that every one must know it to be his duty, readily and cheerfully to employ his gifts for the advantage and salvation of other members (1 Pet. 4;10).
1 John 1;3.—And truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.—1 Cor. 6;17.—Col. 2;19.—1 Cor. 12;12, 13.
Rom. 8;32.—He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall we not with him also freely give us all things.—John 1;16.—Rom. 5;6-10.
1 Pet. 4;10.—As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.—Eph. 4;15, 16.—Phil. 2;3, 4.—Eph. 4;25.—Rom. 12;5.
*56. What believest thou concerning, “The Forgiveness of sins?”
That God, for the sake of Christ’s satisfaction (Eph. 1;7), will no more remember my sins (Jer. 31;34), neither my corrupt nature, against which I have to struggle all my life long (Rom. 7;24, 25): but will graciously, impute to me the righteousness of Christ (Rom. 3;24), that I may never be condemned before the tribunal of God (Rom. 8;1).
Eph. 1;7.—In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins.—1 John 2;2.
Jer. 31;34.—I will forgive their iniquity, and will remember their sin no more.—Rom. 8;1.—Ps. 103;10-12.
Rom. 7;24, 25.—O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Ps. 103;3.—Rom. 7;18-21.—Gal. 5;17.
