And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
The verse belongs to the whole first chapter of Romans, which is to be read and weighed and grasped in its particular meaning and given in its full force to families and to ministers and to churches. It declares Jesus to be the Son of God with power by His resurrection from the dead. It belongs to the proof that Jesus is the promised Messiah, whose character and work and treatment fulfilled prophecy in His life and ministry and death, who came from the lineage of Abraham and of David, who fulfilled the meaning of the sacrificial offerings, and who serves as priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
His resurrection vindicated His claims and fulfilled His own prior declaration that He would rise, and it confirmed the faith of His followers and established before people the truth of His Godhead and of His redeemership of the world. His resurrection marked His coming glorification, when at His second coming He will be revealed as Lord of heaven and earth and the rejected stone will be acknowledged as the head of the corner. His resurrection secures the assurance that everyone who believes in Him will have everlasting life. The verse does not declare any other man to be the Son of God, one with Jesus and the Father, and for a man to claim this for himself is not in harmony with wisdom or truth, is not from the Lord, but comes from weariness and weakness of mind.
The phrase about the spirit of holiness shows how holiness and perfect love work in the hearts of those who profess Christ, acting like a refining fire that consumes what is impure and scatters darkness. Obedience brings benefits, and the right use of the physical and mental and moral powers God gives brings an eternal reward, while neglecting or perverting those powers defeats God's purpose and brings misery and dishonor to God. Taken with its chapter, the verse calls for sanctification through belief of the truth, thorough conversion of every family, awakening of fathers and mothers to accountability to God and to their neglected work of home religion, seeking the Lord, and cleansing from every species of iniquity by practical obedience, because the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of those who hold the truth in unrighteousness.
The chapter outlines the true experience for families, especially fathers and mothers who claim to be sons and daughters of God, showing that having names on the church record and claiming to believe the truth and holding knowledge of the truth does not cleanse or make people laborers together with God while works deny the truth. Belief must sanctify the heart of the receiver through sanctifying grace in the home and make believers faithful and exemplary.
The verse belongs to the whole first chapter of Romans, which is to be read and weighed and grasped in its particular meaning and given in its full force to families and to ministers and to churches. It declares Jesus to be the Son of God with power by His resurrection from the dead. It belongs to the proof that Jesus is the promised Messiah, whose character and work and treatment fulfilled prophecy in His life and ministry and death, who came from the lineage of Abraham and of David, who fulfilled the meaning of the sacrificial offerings, and who serves as priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
His resurrection vindicated His claims and fulfilled His own prior declaration that He would rise, and it confirmed the faith of His followers and established before people the truth of His Godhead and of His redeemership of the world. His resurrection marked His coming glorification, when at His second coming He will be revealed as Lord of heaven and earth and the rejected stone will be acknowledged as the head of the corner. His resurrection secures the assurance that everyone who believes in Him will have everlasting life. The verse does not declare any other man to be the Son of God, one with Jesus and the Father, and for a man to claim this for himself is not in harmony with wisdom or truth, is not from the Lord, but comes from weariness and weakness of mind.
The phrase about the spirit of holiness shows how holiness and perfect love work in the hearts of those who profess Christ, acting like a refining fire that consumes what is impure and scatters darkness. Obedience brings benefits, and the right use of the physical and mental and moral powers God gives brings an eternal reward, while neglecting or perverting those powers defeats God's purpose and brings misery and dishonor to God. Taken with its chapter, the verse calls for sanctification through belief of the truth, thorough conversion of every family, awakening of fathers and mothers to accountability to God and to their neglected work of home religion, seeking the Lord, and cleansing from every species of iniquity by practical obedience, because the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of those who hold the truth in unrighteousness.
The chapter outlines the true experience for families, especially fathers and mothers who claim to be sons and daughters of God, showing that having names on the church record and claiming to believe the truth and holding knowledge of the truth does not cleanse or make people laborers together with God while works deny the truth. Belief must sanctify the heart of the receiver through sanctifying grace in the home and make believers faithful and exemplary.