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Is the effect or result of a knowledge of our standing. First know your place in Christ and walk according to it, See seven walks in Eph. Standing being purely the work of God, can not change. State is variable, depending on our faithfulness. God's gifts and calling are without re- pentance. Rom. 11:20. With Him is no shadow of turning. James 1:17. He lays the foundation, but the build- ing depends on us. I Cor. 3:10. He puts us in the race; it is for us to win the prize. Phil. 3:14. He chose us as soldiers; we are to do the fighting. I Tim. 6:12. Knowing our place we are to maintain it. Eph. 6:13. As children of God, to keep ourselves in His love. Jude 21. As servants of God, to labor for a full reward. I I Jno. 8. As followers of Christ, to walk in His steps. I Pet. 2:21. As strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts. I Pet. 2:11. As priests unto God, show forth His praise. I Pet. 2:9. As babes desire the sincere milk of the word. I Pet. 2:2. As under-shepherds, feed the flock of God. I Pet. 5:2. As ministers of truth, speak as oracles of God. I Pet. 4:11. As citizens of heaven, to look for our Lord. Philip. 3:20. Inspiration of tl)e ^Porò of J > r . " 3 . I K . t & r o o k e s . ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto y o u ." Jno. 15:3. R. V. 7. By it we are sanctified. ' ' Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is t r u t h ." Jno. 17:17. 8. By it we are built up. " And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheri- tance among all them which are sancti- fied." Acts 20:32. 9. By it we are washed. "Christ,also loved the church, and gave Himself for her that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the wo r d ." Eph. 5:25-26. 10. "By it we are defended against spir- itual wickedness. " T h e sword of the spirit which is the word of God." Epli. 6:17. 11. By it we are kept from the paths of the destroyer. " B y the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer," or, as Dr. DeWitt renders it, " B y the word of thy 1 lips I have shunned the paths ot oppressors." Ps. 17:4. Only remember what the word of God does for us, and then think of the daring presumption of the man who tells the people that- it contains numerous " e r r o rs and mistakes." 1. By it we are begotten. " Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures." Jas, 1:18. 2. By it we are born again. " B e i ng born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible by the word of God. which liveth and abideth forever, ' ' 1 Pet. 1:2. 3. By it we grow. ' ' As new born babes, desire the milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. " 1 Pet. 2:2. 4. By it our souls are saved. "Receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." Jas. 1:21. 5. By it we are made wise unto salva- tion. " P r om a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation. " II Tim. 3:15. 6. By it we are cleansed. ' ' Already
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