ll of God, and in true faith
depending on Him, the mighty power of the Spirit will work in him and
through him to the glory of God. "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh" (Gal. 5:16). "For the
law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law
of sin and death" (Rom. 8:2). Salvation in any form is, therefore, "not
of works, lest any man should boast."
It remains to be seen, in view of the perilous position of the believer
in the enemy's land, that God has not only provided every needed force
for conquest and victory, but has given positive promises for the
security of the one He has received on the ground of the shed blood of
Christ, "Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and
about all that he hath on every side?" (Job 1:10). "My Father, which
gave them me, is greater than all; and no man (nothing), is able to
pluck them out of my Father's hand" (Jno. 10:29). "There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful,
who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will
with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to
bear it" (I Cor. 10:13). "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's
elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea, rather that is risen again, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall
separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is
written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted
as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, 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."
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