001
 Access to God 

 - Is of God
     #PS 65:4

 - Is by Christ
     #JOH 10:7,9; 14:6; RO 5:2; EPH 2:13; 3:12; HEB 7:9,25;
     10:19; 1PE 3:18

 - Is by the Holy Spirit
     #EPH 2:18

 - Obtained through faith
     #AC 14:27; RO 5:2; EPH 3:12; HEB 11:6

 - Follows upon reconciliation to God
     #COL 1:21,22

 - In Prayer
     #DE 4:7; MT 6:6; 1PE 1:17

   . See PRAYER
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 - In his temple
     #PS 15:1; 27:4; 43:3; 65:4

 - To obtain mercy and grace
     #HEB 4:16

 - A privilege of saints
     #DE 4:7; PS 15:1; 23:6; 24:3,4

 - Saints have, with confidence
     #EPH 3:12; HEB 4:16; 10:19,20

 - Vouchsafed to repenting sinners
     #HO 14:2; JOE 2:12

   . See REPENTANCE
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 - Saints earnestly seek
     #PS 27:4; 42:1,2; 43:3; 84:1,2

 - The wicked commanded to seek
     #ISA 55:6; JAS 8 4:8

 - Urge others to seek
     #ISA 2:3; JER 31:6

 - Promises connected with
     #PS 145:18; ISA 55:3; MT 6:6; JAS 8 4:8

 - Blessedness connected with
     #PS 16:11; 65:4; 73:28

 - Typified
     #LE 16:12-15; HEB 10:19-22

 - Exemplified
   . Moses
       #EX 24:2; 34:4-7

 002
 Adoption 

 - Explained
     #2CO 6:18

 - Is according to promise
     #RO 9:8; GA 3:29

 - Is by faith
     #GA 3:7,26

 - Is of God's grace
     #EZE 16:3-6; RO 4:16,17; EPH 1:5,6,11

 - Is through Christ
     #JOH 1:12; GA 4:4,5; EPH 1:5; HEB 2:10,13

 - Saints predestinated to
     #RO 8:29; EPH 1:5,11

 - Of Gentiles, predicted
     #HO 2:23; RO 9:24-26; EPH 3:6

 - The Adopted are gathered together in one by Christ
     #JOH 11:52

 - New birth connected with
     #JOH 1:12,13

 - The Holy Spirit is a Witness of
     #RO 8:16

 - Being led by the Spirit is an evidence of
     #RO 8:14

 - Saints receive the Spirit of
     #RO 8:15; GA 4:6

 - A privilege of saints
     #JOH 1:12; 1JO 3:1

 - Saints become brethren of Christ by
     #JOH 20:17; HEB 2:11,12

 - Saints wait for final consummation of
     #RO 8:19,23; 1JO 3:2

 - Subjects saints to the fatherly discipline of God
     #DE 8:5; 2SA 7:14; PR 3:11,12; HEB 12:5-11

 - God is long-suffering and merciful towards the partakers of
     #JER 31:1,9,20

 - Should lead to holiness
     #2CO 6:17,18; 7:1; PHP 2:15; 1JO 3:2,3

 - SHOULD PRODUCE
   . Likeness to God
       #MT 5:44,45,48; EPH 5:1

   . Child-like confidence in God
       #MT 6:25-34

   . A desire for God's glory
       #MT 5:16

   . A spirit of prayer
       #MT 7:7-11

   . A love of peace
       #MT 5:9

   . A forgiving spirit
       #MT 6:14

   . A merciful spirit
       #LU 6:35,36

   . An avoidance of ostentation
       #MT 6:1-4,6,18

 - Safety of those who receive
     #PR 14:26

 - Confers a new name
     #NU 6:27; ISA 62:2; AC 15:17

   . See TITLES and Names of Saints
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 - Entitles to an inheritance
     #MT 13:43; RO 8:17; GA 3:29; 4:7; EPH 3:6

 - Is to be pleaded in prayer
     #ISA 63:16; MT 6:9

 - Illustrated
   . Joseph's sons
       #GE 48:5,14,16,22

   . Moses
       #EX 2:10

   . Esther
       #ES 2:7

 - Typified
   . Israel
       #EX 4:22; HO 11:1; RO 9:4

 - Exemplified
   . Solomon
       #1CH 28:6

 003
 Affections, The 

 - Should be supremely set upon God
     #DE 6:3; MR 12:30

 - SHOULD BE SET
   . Upon the commandments of God
       #PS 19:8-10; 119:20,97,103,167

