ory that overcomes
the world, even our faith" (I Jno. 5:4). This victory demands a constant
exercise of faith. Faith is never finished here, and any true progress
in the Christian life is "from faith to faith," and it is also said of
the one whom God has constituted just, that he shall "live by faith."

The same objection is often raised against the application of the faith
principle as a means to the consummation of a victorious life, as is
raised against the same principle for regeneration. In this objection it
is inferred that when this method is adopted, there is no adequate
incentive or motive left for the individual. Such objections arise from
a misunderstanding of this truth.

It is useless to undertake the impossible in any case; and in the matter
of salvation from the penalty of sin, the only work which it is possible
for God to accept as the ground of redemption is that which is already
undertaken and fully completed by Christ on the Cross. By this finished
work the believer is provided with a perfect standing before God, and is
raised to the exalted position of an ambassador for Christ. That
privilege of service does not affect the grounds of his salvation, but
opens to him the glorious possibility of rewards (I Cor. 3:9-15). In the
matter of salvation from the power of sin, the human will may be
employed as an instrument through which the power of God may be
manifested. The following passages reveal how directly He proposes to be
the real power in the believer's life: "For it is God which worketh in
you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13). "For
though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: for the
weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the
pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing
into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ" (II Cor.
10:3-5). "I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me"
(Phil 4:13). "For apart from me ye can do nothing" (Jno. 15:5).

It is assumed that the believer has recognized the perfectness of the
will of God and has thrown his whole being open to His power and
guidance. As a little child may avail himself of the wisdom and
experience of his parents through obedience, so the believer has become
willing to do whatever the infinite wisdom and love of God may choose
for him. When thus committed to the wi