xii. 27. 1 TRULY OUR FELLOWSIIIP IS The Son of God. I John iii. 8. Now are 1 A Priest upon His throne. Zech. vi. 13. Ye are the body of Christ. I Cor. And hath made us kings and priests. Behold, what manner of love the Rev. i. 6. Father hath bestowed upon us. He shall reign for ever and ever. John iii. 1. Rev. xi. 15. Crucified with Christ. Rom. vi. 6. They shall reign for ever and ever. Died with Christ. (Alford's transla- Rev. xxii. 5. tion.) Rom. vi. 8. The faithful witness. Rev. i. 5. Buried with him. Rom. vi. 4. Ye are witnesses. Luke xxiv. 48. Planted together in the likeness of He was afflicted. Isaiah liii. 7. His death. Rom. vi. 5. Then shall they deliver you up to be Planted together in the likeness of His afflicted. Matt. xxiv. 9. resurrection. Rom. vi. 5. He Himself has suffered, being tempted. Quickened together. Eph. ii. 5. Heb. ii. 18. Ye are in heaviness through manifold Eph. ü. 6. temptations. i Peter i. 6. He was reviled. i Peter ii. 23. Men shall revile you. Matt. v. 11. 2 Cor. vi. 1. He is despised. Isaiah liii. 3. Suffering together. Rom. viii. 17. We are despised. Cor. iv. :0. Glorified together. Rom. viii. 17. Make the Captain of their salvation I am the light of the world.' John perfect through sufferings. He's zi. 10. viü. 12. After that ye have suffered while Ye are the light of the world. Matt. make you perfect. i Peter v. 10. 1. 14. His Son, the brightness of His glors I am not of the world. John xvii. 16. Heb. i. 3. They are not of the world. John Bringing many unto glory. xvii. 16. Heb. ii. io. He went forth conquering, and to John iii. 1. conquer. Rev. vi. 2. Ye know that it hated Me. John More than conquerors through Him. Rom. viii. 37. Heirs of God, joint-heirs with Christ. I have overcome the world. John Rom. viii. 17. My servant. Isaiah xlii. 1. Whatsoever is born of God overcometh Servants of God. i Peter ii. 16. the world. i John v. 4. God anointing Jesus. Acts x. 38. He will judge the world by that Man He which hath anointed us is God. whom He hath ordained. Acts xvii. 31. 12 Cor. i. 21. Do ye not know that the saints shall Christ, who is the image of God. 2 judge the world. I Cor. vi. 2. Cor. iv. 4. He put on righteousness as a breast Changed into the same image. plate. "Isaiah lix. xvii. Cor. iii. 18. Having on the breastplate of righteousness. Eph. vi. 14. Even as We are One. John xvii. 22. An helmet of salvation on His head. That they may be one. John xvii. 23. Isaiah lix. 17. Even as Thou hast loved Me. John Take the helmet of salvation. Eph. xvii. 23. Thou hast loved them. John xvii. 23. Behold the Man, whose name is the Branch. Zech. vi. 12. In whom I am well pleased. Matt.ü. 17. Ye are the branches. John xv. 5. The Lord taketh pleasure in His A living stone. i Peter ü. 4. people. Psalm cxlix. 4. Ye also, as lively stones. i Peter ii. 5. Without spot. i Peter i. 19. sons us xvii. 14. xvi. 33: 2 vi. 17 was There is no spot in thee. Song iv. 7. My God. John xx. 17. Your God. John xx 17, The Lord of peace. v. 16. 2 Thess. iii. 16. This mortal must put on immortality. My peace I give unto you. John xiv. 1 Cor. xv. 53. 27. How terrible art Thou. Psalm lxvi.3. He would have given thee living Thou art terrible. Song vi. 4. water. John iv. Io. Holy, undefiled. Heb. vii. 26. He that believeth on Me, out of him My undefiled. Song v. 2. shall flow rivers of living water. Grace is poured into Thy lips. Psalm John vii. 38. xlv. 2. A man of sorrows. Isaiah liii. 3. Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet Ye shall be sorrowful. John xvi. 20. and thy speech is comely. Song iv. 3. His raiment was white as the light. Clothed in white raiment. Rev. iv.4. His countenance as the sun. blessings in heavenly places. Eph.i.3. Rev. i. 16. He which raised up the Lord Jesus. Clear as the sun. Song vi. 10. 