( Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
The first chapter of Romans outlines the true experience to be given to all families who claim to be sons and daughters of God, with special application to fathers and mothers. It sets before the home the pattern of a genuine religious life rather than a mere profession. That experience centers on accountability lived out faithfully and exemplarily in both church and family.
The chapter stands as a solemn warning and charge to those who have failed to obey the truth in righteousness. It calls them to take up the strangely neglected work in the churches and in home life, to seek the Lord, and to awaken to their accountability as faithful, exemplary believers and laborers together with God. The purpose of this awakening is cleansing from every species of iniquity. Mere knowledge of the truth does not cleanse, because cleansing requires the sanctifying grace of God brought into the home. Truth must be believed in a way that sanctifies the heart of the receiver, rather than held as supposed belief while being denied in works.
The first chapter of Romans outlines the true experience to be given to all families who claim to be sons and daughters of God, with special application to fathers and mothers. It sets before the home the pattern of a genuine religious life rather than a mere profession. That experience centers on accountability lived out faithfully and exemplarily in both church and family.
The chapter stands as a solemn warning and charge to those who have failed to obey the truth in righteousness. It calls them to take up the strangely neglected work in the churches and in home life, to seek the Lord, and to awaken to their accountability as faithful, exemplary believers and laborers together with God. The purpose of this awakening is cleansing from every species of iniquity. Mere knowledge of the truth does not cleanse, because cleansing requires the sanctifying grace of God brought into the home. Truth must be believed in a way that sanctifies the heart of the receiver, rather than held as supposed belief while being denied in works.