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W H A T BELIEVERS IN CHR IST HAV E IN AND W ITH HIM . I. T h e R ighteousness of God. J. 1 C or. i. 30, “y e in C h rist” ; “ of God m ade” . . . “ rig h teo u sn ess.” Rom . iii. 21, 22, “ th e righteousness of God by faith of Jesus C h rist” ; “w itnessed by th e law a n d th e p ro p h e ts;” D eut. xviii. 15, “p ro p h e t” ; Jer. xxiii. 6, “Jeh o v ah o u r rig h teo u sn ess” ; H ab. ii. 4, “ju st live by fa ith .” 2. T his “ rig h teo u sn ess” believers a re to becom e, to w o rk out, to m an i fest. 2 C or. v. 21, “ we m ade rig h teo u s ness.” II* T h e Life of G od; th e Life E tern al. 1. Rom . vi. 23, “ gift of God in C hrist Jesus o u r L o rd .” 1 Jo h n i. 1-3, “ fellow ship,” i. e., p a rtn e rsh ip in th e life comm on to th e F a th e r a n d th e Son. 1 Jo h n v. 20, “ in H im th e e te rn al life.” Jo h n i 12, 13, “ becam e children (b a irn s) of G od” ; “ th em th a t b e lieve.” 2. T his “L ife of G od” believers m ake k n ow n as “ light,” p u rity , w hich is in C h rist Jesus o u r Lord. T his love is n o t th a t of Jo h n iii. 16, b u t m ore special a s to believers w ho a re loved by God as in a n d one w ith H is Son. So Rom . v. 5, show s it is p o u re d in to o u r h e a rts by th e S pirit. So believers a re a c cep ted a n d beloved in C hrist, E ph. i. 5, Col. i. 13, a n d loved a s H e is loved, Jo h n xvii. 23-26. 2. T his love b eg ets love in believers, righteousness, tru th , e tc .; 1 Jo h n i. 5, as “ love,” m ercy, etc., 1 Jo h n iv. 16. III. T h e L ove of God. 1. Rom . viii. 39, “ th e love of God
SEVEN “ETERNALS” IN HEBREWS. !. S alvation, v. 9. 2. Ju d gm en t, vi. 2. 3. R edem ption, ix. 12. 4. S p irit, ix. 14.
5. Inh eritan ce, ix. 15. 6. C ovenant, xiii. 20. 7. P erfectio n , vii. 28.
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TH E “BETTERS” IN HEBREWS. T h e Son b e tte r th an angels. C hap. i. 4. C h rist b e tte r th a n M elchisedec. C hap, vii. 7. B etter hope. C hap. vii. 19. B etter testam en t. C hap. vii. 22. B etter covenant. C hap. viii. 6. B etter prom ises. C hap. viii. 6. B etter sacrifice. C hap. ix. 23. B etter substance. C hap. x. 34. B etter co u n try . C hap. xi. 16. B etter re su rrec tio n . C hap. xi. 35. B etter th in g fo r us. C hap. xi. 40. T he blood of C h rist b e tte r th a n th a t of A bel. C hap. xii. 24. SEVEN OFFICES O F TH E SPIR IT IN TH E GOSPEL O F JOHN ! 1. Q uickening, iii. 5, 6; i. 12, 13, 32, 33. 2. Indw elling, iv. 14; E ph. iv. 3 0 ; 1 Thess. v. 19. 3. O utflow ing, vii. 37-39. 4. C om forting, Jo h n xiv. 16, 17; 1 Jo h n ii. 1 ; Rom . viii. 9^ 1 C or. vi. 19. 5. T eaching, xiv. 2 6 ; Rom . xii. 3 ; 1 C or. ii. 14; viii. 2; Jo h n vi. 63 ; 1 Jo h n ii. 27. 6. R eproving, xvi. 8. 7. E ndow ing, 1 C or. 12:7-10; H eb. 2:4. J. H . B.
E ph. iv. 3 2 ; E ph. v. 1, 2 ; Jo h n xiii. 3 4 ; Jo h n xv. 12; 1 Jo h n iv. 7, 8.
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