON AND DANGEROUS ERRORS.1. This He has done by giving us His Word; but the Book, inspired though it be, is never spiritually understood by any man apart from His personal teaching. Dennis Rokser. Yes; but a man who is drowning may say that, but it is no solace to him as the billows close over him. Such is the unavoidable inference from the text. Could we suspect the Saviour we should find it difficult to trust Him; but as we cannot imagine a cause for suspecting Him, we feel shut up to believing Him. III. So if the upper lakes of fellowship with God are not well-filled the Nile of practical Christian service will never rise to the flood. THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF HIS PEOPLE.1. (3) Egotistical. So if the upper lakes of fellowship with God are not well-filled the Nile of practical Christian service will never rise to the flood. Trust God, and it cannot be misplaced, and the vessel can never be swept out of the centre of rest into the hurtling rage of the revolving storm around. 1. We must ourselves drink of the living water till we are full, and then out of the midst of us shall flow rivers of living water. It comes from a faith that yields the affections, the will, the whole life to God. ITS FUTURE AND DESIRED EFFECTS. "It is only a little cold," she says; "I shall soon be strong again." 3. The will. For a time he droops his head despondently, but he is soon ready to make another start. We do not always have joy and peace, but still, in the main, joy and peace are the result of believing. Yes; but a man who is drowning may say that, but it is no solace to him as the billows close over him. Now if this be so, and Christ comes into the world and says, "Trust, and I will save you," He has God to back Him, and the honour of the Trinity is pledged to every soul that comes to Christ.4. 2. Sorrow too comes of ignorance. God is peaceful in Himself. So, too, our fellowship with one another is always produced by the Spirit. Romans 8:16, 17; Hebrews 11:13-16). But in the text He is styled, God of hope; an appellation more significant than either of the other two, and more interesting to us as sinners. He now ends this long section with a word of encouragement. I cannot save you, but I know my Master can.(C. Let your prayer be, "Lord, give me comfort, but give me safety first." II. THOUGH FAITH NATURALLY TENDS TO FILL THE SOUL WITH THE MOST PLEASANT AND DELIGHTFUL FEELINGS, YET EVEN TRUE CHRISTIANS DO NOT ALWAYS FULLY ENJOY THEM.III. Yet the apostle directs us to this fulness of joy and peace that we may by its means reach to something else — "that you may abound in hope," etc. So if we want joy and peace, let us learn that we are too great and too miserable for any but God to give it us. If He will but enlighten the Church thoroughly there will be an end of divisions. So, too, our fellowship with one another is always produced by the Spirit.2. To bring on the latter-day glory.3. Romans 5:13 Miscellaneous Duluth Bible Church. In works of witnessing. Being "justified by faith," our tribulations work patience, our patience experience, our experience hope. Well, I cannot trust Christ, but I can trust my own feeling, and if I felt very happy I could believe that He would save me. 2. This is of very great importance, for sometimes the spirit of slaves creeps over us.2. Why, it is then that you begin the campaign. He is as much delighted with the prospect of triumphant grace as any of us can be. 4. The hope which God excites is a hope worthy of Him. He, too, welcomes the era when his fair dominions shall not he defiled with sin. For the peace and joy that God gives bear witness in themselves to their own immortality. The hope here mentioned, arises, not out of believing, but out of the joy created in us by our having believed. Half of the heresy in the Church of God is not wilful error, but error which springs of not submitting the mind to the light of the Holy Ghost. 13, where the apostle attributes the power to be filled with joy and peace in believing, and to abound in hope, to the Holy Ghost. It is such a beautiful expression. "Through the power of the Holy Ghost." Now these are very hard to affect. Why, it is then that you begin the campaign. It is a peace which is strengthened as we deepen our understanding and appreciation of all the blessings we have in Christ. That of turning the text upside down. Few are atheists in theory, but many are such in their feelings. The Romans had a god of hope, but the temple was struck by lightning, and afterwards burned to the ground. 19). 13, where the apostle attributes the power to be filled with joy and peace in believing, and to abound in hope, to the Holy Ghost. It might be optional whether He should give to us a ground of hope or not; but having given us cause to hope, it is no longer an option whether such a hope shall be fulfilled. As soon as a person is saved, one of the earliest evidences of spiritual life is a great battle within. He has given His Son for the redemption of mankind, and His Spirit's influence. How much of religion is done as if it were performed by an automaton, or ground off by machinery.3. Let your prayer be, "Lord, give me comfort, but give me safety first." 1. He is peaceful in His working. And when afterwards Jesus raised the dead, healed the leper, etc., it was done by the power of the Spirit, who dwelt in Him without measure. You have broken the alabaster vase; you may preserve the fragments, but you cannot make it whole again. But the power of the Church outside, to be aggressive, is this same energy (ver. Read full chapter. SANCTIFICATION.1. 