2 Cor. iv. 4. The Lord will hold thine hand. I the Lord will hold thy right hand. Jesus wept. John xi. 35. All power is given unto Me. Matt. Chosen of God. i Peter ü. 4. xxviii. 17. They that are with Him are chosen. I give unto you power. Luke x. 19. Rev. xvii. 14. Jesus groaned in the spirit. John xi. 33. We do groan being burdened. 2 Jesus was troubled. John xi. 33. We are troubled on every side. 2 Cor. iv. 8. I will also give Thee for a light to the Gentiles. Isaiah xlix. 6. The Lord delighteth in thee. Isaiah The Lord commandeth us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the My beloved. Matt. xii. 18. Gentiles. Acts xiii. 47. A man of sorrows. Isaiah liü. 3. Ye now therefore have sorrow. Jobin xvi. 22. How great is His beauty. Zech. ix. 17. This is His name whereby He shall Thou wast exceeding beautiful. be called, the Lord our righteousness. This is the name wherewith she shall The children are partakers of flesh and be called, the Lord our righteousnes. blood. Heb. ii. 14. Jer. xxxii. 16. Christ hath suffered for us in the Aesh. I Peter iv. 1. same mind. 1 Peter iv. I. Your Father. John xx. 17. A man approved of God. Acts ü. 22. Cor. v. 4. bxii. 4. same. . xv. 3. xiii. 34. Study to shew thyself approved unto As.. I live by the Father. John vi. 57. God. 2 Tim. ii. 15. So he that eateth Me, even he shall He became obedient. Phil. ii. 8. As obedient children. 1 Peter 1. 14. live by Me. John vi. 57. Merciful. Heb. ii, 17. If ye keep My commandments, ye Be ye therefore merciful. Luke vi.36. shall abide in My love. John xv. 10. Christ pleased not Himself. Kom. Even as I have kept My Father's cominandments. John xv. 10. We then . . ought ... not to please ourselves. Rom. xy. I. And abide in His love. John xv. 10. I am meek and lowly. Matt. xi. 29. Whereby are given unto us exceeding Be clothed with humility. Peter v.5. great and precious promises, that by Separate from sinners. Heb. vii. 26. these ye might be partakers of the divine Be ye separate. 2 Cor. vi. 17. Even as Christ forgave you. Col.iii.13. nature, having escaped the corruption So also do ye. Col. iii. 13. that is in the world through lust. 2 I am holy. i Peter i. 16. Peter i. 4. FAITH.-Heb. xi. 1. Joy of faith. Phil. i. 25. Jesus rejoiced in spirit. Luke X. 21. Confidence of faith. Eph. iii. 12. Rejoice in the Lord. Phil. iv. 4. Boldness in speaking. 2 Cor. iv. 13. I will feed My flock. Ezek, xxxiv. 15. Peace. Rom. xv. 13. Rest. Heb. iv. 3. Believers live by faith. Heb. ii. 4. Believers stand by faith. 2 Cor. i. 24 Be ye harmless. Matt. x. 16. Believers walk by faith. 2 Cor. v. 7. I have washed your feet. John xiii. 14. Believers resist the devil. i Pet. v. 9. Ye also ought to wash one another's Believers overcome the world. i John feet. John xiii. 14. Even as He is pure. 1 John iii. 3. Believers obtain a good report. Heb. Every man that hath this hope in him xi. 39: purifieth himself. Heb. 1 John iii. 3. Believers overcome difficulties. I in them, and Thou in Me. John Believers die in faith. Heb. xi. 13. xvii. 23. We are saved by faith. Acts xvi. 31. To him that overcometh will I grant We get remission of sins. Rom. iii. 25. to sit with Me in my throne, even as I We are adopted by faith. Gal. iii. 26. also overcame, and am set down with We are justified by faith. Rom. v. I. We are sanctified by faith. Acts xxvi. my Father in His throne. Rev. iii. 21. 18. To him that overcometh, and keepeth We are purified by faith. Acts xv. 9. My works unto the end, to him will I We are edified by faith. I Tim. i. 4. give power over the nations, and He We are kept by faith. i Pet. i. 5. shall rule them. Rev. ii, 26, 27. We have access to God by faith. Rom. V. 2. Heb. vi. 12. Saints should be sincere. i Tim. i. 5. As My Father hath sent Me. John Saints should abound. 