day to take the graft out to see what progress it had
made, and the branch died.

(c) Our life need not be intermittent--that is, hot to-day and cold
to-morrow--but it may be all the time an abundant life; not because of
what we are but because of what Christ is.

Fourth: Peace. Romans 5:1, "Therefore being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." And peace arises
from a sense of reconciliation. If faith is strong, then peace is
abundant; if it is fitful peace partakes of the same character. That
man who has faith in Jesus Christ as a personal Savior has the
following threefold blessing--first, _Peace with God_; second, _The
Peace of God_; third, _The God of Peace_.

Fifth: Sanctification. Acts 26:18, "To open their eyes and to turn
them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that
they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which
are sanctified by faith that is in me." Of this we shall speak more at
length a little later.

Sixth: Assurance. This is plainly written in God's word. Notice John
3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting
life." And John 5:24, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth
my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and
shall not come into condemnation: but is passed from death unto life."
The entire first Epistle of John also emphasizes the same truth.

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Sanctification is therefore entirely by faith.

First: By faith we receive the indwelling of the Spirit and he makes
Christ real to us. Because Christ is real by faith we may walk with
him; and that man who keeps step with Jesus Christ will find that he
has come day by day to turn away from those things which were formerly
his defeat. We may also talk with him. That hymn which we sometimes
sing,

"A little talk with Jesus,
How it smooths the rugged way,"

has been true in the experience of many of us. We may also be so
constantly associated with him that we may find ourselves actually like
him; and to grow like Christ by the power of the Spirit is to have the
work of Sanctification carried on.

Second: By faith exercised in God the Spirit continues his work. We
have only to remember the promises of God concerning him, the first of
which is that the Spirit is here carrying on his special work in his
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