13, where the apostle attributes the power to be filled with joy and peace in believing, and to abound in hope, to the Holy Ghost. )Our urgent need of the Holy SpiritC. Only by dwelling in harmony could it produce its proper fruits. Scripture: Romans 15:30–31. ITS FUTURE AND DESIRED EFFECTS. "In believing." Joy cries hosanna before the Well-beloved, but peace leans her head on His bosom. Wherefore, "He is able to save to the uttermost. You tread upon the wild flower in the field, and for a time it is crushed; but ere the next morning comes, when the dew is on the grass, it stands erect again. What would everything else be without this? Could we suspect the Saviour we should find it difficult to trust Him; but as we cannot imagine a cause for suspecting Him, we feel shut up to believing Him. The imagination. Faith and hope are so inseparable that their only scriptural definition makes them all but identical (Hebrews 11:1); and they are one in this that their objects are invisible (Romans 8:25). The power of the Church for external work will be proportionate to the power within. Some try the plan of scrupulous observance of all religious ceremonies. Surely the heart is broken when hope is gone. And when Jesus was gone the master attestation of the Spirit was when He came like a rushing mighty wind, and cloven tongues. 1. Out of an empty basket you cannot distribute loaves and fishes, however hungry the crowd may be. The Christian hope is a sure and certain hope. Breathe about our wintry chills, scatter our darkness, raise our plane of thought and feeling! Do we find persons professing faith in Christ, and yet living drearily? An ignorant Christian is disqualified for great usefulness; but he who is taught of God will teach transgressors God's ways, and sinners shall be converted unto Christ.III. "joy and peace in believing.". An ignorant Christian is disqualified for great usefulness; but he who is taught of God will teach transgressors God's ways, and sinners shall be converted unto Christ.III. "Rejoice evermere," etc. THOUGH FAITH NATURALLY TENDS TO FILL THE SOUL WITH THE MOST PLEASANT AND DELIGHTFUL FEELINGS, YET EVEN TRUE CHRISTIANS DO NOT ALWAYS FULLY ENJOY THEM.III. The Christian needs two kinds of perfection-of justification in the person of Jesus, of sanctification by the Holy Spirit. When our right to our inheritance is challenged, we may examine again the title-deeds; but it is not in the law courts that we learn to prize our possessions. The will. Savile, M.A.I. To trust Christ because you just feel happy is —(1) Irrational. The Word of God is "the sword of the Spirit"; it is that by which He works. It is a good sign that the spring is come, that the weather is warm; but there are mild days in winter. Perfectly distinct as these agencies are, yet their joint operation issues in the same result. This hope drinks its life at the fountain of personal experience. Sermons.com provides sermon illustrations, sermons, powerpoint and worship resources, and children's sermons & bulletins. THE TEXT MAY BE USED TO CORRECT TWO COMMON AND DANGEROUS ERRORS.1. The nature of the enjoyment. God removes this by the application of the sacrifice of Christ. It is the law of Christ's vineyard that none shall work therein till first of all they know the flavour of the fruits which grow in the sacred enclosure. If we have the Spirit of God amongst us, and conversions are constantly being wrought, the Holy Spirit is thus fulfilling His advocacy, and refuting all accusers. Many a heart would break if the Spirit of God had not comforted it. He is God, and whatever God undertakes He is able to accomplish. The Holy Spirit is absolutely needful to make everything that we do to be alive. That is not the promise. There is no promise of peace and joy to them. Romans 15:1-7. From the roof of one the snow has disappeared, while the other is still covered with it. Holiness is the entirety of our manhood fully consecrated to the Lord and moulded to His will. 19). 19): —1. Sorrow too comes of ignorance. Hope is strengthened by the habits of endurance and resistance. So, too, our fellowship with one another is always produced by the Spirit.2. If a man should say, "I have got a large estate in India, because I feel so happy in thinking about it," that is no proof whatever. If He delegates a portion of it to His creatures, yet still it is His power. E.g. If He delegates a portion of it to His creatures, yet still it is His power. Because He rose again from the dead, and now He ever liveth to make intercession for us. One position is intensely legalistic and structured, and if you do not agree … Let our cry be, "Come, Holy Sprat, come. The power of the Church for external work will be proportionate to the power within. It is a remedy for present ills, a foretaste of coming bliss. H. (1)Then you never need distrust the power of God to carry you to heaven. This is our infirmity and our sin. )A cheerful hopeJ. To perfect us in holiness. We are sowers, but if we take dead seed in our seed-basket there will never be a harvest. The strength or weakness of a nation's exchequer affects its army in its every march, and in like manner its measure of grace influences the Church of God in all its actions. To trust Christ because you just feel happy is —(1) Irrational. To what end? The strength of a Church may pretty accurately be gauged by her prayerfulness. 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