...nature of its object, eminently fitted to produce such effects. It is the faith of the love of God who " spared not his own Son but freely gave him up for us all :" — it is the faith of " the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though he was rich, for our sakes...

...to me, that there is an inference, plainly deducible from the word of the Lord, like this : <tlf God spared not his own Son, but freely gave him up for us all," in what light will he regard the man whose whole powers are bent to counteract by every possible means...

...bestowed upon me. For God has taught me duly to understand that passage in the light of faith, ' He that spared not his own Son, but freely gave him up for us all — how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?' (Rom. viii.32.) and, 'the Levites shall 1 This was...

...provision to render grace available and efficient, in accordance with moral responsibility. If "God, who spared not his own Son, but freely gave him up for us all," had not " with him also freely given us all things" necessary for our salvation, would not the divine...

...forsaken the meanest of his servants ? Surely no ; trembling Christian, put thy trust in him. He who spared not his own Son, but freely gave him up for us all, shall he not with him also freely give you all things ? The habit of asking counsel of God in all our...

...text assures us, that all this was voluntary ; other passages teach us that the Father loved us, and " spared not his own Son, but freely gave him up for us all ; " but here we see that of his own free-will, Christ submitted to all he had to endure — " He gave...

...themselves to the contemplation of this love in its manifestation. We read, that " God so loved us, that He spared not His own Son, but freely gave Him up for us all ;" and Christ so loved the church, that He as freely gave up Himself — to sorrow, to shame, to suffering,...

...truth's sake. Their hearts become so enlarged, that they feel the entire emphasis of the passage, " He that spared not his own Son, but freely gave him up for us all — how shall he not with him also freely give us all things !" "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he...

...painful, whether it be indulgence or correction, prevention or enjoyment, it shall not be withheld. " He that spared not his own Son, but freely gave him up for us all, how shall he not with him freely give us all things ?" Is grace 5Î8 THE LORD GOD A SUN AND SHIELD. and glory...

...particularly on that illustrious proof which is presented in the redemption of the world by Christ Jesus. He that spared not his own son, but freely gave him up for us all, will assuredly bring light out of darkness, order out of confusion, and cause these light afflictions,...