2 Cor. viii. 7. Saints should continue. Acts ii. 22. Even so send I you. John xx. 21. Saints should be strong in faith. Rom. iv. 20, 21. As the Father hath loved me. John xv. 9. FAITH IN EXERCISE. So have I loved you. John xv. 9. Living. Gal. ii. 20. Obeying. Rom. I have given unto them the words xvi. 26. Walking. 2 Cor. v. 7. Work. which Thou gavest Me. John xvii. 8. ing. i Thes. i. 3. Praying. Jas. v. 15. Enduring 1 Pet. i. 7. The glory which Thou gavest Me, Il Tim. vi. 12. Fightings bave givep them. Tobo xvii. 22. v. 4. xi. 33: ii. 26, 27 XX. 21. Acts X. 43 TRUE FAITH AND ITS FRUITS. I know whom I have believed, and am The man believed the word that Jesus persuaded that he is able to keep that had spoken unto him. John iv. 50. which I have committed unto Him If thou believest with all thine heart. against that day. 2 Tim. i. 12. Acts viii. 37 We which have believed do enter into Lord, I believe ; help Thou mine un rest, Heb. iv. 3. belief. Mark ix. 24. Believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeak. A great number believed and turned able and full of glory. 1 Pet. i. 8. unto the Lord. Acts xi. 21. Receiving the end of your faith, even Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the the salvation of your souls. 1 Pet. i. 9. H. N. C. Christ, is born of God. 1 John v. I. Who is he that overcometh the world, WHAT WE GAIN BY FAITH. but he that believeth that Jesus is the Pardon. Acts x. 43. Son of God. 1 John v. 5. Peace with God. Rom. v. I. As many as received Him, to them Eternal Life. John iii. 36. gave He power to become the sons of The Holy Spirit. John vii. 39. God, even to them that believe on His Sonship. Gal. iii. 26. Heirship. Rom. viii. 17. name. John i, 12. Whosoever believeth in Him shall re- WHAT WE DO BY FAITH. ceive remission of sins. We live. Rom. i. 17. He that cometh to Me shall never We stand. 2 Cor. i. 24. hunger ; and lle that believeth on Me We walk. 2 Cor. v. 7. shall never thirst. John vi. 35. We fight. 1 Tim. vi. 12, We should be to the praise of His We overcome. i John v. 4. glory, who first trusted in Christ. Eph. FAITII. In whom ye alsò trusted, after that ye Faith's key unlocks the treasury of heard the word of truth, the gospel of Grace, and gives us fourteen things of your salvation : in whom also after that priceless value, as seen in Rom. v : ye believed, ye were sealed with that The Holy Ghost. Ver. 5. Holy Spirit of promise. Eph. i. 13. The love of God in our hearts. Ver. 5. Atonement. The multitude of them that believed Reconciliation to God. Ver. 10. were of one heart and of one soul. Acts Justification now by His blood. Ver.9. Salvation from wrath. Salvation by They which have believed in God his life. Abundance of grace, should be careful to maintain good works. | Gift of righteousness. Ver. 17. Titus iii. 8. Access to God. Ver. 2. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and Stand. Ver. 2. thou shalt be saved. Acts xvi. 31. Peace with God. Ver. 1, We are not of them who draw back Joy in God. Ver. 11. unto perdition; but of them that believe Rejoicing in hope. Verse 2. to the saving of the soul. Heb. x. 39. Reign in life. Ver. 17. God so loved the world, that He gave FORGIVENESS. His only begotten Son, that whosoever Eph. i. 7; 1 John ii. 12 ; Isaiah lv. 7; believeth in IIim should not perish, but with Luke xviii. 13, 14; John i. 29; have everlasting life. John iii. 16. Isaiah liii. 6; 1 Peter ii. 24 ; Heb. ix. He that believeth on the Son hath 26; Isaiah i, 18; Rev. i. 5; 1 John i. 9; Psalm xxxii. 1 ; ciii, 12 ; Isaiah xliv. 22; everlasting life. John iii. 36. Whosoever believeth in Me shall never vil. 19; Ezekiel xxxiii. 16; Luke xv. Jer. xxxi. 34; Isaiah xxxviii. 