This second session from Ted Donnelly on the second part of Romans was again a joy to hear. The groans of creation and of people and the groaning of the Spirit. You can access it here.
Helpful quotations usedFerguson
Much remains opaque. What is of interest is that the activity of the divine ruach is precisely that of extending God's presence into creation in such a way as to order and complete what has been planned in the mind of God. That is exactly the role the spirit characteristically fulfils elsewhere in Scripture.
Vos
Life here and
now is not the main thing; it is only a preparation for
eternity. This attitude, which permeates the New
Testament through and through, is utterly foreign to
the dominant spirit ....
Bunyan
Christians are like bells: The harder you hit them the better they sound!
Olyott
Big doors swing on small hinges, and even those small hinges are put in place by God’s invisible hand. Everything is included – red traffic lights, unwelcome delays, bitter disappointments, family quarrels, terminal illnesses, unspeakable joys, and golden moments. Nothing is left out. I think that Romans 8:28 is one of the most comforting verses in the whole Bible. I don’t know where I would be, or where you would be, if somebody took it out.
Olyott
Big doors swing on small hinges, and even those small hinges are put in place by God’s invisible hand. Everything is included – red traffic lights, unwelcome delays, bitter disappointments, family quarrels, terminal illnesses, unspeakable joys, and golden moments. Nothing is left out. I think that Romans 8:28 is one of the most comforting verses in the whole Bible. I don’t know where I would be, or where you would be, if somebody took it out.
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