   . Upon the house and worship of God
       #1CH 29:3; PS 26:8; 27:4; 84:1,2

   . Upon the people of God
       #PS 16:3; RO 12:10; 2CO 7:13-15; 1TH 2:8

   . Upon heavenly things
       #COL 3:1,2

 - Should be zealously engaged for God
     #PS 69:9; 119:139; GA 4:18

 - Christ claims the first place in
     #MT 10:37; LU 14:26

 - Enkindled by communion with Christ
     #LU 24:32

 - Blessedness of making God the object of
     #PS 91:14

 - Should not grow cold
     #PS 106:12,13; MT 24:12; GA 4:15; RE 2:4

 - Of saints, supremely set on God
     #PS 42:1; 73:25; 119:10

 - Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
     #ISA 58:1,2; EZE 33:31,32; LU 8:13

 - Carnal affections should be mortified
     #RO 8:13; 13:14; 1CO 9:27; COL 3:5; 1TH 4:5

 - Carnal affections crucified in saints
     #RO 6:6; GA 5:24

 - False teachers seek to captivate
     #GA 1:10; 4:17; 2TI 3:6; 2PE 2:3,18; RE 2:14,20

 - Of the wicked, are unnatural and perverted
     #RO 1:31; 2TI 3:3; 2PE 2:10

 004
 Afflicted, Duty toward the 

 - To pray for them
     #AC 12:5; PHP 1:16,19; JAS 5:14-16

 - To sympathise with them
     #RO 12:15; GA 6:2

 - To pity them
     #Job 14 6:14

 - To bear them in mind
     #HEB 13:3

 - To visit them
     #JAS 27 1:27

 - To comfort them
     #Job 5 16:5; 29:25; 2CO 1:4; 1TH 4:18

 - To relieve them
     #Job 19 31:19,20; ISA 58:10; PHP 4:14; 1TI 5:10

 - To protect them
     #PS 82:3; PR 22:22; 31:5

 005
 Afflicted Saints 

 - God is with
     #PS 46:5,7; ISA 43:2

 - God is a refuge and strength to
     #PS 27:5,6; ISA 25:4; JER 16:19; NA 1:7

 - God comforts
     #ISA 49:13; JER 31:13; MT 5:4; 2CO 1:4,5; 7:6

 - God preserves
     #PS 34:20

 - God delivers
     #PS 34:4,19; PR 12:13; JER 39:17,18

 - Christ is with
     #JOH 14:18

 - Christ supports
     #2TI 4:17; HEB 2:18

 - Christ comforts
     #ISA 61:2; MT 11:28-30; LU 7:13; JOH 14:1; 16:33

 - Christ preserves
     #ISA 63:9; LU 21:18

 - Christ delivers
     #RE 3:10

 - Should praise God
     #PS 13:5,6; 56:8-10; 57:6,7; 71:20-23

 - Should imitate Christ
     #HEB 12:1-3; 1PE 2:21-23

 - Should imitate the prophets
     #JAS 5:10

 - Should be patient
     #LU 21:19; RO 12:12; 2TH 1:4; JAS 4 1:4; 1PE 2:20

 - Should be resigned
     #1SA 3:18; 2KI 20:19; Job 21 1:21; PS 39:9

 - Should not despise chastening
     #Job 17 5:17; PR 3:11; HEB 12:5

 - Should acknowledge the justice of their chastisements
     #NE 9:33; Job 10 2:10; ISA 64:5-7; LA 3:39; MIC 7:9

 - Should avoid sin
     #Job 31 34:31,32; JOH 5:14; 1PE 2:12

 - Should trust in the goodness of God
     #Job 15 13:15; PS 71:20; 2CO 1:9

 - Should turn and devote themselves to God
     #PS 116:7-9; JER 50:3,4; HO 6:1

 - Should keep the pious resolutions made during afflictions
     #PS 66:13-15

 - Should be frequent in prayer
     #PS 50:15-17

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 - Should take encouragement from former mercies
     #PS 27:9; 2CO 1:10

 - Examples of afflicted Saints:
   . Joseph
       #GE 39:20-23; PS 105:17-19

   . Moses
       #HEB 11:25

   . Eli
       #1SA 3:18

   . Nehemiah
       #NE 1:4

   . Job
       #Job 20 1:20-22

   . David
       #2SA 12:15-23

   . Paul
       #AC 20:22-24; 21:13

   . Apostles
       #1CO 4:13; 2CO 6:4-10

 006
 Affliction, Comfort under 

 - God is the Author and Giver of
     #PS 23:4; RO 15:5; 2CO 1:3; 7:6; COL 1:11; 2TH 2:16,17

