...for sins, the just for the unjust." Ib. iii. 13, 14, 17, 18. Also, Ib. iv. 13 — 19. " He that faith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk even as he walked. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth bis brother, is ii darkness even until now, and walketh...

...apostle reiterates the sentiment, as if he felt he could not too frequently repeat the solemn truth. "He that saith, he abideth in Him, ought himself also to walk, even as He walked !" — ought to walk, even as Jesus walked ! Is this the bounden duty of all, who say they abide in...

...submission to the word and ordinances of God. " Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." " He that saith, he abideth in Him, ought himself also to walk even as he walked." Such, dear reader, are some of the evidences of our forming a part in the family of God. O to be duly...

...us, we with him; we abide in him, and he abides in us ; " and his blood cleanseth us from all sin." " He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk even as he walked." And now, " little children, abide in him," for thus only when he appears, can you have confidence at...

...have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you." (John xiii. 15.) St. John says, " He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked." (1 John ii. 6.) Also St. Peter, "Christ left us an example, that ye should follow his steps." (1 Peter ii. 21.) But...

...makes that example binding also. And is not this of the very essence of the life of God in the soul ? " He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as He also walked," 1 John ii. 6. And so if we pass onwards from the Adamic and patriarchial periods, omitting...

...Is not the same motive urged by St. John ? " He that saith he abideth in him," namely, in Christ, " ought himself also to walk even as he walked." (1 John, ii. 6.) And do not the sacred writers hold up the name of Christ as the great and constant incitement to all...

...place, but heaven. It is this which explains that brief epitome of a Christian's course in the world, "he that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself also to walk even as He walked." May our hearts learn, in the only way in which it can be learned, its heavenly power ! " The kingdom...

...redeeming grace show forth the reality of their experience of it, by this growing likeness to Christ ! " He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked." Lastly learn, 5. The security of the believer in Jesus. Sovereign grace, following up its own eternal...

...your minds;" " Put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness;" "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked." Such were the Apostolic teachings ; and such ought to be our lessons at the present hour. If the ministers...