But suppose you should have a red-hot iron applied to your hand. Before his death he was earnestly persuaded to recant, and among other things a friend said to him, "Take pity on thy golden years and pleasant flowers of youth before it is too late." His place of prayer was amid the noise and din of the sailors. Further, consider how many sins are involved in our obedience, I may say from the mere necessity of the case; that is, from not having that more vigorous and clear-sighted faith which would enable us accurately to discern and closely to follow the way of life. They are all written with His own hand, they are all stamped with His own authority; and in His own Word they stand out in all their truth and in all their fulness.3. Put all the force of the soul into faith, and so cling to Jesus.3. 4:16). He was welcomed. Outward life is, therefore, right — "Our bodies washed with pure water."II. This faithfulness presupposeth His power and His promise, and it is the immutability of His will, for as He is unchangeable in His being, so He is in His promise (1 Samuel 15:29; Malachi 3:6). Faithfulness is an essential perfection of the Divine nature. God is on a throne of grace in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:19).2. How MAY CONSCIENCE BE INJURED?1. Stedfastness is essential to our final salvation.4. His beautiful reply was, "Sir, I long for those springing flowers which shall never fade away." John Piper Apr 13, 1997 423 Shares Sermon. Then, the promise of the Holy Ghost. These promises are not mere movements of the Divine mind arising only under the exigencies of new circumstances or of events which spring up in the progress of time, but they flow from the deep fountains of His own grace and love; they embrace all that which is involved in the gift of His dear Son, the great work of the Saviour, the communications of the Divine Spirit, and in the application of every blessing which God has engaged to bestow on His Church on earth. Come back, sinners, draw near towards God and duty. (2) In the holy sacrament of the supper. Another came, and another, and the last account I heard from that ship was this, that every night thirty-two were meeting for prayer, thirty of them believed to be converted characters. You are yet afar off. We must keep the shutters open and the windows clean, so that plenty of pure light can get in if we wish to see things plainly. God is on a throne of grace in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:19).2. If we read the text according to our present authorised translation, we have faith. )Steady to the poleColeridge's Aids to Reflection.Late observations have shown that under many circumstances the magnetic needle, even after the disturbing influence has been removed, will continue wavering, and require many days before it points aright and remains steady to the pole. Bug though faith is placed after heartiness and honesty, let it not be overlooked-otherwise our coming is vain.4. 21).III. With the heart. By not giving it good light. O. Mackey.Admiral Foote, of the American navy, was a very godly man. As a detector, to find out sin after it has been committed. It is a kind of clock made to wake persons at a particular hour by making a loud noise. SOME MOTIVES BY WHICH THIS DUTY MAY BE ENFORCED. (2)Hold you next to your hope.2. A. The answer to this question will depend upon the way in which we injure our consciences. )Divine promisesR. )Hold fast the profession of our faith.Holding fast our professionC. Let us remember also the many times in which we have repeated that profession of faith, that confession of hope; for instead of retracting it, we have gone on to repeat it. WE MAY DRAW NEAR TO GOD. "In ordinary cases," says a man eminent for his ability, piety, and experience, "I entertain a better opinion of the modest, doubting, and fearful professor than of the bold and assured one."2. Then Adam's sin increased, and multiplied itself within us; there was a change, but it was for the worse, not for the better; and the new nature we gained, far from being spiritual, was twofold more the child of hell than that with which we were born. "A true heart." And so, when we look through the blue glass all things will be blue, they will be yellow when we look through the yellow glass, and green when we look through the green glass. )Standing.fireSome time ago, in one of our great ships of war, there was a solitary sailor who was not ashamed to own himself a follower of Christ. All our powers surrendered to God.2. THE NATURE OF THE PROMISES.1. How are we to get rid of this trouble? They flow solely from the free and sovereign good pleasure of Jehovah.2. There is a way to the throne never trod, nor designed to be trod, by any but sinners such as you, and the like of you. There must be perseverance in practice. THE DUTY HERE ENJOINED. If we believe that He has come, we also hope that He will come. (1)Assaults of Satan. There is a way to the throne never trod, nor designed to be trod, by any but sinners such as you, and the like of you. )The faithfulness of God the Christian's support in life and deathOwen Clarke. (5)By the continual use of all the appointed means of grace.III. "When he promises anything, he sees everything which may hinder, and everything which may promote the execution of it, so that he cannot discover anything afterwards that may move him to take up after-thoughts: he hath more wisdom than to promise anything which he knows he cannot accomplish. Clear glass. But if you wish to have an additional object of faith in your own progress and spirituality, you are, like Peter, looking away from Jesus unto the unstable sea. (Andrew Murray,)Full assurance of faith.Assurance of faith, and assurance of salvationW. And this shows us how we should act at all times. By the prayer of faith we appropriate it; but only for the time, not for ever. Christ has not changed this, though He has died; it is as it was from the beginning — I mean our actual state as men. His place of prayer was amid the noise and din of the sailors. Has the Lord been untrue in His promises to you? 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