 - Christ is the Author and Giver of
     #ISA 61:2; JOH 14:18; 2CO 1:5

 - The Holy Spirit is the Author and Giver of
     #JOH 14:16,17; 15:26; 16:7; AC 9:31

 - Promised
     #ISA 51:3,12; 66:13; EZE 14:22,23; HO 2:14; Z17 EC 1:17

 - Through the Holy Scriptures
     #PS 119:50,76; RO 15:4

 - By ministers of the gospel
     #ISA 40:1,2; 1CO 14:3; 2CO 1:4,6

 - Is abundant
     #PS 71:21; ISA 66:11

 - Is strong
     #HEB 6:18

 - Is everlasting
     #2TH 2:16

 - Is a cause of praise
     #ISA 12:1; 49:13

 - Pray for
     #PS 119:82

 - Saints should administer to each other
     #1TH 4:18; 5:11,14

 - Is sought in vain from the world
     #PS 69:20; EC 4:1; LA 1:2

 - To those who mourn for sin
     #PS 51:17; ISA 1:18; 40:1,2; 61:1; MIC 7:18,19; LU 4:18

 - To the troubled in mind
     #PS 42:5; 94:19; JOH 14:1,27; 16:20,22

 - To those deserted by friends
     #PS 27:10; 41:9-12; JOH 14:18; 15:18,19

 - To the persecuted
     #DE 33:27

 - To the poor
     #PS 10:14; 34:6,9,10

 - To the sick
     #PS 41:3

 - To the tempted
     #RO 16:20; 1CO 10:13; 2CO 12:9; JAS 12 1:12; 4:7; 2PE 2:9; RE
     10 2:10

 - In prospect of death
     #Job 25 19:25,26; PS 23:4; JOH 14:2; 2CO 5:1; 1TH 4:14; HEB
     9 4:9; RE 7:14-17; 14:13

 - Under the infirmities of age
     #PS 71:9,18

 007
 Affliction, Prayer Under 

 - Exhortation to
     #JAS 13 5:13

 - That God would consider our trouble
     #2KI 19:16; NE 9:32; PS 9:13; LA 5:1

 - For the presence and support of God
     #PS 10:1; 102:2

 - That the Holy Spirit may not be withdrawn
     #PS 51:11

 - For divine comfort
     #PS 4:6; 119:76

 - For mitigation of troubles
     #PS 39:12,13

 - For deliverance
     #PS 25:17,22; 39:10; ISA 64:9-12; JER 17:14

 - For pardon and deliverance from sin
     #PS 39:8; 51:1; 79:8

 - That we may be turned to God
     #PS 80:7; 85:4-6; JER 31:18

 - For divine teaching and direction
     #Job 32 34:32; PS 27:11; 143:10

 - For increase of faith
     #MR 9:24

 - For mercy
     #PS 6:2; HAB 3:2

 - For restoration to joy
     #PS 51:8,12; 69:29; 90:14,15

 - For protection and preservation from enemies
     #2KI 19:19; 2CH 20:12; PS 17:8,9

 - That we may know the causes of our trouble
     #Job 24 6:24; 10:2; 13:23,24

 - That we may be taught the uncertainty of life
     #PS 39:4

 - That we may be quickened
     #PS 143:11

 008
 Afflictions 

 - God appoints
     #2KI 6:33; Job 6 5:6,17; PS 66:11; AM 3:6; MIC 6:9

 - God dispenses, as He will
     #Job 10 11:10; ISA 10:15; 45:7

 - God regulates the measure of
     #PS 80:5; ISA 9:1; JER 46:28

 - God determines the continuance of
     #GE 15:13,14; NU 14:33; ISA 10:25; JER 29:10

 - God does not willingly send
     #LA 3:33

 - Man is born to
     #Job 6 5:6,7; 14:1

 - Saints appointed to
     #1TH 3:3

 - Consequent upon the fall
     #GE 3:16-19

 - Sin produces
     #Job 8 4:8; 20:11; PR 1:31

 - Sin visited with
     #2SA 12:14; PS 89:30-32; ISA 57:17; AC 13:10,11

 - Often severe
     #Job 7 16:7-16; PS 42:7; 66:12; JON 2:3; RE 7:14

 - Always less than we deserve
     #EZR 9:13; PS 103:10

 - Frequently terminate in good
     #GE 50:20; EX 1:11,12; DE 8:15,16; JER 24:5,6; EZE 20:37

 - Tempered with mercy
     #PS 78:38,39; 106:43-46; ISA 30:18-21; LA 3:32; MIC 7:7-9;
     NA 1:12

