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XXVII. All believers are by Christ united to God; by which union, God is one with them, and they are one with Him; and that all believers are the sons of God, and joint heirs with Christ, to whom belong all the promises of this life, and that which is to come. 1 Thess. 1:1; John 17:21, 20:17; Heb. 2:11, 1 John 4:16; Gal. 2:19,20. XXVIII. Those that...

XXII. Faith is the gift of God, wrought in the hearts of the elect by the Spirit of God; by which faith they come to know and believe the truth of the Scriptures, and the excellency of them above all other writings, and all things in the world, as they hold forth the glory of God in His attributes, the execellency of Christ in His nature and offices...

XVII. Concerning His priesthood, Christ having sanctified Himself, hath appeared once to put away sin by that one offering of Himself a sacrifice for sin, by which He hath fully finished and suffered all things God required for the salvation of His elect, and removed all rites and shadows, etc. and is now entered within the vail into the holy of holies...

XI. Unto this office He was appointed by God from everlasting; and in respect of his manhood, from the womb called, separated, and anointed most fully and abundantly with all gifts necessary, God having without measure poured out His Spirit upon Him. Prov. 8:23; Isa. 42:6, 49:15; 11:2,3,4,5, 61:1,2; Luke 4:17, 22; John 1:14, 26, 3:34. XII. Concerning...

VI. All the elect being loved of God with an everlasting love, are redeemed, quickened, and saved, not by themselves, nor their own works, lest any man should boast, but, only and wholly by God, of His own free grace and mercy, through Jesus Christ, who is made unto us by God, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, and all in all, that...

I. The Lord our God is but one God, whose subsistence is in Himself; whose essence cannot be comprehended by any but himself, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto; who is in Himself most holy, every way infinite, in greatness, wisdom, power, love, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness...

We played Bible Charades with the Wilkes yesterday night. It was a lot of fun acting out small portions of the New and Old Testaments. The Days Of Creation [photo:1644:set=43009] [photo:1645:set=43009] Jonathan And His Armorbearer Kill The Philistines [photo:1646:set=43009] [photo:1647:set=43009] Joseph Is Sold By His Brothers Into Slavery [photo:1648...

O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy pow'r through-out the universe displayed. [photo:1634:set=41709] [photo:1630:set=41709] [photo:1631:set=41709] When thru the woods and forest glades I wander And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees, When I look...

This is a short biblically based quiz that I just came across on Nathaniel Darnell's Blog. It really made me take a step back and think about how I am obeying God's commands and what I should be living for.