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THE EXCELLENCE OF FAITH
flesh avails nothing, and neither does his circumcision,
Nothing is now acceptable to God but the new creation
in Christ.
These things being true, all that is Jewish has passed
away. The Jews are no longer the people of God. Their
whole religious service has perished; and what purpose
God has now with that people remains to be seen. That
he has no further purpose with them in regard to the
fulfillment of his promise of blessing the world through
them by Christ, is evident from the fact that Christianity
has superseded Judaism, and that the whole religious service
of that people perished with the total destruction of their
temple. Christ is the end of the law, and of all that per-
tained to it. It was but a pedagogue to lead the Jews to
Christ; so that when he came all that was Jewish was set
aside, and the pedagogue was dismissed. All now become
“the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus,” in whom
“there is neither Jew nor Greek; neither bond nor free;
neither male nor female; but all are one in Christ Jesus.”
And all who are Christ’s by virtue of the new creation,
the spiritual seal, the eternal purchase, and the everlasting
covenant, are ‘‘the seed of Abraham, and heirs according
to the promise”: “In thee shall all the families of the
earth be blessed.”
(N. B. After hunting several years for a copy of
Christopher’s book, I found it in the Dallas Christian
College Library-C. C.)
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THE EXCELLENCE OF FAITH
(Read Rom. J:l-ll).
In the study of First Principles the term which first
engages our attention is faith. We shall find that it
occupies a prominent place in connection not only with
conversion, but also with every phase of Christian activity
and growth.
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