 - Saints are to expect
     #JOH 16:33; AC 14:22

 - Of saints, are comparatively light
     #AC 20:23,24; RO 8:18; 2CO 4:17

 - Of saints, are but temporary
     #PS 30:5; 103:9; ISA 54:7,8; JOH 16:20; 1PE 1:6; 5:10

 - Saints have joy under
     #Job 17 5:17; JAS 11 5:11

 - Of saints, end in joy and blessedness
     #PS 126:5,6; ISA 61:2,3; MT 5:4; 1PE 4:13,14

 - Often arise from the profession of the gospel
     #MT 24:9; JOH 15:21; 2TI 3:11,12

 - Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
     #DE 8:5; PS 119:75; PR 3:12; 1CO 11:32; HEB 12:6,7; RE
     19 3:19

 009
 Afflictions Made Beneficial 

 - In promoting the glory of God
     #JOH 9:1-3; 11:3,4; 21:18,19

 - In exhibiting the power and faithfulness of God
     #PS 34:19,20; 2CO 4:8-11

 - In teaching us the will of God
     #PS 119:71; ISA 26:9; MIC 6:9

 - In turning us to God
     #DE 4:30,31; NE 1:8,9; PS 78:34; ISA 10:20,21; HO 2:6,7

 - In keeping us from again departing from God
     #Job 31 34:31,32; ISA 10:20; EZE 14:10,11

 - In leading us to seek God in prayer
     #JUD 4:3; JER 31:18; LA 2:17-19; HO 5:14,15; JON 2:1

 - In convincing us of sin
     #Job 8 36:8,9; PS 119:67; LU 15:16-18

 - In leading us to confession of sin
     #NU 21:7; PS 32:5; 51:3,5

 - In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
     #Job 10 23:10; PS 66:10; PR 17:3

 - In trying our faith and obedience
     #GE 22:1,2; HEB 11:17; EX 15:23-25; DE 8:2,16; 1PE 1:7; RE
     10 2:10

 - In humbling us
     #DE 8:3,16; 2CH 7:13,14; LA 3:19,20; 2CO 12:7

 - In purifying us
     #EC 7:2,3; ISA 1:25,26; 48:10; JER 9:6,7; Z9 EC 13:9; MAL
     2 3:2,3

 - In exercising our patience
     #PS 40:1; RO 5:3; JAS 3 1:3; 1PE 2:20

 - In rendering us fruitful in good works
     #JOH 15:2; HEB 12:10,11

 - In furthering the gospel
     #AC 8:3,4; 11:19-21; PHP 1:12; 2TI 2:9,10; 4:16,17

 - Exemplified
   . Joseph's brethren
       #GE 42:21

   . Joseph
       #GE 45:5,7,8

   . Israel
       #DE 8:3,5

   . Josiah
       #2KI 22:19

   . Hezekiah
       #2CH 32:25,26

   . Manasseh
       #2CH 33:12

   . Jonah
       #JON 2:7

   . Prodigal's son
       #LU 15:21

 010
 Afflictions of the Wicked, The 

 - God is glorified in
     #EX 14:4; EZE 38:22,23

 - God holds in derision
     #PS 37:13; PR 1:26,27

 - Are multiplied
     #DE 31:17; Job 12 20:12-18; PS 32:10

 - Are continual
     #Job 20 15:20; EC 2:23; ISA 32:10

 - Are often sudden
     #PS 73:10; PR 6:15; ISA 30:13; RE 18:10

 - Are often judicially sent
     #Job 17 21:17; PS 107:17; JER 30:15

 - Are for examples to others
     #PS 64:7-9; ZEP 3:6,7; 1CO 10:5-11; 2PE 2:6

 - Are ineffectual of themselves, for their conversion
     #EX 9:30; ISA 9:13; JER 2:30; HAG 2:17

 - Their persecution of saints, a cause of
     #DE 30:7; PS 55:19; Z9 EC 2:9; 2TH 1:6

 - Impenitence is a cause of
     #PR 1:30,31; EZE 24:13; AM 4:6-12; Z11 EC 7:11,12; RE 2:21,22

 - Sometimes humble them
     #1KI 21:27

 - Frequently harden
     #NE 9:28,29; JER 5:3

 - Produce slavish fear
     #Job 24 15:24; PS 73:19; JER 49:3,5

 - Saints should not be alarmed at
     #PR 3:25,26

 - Exemplified
   . Pharaoh and the Egyptians
       #EX 9:14,15; 14:24,25

   . Ahaziah
       #2KI 1:1-4

   . Gehazi
       #2KI 5:27

   . Jehoram
       #2CH 21:12-19

   . Uzziah
       #2CH 26:19-21

   . Ahaz, etc.
       #2CH 28:5-8,22



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