The New Life

V.
THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD.
" Faith Cometh of hearing, and hearing by the the word of
Christ."—Rom. x. 17.
" Receive with meekness the im^planted word, which is able
to save your souls." — J as. i. 21.
" We also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received
from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted
it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word
of God, which also worketh in you that believe."— 1 Thess. ii. 13.
" For the word of God is living and active."—Heb. iv. 12.
THE
new life of a child of God depends so much
on the right use of God's word, 4liat--i~shall-"
once again speak of it with tny-yx>»»g' brothers and
Ms^^rft-in the Lord.
It is a great thing when the Christian discerns that
he can receive and accomplish all only through faith.
He has only to believe ;
God will look to the fulfilling
of what is promised. He has every morning to
trust in Jesus, and the new life as given in Jesus and
working in himself; Jesus will see to it that the new
life works in him.
But now he runs the risk of another error. He
thinks that the faith that does such great things
must be something great, and that he must have a
gfreat power in order to exercise such a great taith.^
1 Ivuke XA'ii. 5, 6 ; Rom. x. 6, 7, 8.
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