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Faith
"For ye
are all the children of God by faith in Christ
Jesus." Gal. 3:26. Faith is that which brings the
soul in contact with God in Christ, and Christ is formed
in man.
Faith in Christ identifies man with God. Heart-faith works
by love. By faith we love the unseen Christ. Faith is the
faculty of spiritual touch. Faith is that energy by which
the soul is attached in a vital union with God. It is by
faith that the unseen is realized. It is by faith that the
soul is brought in touch with the Infinite. Faith receives
into itself that which is in Christ and mingles His life
with its own. Faith brings virtue out of Him into our body
or soul. It is just according to what faith has been
exercised for. Faith is more than a chain that binds us to
God; it unites God to us so that we are one. Faith fills
the soul with God, and the soul filled with God finds
every thing full of Him. Every event, every circumstance
is a bush aflame with His glory. Faith associates God with
every moment of time and every event of life. Faith puts
the world with its vanities and vexations under our feet.
Faith regards every foe as conquered. It refuses to look
on circumstances. It will not be drawn aside from looking
into the face of God.
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