Rosenius (2) Day by day...
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Rosenius in various languages
From the book
"Day by day with God" vol. 9
Written by Carl Olof Rosenius.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. - Rom. 5:20
"Nothing else helps! Man can never be made to pay the right homage to the Taker-away of his sins if he is not driven and compelled by the sin and the law. God is reconciled. He says: 'I will not remember thy sins" Isa. 43:25. His merciful heart burns with love towards all those He has bought so dearly. But they cannot be saved, they cannot be made to flee to the cities of refuge, unless they are chased by the avenger of blood. Therefore He must always plague, frighten and exhaust us with the commandments and judgments of the law. As Joseph burned with love when his brothers came to Egypt, and immediately decided to do good to them, though, via his interpreter he still 'spake roughly' (Gen. 42:7) to them, and let his men bind and imprison, frighten and grieve them in order to make their hard hearts soft, so also the Lord must frighten, imprison, compel and grieve us through His servant and interpreter, Moses. 'But He does not grieve willingly the children of men' (Lam. 3:33). 'What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God' (Rom. 3:19) - in order that sin may abound.
In Rom. 7 the apostle shows how the abundance of sin is brought about by the law. That is, the law does not only show us the sin as in a mirror, but also- by the prohibition- rouses the slumbering sin to action and fight, in order that it shall not lie hidden, and the sinner think himself free from sin. 'For I was alive without the law once, and then sin was dead: But when the commandment came, sin revived and wrought in me all manner of concupiscence.' And immediately the sinner …
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The Text above from KristNet.org, ed. Christer Andersson
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In The Swedish Christianity Henric Schartau and Carl Olof Rosenius are preachers that represent all the Scripture with the Theology of Law and Gospel, and together they are teachers with a full Gospel of Grace into the Swedish Church and Body of Christ during the years in different traditions.
The Daily Devotions by C O Rosenius has meant so much so for many individuals in generations and still also young people and student are reading these Day-by-day Devotions.
The Swedish Christianity has been given good teachers and preachers during the history and we have to ask the Lord to continue giving us good teachers about the Grace, with full teaching of Sin & Law and Grace & Evangelium.
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