17; Micah die. John xi. 26. He that believeth on the Son of God Lessons. 1. Love much. Luko vii. hath the witness in himself. I John v. 10. 36-50. 2. Forgive others Eph. iv. 32" Col. üi. 13; Matt. vi. 12-15; xviii. 2 3-35 Ver. II. iv. 32. Ver. 9. Ver. 17 20-22, ASSURANCE OF FAITH. 3. See Acts xx. 32; xxvi, 18. John v. 24 ; John vi. 47 ; John a. 28; 4. See 1 Cor. i. 30 ; vi. 11 ; vi. 19 Rom. viii. i ; Phil. i. 6 ; Eph. ii. 6 ; 2 Eph. v. 27; 2 Tim. i. 9. l'im. i. 12 ; 1 John ii. 25 ; Heb. xiii. 5. 5. Holy brethren. Heb. iii. 1 ; John xvii. FAITH. 6. Holiness is inseparable from tho By faith we live. Rom. i. 17. new man." By faith we stand. 2 Cor. i. 24. By faith we walk. 2 Cor. v. 7. III.-How is this State or Condition before By faith we fight. 1 Tim. vi. 12. God brought about by Him? By faith we overcome. 1 John v. 4. By union with what is holy ; see the By faith we are justified. Rom. iii.28. frequent “ in Christ," " in Him." 1 Cor. By faith we are made children of God. i. 30 ; Eph. i, 4; Col, i. 22; and as Gal. iii. 26. By faith we are sanctified. Acts illustrated by lesser facts in Matt. xxiii xxvi. 18. 17-19; 1 Cor. vii. 14. By faith we have access. Rom. v. 2; IV.-How is the believer to be or to become Eph. iii. 12. holy in actual experience. Faith purifies the heart. Acts xv. 9. Without faith we cannot please God. 1. The ground of such possibility lios Heb. xi. 6. in the new birth and in the Spirit" as different from, and opposed to "the HOLINESS OR SANCTIFICATION. flesh.” Rom. viii. 4; Gal. v. 16-18; I.-Sanctification as Act. 1 John ii. 29; iii. 9. 1. To make clean. See Old Testa 2. The permanent state of the bement, also Heb. xiii. 12; X. 29; X. 14 ; liever before God in Christ must first 1. 10; ix, 13; ii. 11. of all be seen and owned by him ; and 2. To set apart or consecrate to a then the word to him is, “you are a divine purpose after purifying. See Old saint, now be a saint," you are a sancTestament, the case of priest and Levites, tified one, be sanctified, also 2. Tim. ii. 21; Eph. v. 26, 27; leavened, be unleavened ;" in brief, “ be you are un 3. To set apart a common thing for what you are," "do what you did once the holy use of a holy one. 1 Tim. iv. 4,5. for all in becoming one with Christ." 4. To devote a person already and For proof see i Cor. v. 7, 8; Col. iii. intrinsically holy to a divine purpose. 1-5; 1 Peter i. 22, 23; 1 John iv. 17; John X. 36; xvii. 17-19. Rom. vi, 19, 22; 2 Cor. vii. I; 1 Thess. 5. To consider and treat with the iii . 12, 13; . 3, 7; v. 23, 24; Heb. respect or veneration becoming a person xii. 14; Rom. xii. I: 1 Cor.iii. 17; Eph. or thing as holy. Matt. vi. 9; 1 Peter | iv. 24; Col. iii. 12; 1 Peter i. 15, 16; iii, 15; Ex. xx. 8; Deut. xxxii. 51. Jude 20; John xvii. 11. Holiness is II.-Sanctification or Holiness as a State both the condition and end of being. or Condition of being, and as the per- 3. The believer must ever as a person manent essential condition of the believer identify himself with “the Spirit" as in the sight of God. 1. The believer in Christ unites in the new nature, sphere, realm, to which his permanent condition before God all he now belongs. Gal. v. 27; Col. iii. 7. the results of the sanctifying act of God; the Spirit of God is with the spirit of He is in Christ and Christ is in him, he is a separated, cleansed, consecrated, unblemished one, without spot or wrinkle the saintly child of God. Rom. viii. 9. 16; 1 Cor. vi. 17. or any such thing, ever to be mentioned as holy and without blame in Christ. 4. The agent of such practical holi2. Before God his changeless name ness, whose spirit and fulfillment is love, is " saint;" see the greetings of the is the Holy Spirit; the means He uses Epistles. the holy Word : the instrument the Titus ii. 14. |