And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
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… is that Jesus' love for him compelled him forward. he goes on because we judge thus if one died for all then all die and if he died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died and rose again that word compel it means to literally hold together i love that to compress or to arrest it means to hold like a prisoner paul says it's the love of christ that lays hold of me and that's why I live for him. That's why my life is lived the way it is. That's why I pursue the souls of those who are lost. That's why I love all my brothers and sisters in Christ. That's why I live my life. The love of Christ has arrested me. It was the love of Jesus for Paul that held him together and took him captive. It was not merely duty for Paul. It was devotion and that's the key. And if you take nothing from today but that, it would be sufficient. …
then you will never be happy until you do know—and you will not be able, I think, to give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids till, in answer to my question, "To whom do you belong?" you can say, "I belong to Christ. He has bought me with His blood and I am His in life and shall be His in death—and His throughout eternity." This is a question of a very practical character. We are sometimes told that we preach upon subjects which do not concern the ordinary race of men. Secularism comes and tells us that we are dealing with another life, when we ought to be teaching people what is proper to be done in thislife. Yes, but that is a mistake, for there is nothing more practical for daily life than true religion—and this question is one of the practical ones which true religion suggests! Remember, dear Friends, to whomever you belong, you are quite sure to serve your master. If you belong to Satan, I know that you will do Satan's work. Perhaps you will do it in his uniform and there is some sort of honesty in that. Perhaps you will curse, and swear, drink and so on—that is serving Satan in Satan's uniform. But it is just possible that you will do Satan's work in Christ's uniform! You may wear the cross on your arm and yet, for all that, there may be a devil in your heart, like some of the old inns we have read of which had the sign of an angel outside, but they served the devil within. Doubtless there are many men of this sort nowadays. If you are Satan's, you will serve Satan. But if you are Christ's, you will serve Christ. You surely will, for it is written of all Christ's servants. "The love of Christ constrains us, because we thus judge, that if One died for all, then were all dead; and that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them and rose again." Christ's servants serve Him. Is it not written, "His servants shall serve Him"? Your whole life on earth will be affected by your answer to the question, "To whom do you belong?" …
… that one died for all and therefore all died and that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again That deep conviction. kept Paul going it has caused christians throughout the centuries to endure all kinds of hardship. You look at the life of our Lord. What's most impressive? Not that he turned water into wine. even that he walked on the lake of galilee what i think was most impressive was that in the garden of gethsemane knowing what it meant to go to the cross he could say if possible let this cup from go from me but nevertheless, not my will, yours be done. and in saying that he was going into the darkness saying that he would be separated from the father for the first time in all eternity saying that he chose suffering over ease I believe that the greatest anthem of praise the church has ever sung has been in the groans of its martyrs. …
And then, last of all, O you who are in the Covenant, do not doubt that God will save you, keep you, bless you seeing you have believedon Jesus, are inJesus and are quickened into newness of life! You dare not doubt if I tell you one thing more—if your father, if your brother, if your dearest friend had solemnly stated a fact, would you bear for anybody to say that he lied? I know you would be indignant at such a charge! But suppose your father, in the most solemn manner, had taken an oath—would you for a minute think that he had perjured himself and had sworn a lie? Now turn to the Word of God and you will find that God, because He knew that an oath among men is the end of strife, has been pleased to seal the Covenant with an oath. "That by two Immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us." God has lifted His hand to Heaven and sworn that Christ shall have the reward of His passion, that His purchased ones shall be brought under His sway, that having borne sin and put it away, it never shall be a second time charged on His redeemed! There is all of it. Do you believe in Christ? Then God will work in you to will and do of His good pleasure! God will conquer your sin! God will sanctify you! God will save you! God will keep you! God will bring you to Himself at last! Rest on that Covenant and then, moved by intense gratitude, go forward to serve your Lord with all your heart, and soul and strength! Being saved, live to praise Him! Work not that you may be saved, but becauseyou are saved—the Covenant has secured your safety! Delivered from the servile fear which an Ishmael might have known, live the joyous life of an Isaac! And moved by love of the Father, spend and be spent for His sake! If the selfish hope of winning Heaven by works has moved some men to great sacrifice, much more shall the godly motive of gratitude to Him who has done all this for us move us to the noblest service and make us feel that it is no sacrifice at all! "We thus judge that if one died for all, then were all dead. And that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again." "You are not your own, you are bought with a price." If you are saved under the Covenant of Grace, the mark of the covenanted ones is upon you and the sacred character of the covenanted ones should be displayed in you! Bless and magnify your Covenant God! Take the cup of the Covenant and call upon His name! Plead the promises of the Covenant and have whatever you need! Amen.