John 3:17-19 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.… I. THE OBJECT OF FAITH. To what faith looks. 1. How many make a mistake about this and think they are to believe in God the Father! But we come to this as a result of believing in God the Son. 2. Others look to the work of the Holy Ghost; but this is the effect of faith in Christ. 3. Christ is the sole object of the sinner's faith. (1) As God. (2) In His perfect righteousness. (3) As dying and dead. (4) Is risen. (5) As your substitute. II. THE REASON OF FAITH Why and whence. 1. To his own experience faith comes as a sense of the need of a Saviour. 2. Really and originally it is the gift of God. The Spirit comes and shuts men up under the law to a conviction that unless they come to Christ they must perish. III. THE GROUND OF FAITH. What it means when it comes. Not that a man is a sensible sinner, or an awakened shiner, or a penitent sinner, but simply because lie is a sinner. IV. THE WARRANT OF FAITH. Why a man dares to trust in Christ. Just because Christ has bidden him. Faith is a duty as well as a privilege. IV. THE RESULT OF FAITH. How it speeds when it comes to Christ. "He that believeth is not condemned." (C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. |
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