...unto God and Christ, which the love of Christ constrains unto, namely, that they who live, should not live to themselves, but to him who died for them and rose again; yea, that they should none of them neither live to themselves, nor die to themselves, but to the Lord...

..." St. Paul says, 'Because One died for all, all died in Him ; and He thus died for all, that those 촀 and rose again for them.' St. Paul does not say that Christ died instead of all, but as the head and...

...those who were first called Christians, we see it in full activity, constraining them to live no longer to themselves, but to him who died for them and rose again ; we see it animating, supporting, comforting, exalting them; inspiring zeal to confess Christ; constancy...

...Christ constrain" eth us: because we thus judge, that if one died " for all, then were all dead : and that he died for " all, that they who live should...themselves, but to him who died for " them, and rose again1." It was " his earnest " expectation and hope, — that Christ should be " magnified in his...

...eternal glory, they ought to deny themselves, to take up their cross and follow him, andtolive.no longer to themselves, but to him who died for them and rose again. < That communion with God is the highest hippiness of human life. To maintain habitual intercourse...

...of Christ constrained! us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; and that he died for all, that they who live should not...themselves, but to him who died for them, and rose again." If we are whoUy God's property, then such is every thing that we possess. If our life and death are...

...which he hoped and expected to obtain, by insisting on these truths v.herever he went : That they which live should not, " henceforth live to themselves, but to him who died " for them and rose again." I. The love of Christ was the apostle's chief motive ; h constrained him, ewev«; bore him along like...

...death for our sin was the pattern and effectual instrument for our individual death to sin ; " and that He died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and rose again." One brief practical lesson may be...

...of Christ constrained! us, because we tnus judge, that if pne died for all, then were all dead, and that he died for all,. that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves; but unto him who died for them and rose again.'' That no one can love God while he...

...Christ constraineth us: because we thus judge, that " if one died for all, then were all dead: and that he " died for all, that they who live should...live to themselves, but to him who died for them, li and rose again.*" It was " his earnest expectation " and hope, — that Christ should be magnified...