First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Paul thanks God through Jesus Christ for all the believers at Rome because their faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. That thanksgiving is joined with longing to see them to impart some spiritual gift to the end they may be established, that he may be comforted together with them by the mutual faith both of them and him.
The verse belongs to the whole first chapter, which is to be read by all families who claim to be sons and daughters of God, especially fathers and mothers. The chapter outlines a true experience and lays a solemn charge on households having their names on the church record yet failing to be laborers together with God. It calls fathers and mothers to awaken to their strangely neglected work in home life, to meet their accountability as faithful, exemplary believers, and to obey the truth in righteousness. It shows that mere knowledge of the truth and profession of faith will not cleanse from iniquity without sanctifying grace in the home, and that those who claim to believe yet deny the truth in works must become cleansed from every species of iniquity so that belief sanctifies the heart and appears in the life.
The verse shows that God has done wonderful things, making men accountable to use their God-given physical, mental, and moral powers in obedience, with all His commandments and promises, reasonings and remonstrances, invitations and denunciations addressed through mind and conscience to the will. Powers improved and enlarged in cooperation with God for His rich, glorious ends increase happiness in this life and bring an eternal reward. Powers neglected or perverted to wrong use defeat God's purpose, make men miserable, dishonor the Maker, leave them unimpressed by redemption, encourage others by example to disrespect God, His ways and His will, and give an education that is a curse.
The same commendation can be true of Seventh-day Adventists if they abide in Christ by making the Saviour's words a part of their lives and bringing them into daily experience, revealing the virtues of His character and being united in the bonds of Christian fellowship. When God's people are thus united to Christ and to one another, their unity bears evidence to the world that God sent His Son to save men from sin.
Paul thanks God through Jesus Christ for all the believers at Rome because their faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. That thanksgiving is joined with longing to see them to impart some spiritual gift to the end they may be established, that he may be comforted together with them by the mutual faith both of them and him.
The verse belongs to the whole first chapter, which is to be read by all families who claim to be sons and daughters of God, especially fathers and mothers. The chapter outlines a true experience and lays a solemn charge on households having their names on the church record yet failing to be laborers together with God. It calls fathers and mothers to awaken to their strangely neglected work in home life, to meet their accountability as faithful, exemplary believers, and to obey the truth in righteousness. It shows that mere knowledge of the truth and profession of faith will not cleanse from iniquity without sanctifying grace in the home, and that those who claim to believe yet deny the truth in works must become cleansed from every species of iniquity so that belief sanctifies the heart and appears in the life.
The verse shows that God has done wonderful things, making men accountable to use their God-given physical, mental, and moral powers in obedience, with all His commandments and promises, reasonings and remonstrances, invitations and denunciations addressed through mind and conscience to the will. Powers improved and enlarged in cooperation with God for His rich, glorious ends increase happiness in this life and bring an eternal reward. Powers neglected or perverted to wrong use defeat God's purpose, make men miserable, dishonor the Maker, leave them unimpressed by redemption, encourage others by example to disrespect God, His ways and His will, and give an education that is a curse.
The same commendation can be true of Seventh-day Adventists if they abide in Christ by making the Saviour's words a part of their lives and bringing them into daily experience, revealing the virtues of His character and being united in the bonds of Christian fellowship. When God's people are thus united to Christ and to one another, their unity bears evidence to the world that God sent His Son to save men from sin.