Talbot - Addresses on Romans

ADDRESSES ON ROMANS

tied to the stake and the flames leaped higher and higher, they encouraged each other. And one of them said to his fellow~ sufferer, "Be of good cheer; we shall light such a candle of God's grace in England that it shall never go out.'' When we seem to lose most, we are victorious. "We are more than conquerors." "For I am persuaded," Paul continues, "that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers. nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (verses 38, 39). " ... neither death." What is death? It is a messenger to call us home. I heard once of a little girl in a boarding school in England, who at the Christmas season was waiting for her parents to send for her. As she stood by and watched several of her friends leave, presently a black carriage driven by black horses came up to the door. A man dressed in black livery held the horses' reins. It was a somber equipage. But the little girl called out joyfully, "It is time for me to go home." Her friends said, "Surely you are not going in that carriage.'' And her prompt reply was this: "Of course I am. This is my father's coach; these are his horses; this is his coachman. He has come to drive me home.'' She climbed into the seat and said to the coachman, "Drive me home.'' And away she went. Can death do any harm to me? No; it is my Father's coachman. He will drive me home, if Christ tarries and I die before He returns. I know there is nothing beautiful about death. He is a monster; he is man's enemy. But God has chained him, and causes him to drive us home, up that shining pathway that admits us into the presence of God. " ... nor life." "I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life ... shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." What about life? Sometimes it is easier to die than to live. Life is full of problems and perplexi~ ties. But if you are a Christian and live according to chapters [Pa9e 16~

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