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| Chapter VI—Unbelievers in the blood of Christ shall be condemned. PREVIOUS SECTION - NEXT SECTION - HELP
Let no man deceive himself. Both the things which are in heaven, and the
glorious angels,1008 and
rulers, both visible and invisible, if they believe not in the blood of
Christ, shall, in
consequence, incur condemnation.1009 “He that is able to receive it, let him
receive it.”1010 Let not [high] place puff
any one up: for that which is worth all is1011
1011 Literally, “the whole
is.” | faith and love, to which nothing is to be
preferred. But consider those who are of a different opinion with respect
to the grace of Christ which has come unto us, how opposed they are to
the will of God. They have no
regard for love; no care for the widow, or the orphan, or the oppressed;
of the bond, or of the free; of the hungry, or of the thirsty.
Let no man deceive himself. Unless he believes that
Christ Jesus has lived in the flesh, and shall confess His cross and
passion, and the blood which He shed for the salvation of the world, he
shall not obtain eternal life, whether he be a king, or a priest, or a
ruler, or a private person, a master or a servant, a man or a woman.
“He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.”1012 Let no man’s place, or dignity, or
riches, puff him up; and let no man’s low condition or poverty
abase him. For the chief points
are faith towards God, hope towards Christ, the enjoyment of those good
things for which we look, and love towards God and our neighbour. For,
“Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy
neighbour as thyself.”1013 And the Lord says, “This is life eternal, to know
the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.”1014 And again, “A new commandment give I
unto you, that ye love one another. On these two commandments hang all
the law and the prophets.”1015 Do ye, therefore, notice those who
preach other doctrines, how they affirm that the Father of Christ cannot
be known, and how they exhibit enmity and deceit in their dealings with
one another. They have no regard for love; they despise the good things
we expect hereafter; they regard present things as if they were durable;
they ridicule him that is in affliction; they laugh at him that is in
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