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     191
     Faith 
    
     - Is the substance of things hoped for
         #HEB 11:1
    
     - Is the evidence of things not seen
         #HEB 11:1
    
     - Commanded
         #MT 11:22; 1JO 3:23
    
     - THE OBJECTS OF, ARE
       . God
           #JOH 14:1
    
       . Christ
           #JOH 6:29; AC 20:21
    
       . Writings of Moses
           #JOH 5:46; AC 24:14
    
       . Writings of the prophets
           #2CH 20:20; AC 26:27
    
       . The gospel
           #MR 1:15
    
       . Promises of God
           #RO 4:21; HEB 11:13
    
     - IN CHRIST IS
       . The gift of God
           #RO 12:3; EPH 2:8; 6:23; PHP 1:29
    
       . The work of God
           #AC 11:21; 1CO 2:5
    
       . Precious
           #2PE 1:1
    
       . Most holy
           #Jude 20 1:20
    
       . Fruitful
           #1TH 1:3
    
       . Accompanied by repentance
           #MR 1:15; LU 24:47
    
       . Followed by conversion
           #AC 11:21
    
     - Christ is the Author and Finisher of
         #HEB 12:2
    
     - Is a gift of the Holy Spirit
         #1CO 12:9
    
     - The Scriptures designed to produce
         #JOH 20:31; 2TI 3:15
    
     - Preaching designed to produce
         #JOH 17:20; AC 8:12; RO 10:14,15,17; 1CO 3:5
    
     - THROUGH IT IS
       . Remission of sins
           #AC 10:43; RO 3:25
    
       . Justification
           #AC 13:39; RO 3:21,22,28,30; 5:1; GA 2:16
    
       . Salvation
           #MR 16:16; AC 16:31
    
       . Sanctification
           #AC 15:9; 26:18
    
       . Spiritual light
           #JOH 12:36,46
    
       . Spiritual life
           #JOH 20:31; GA 2:20
    
       . Eternal life
           #JOH 3:15,16; 6:40,47
    
       . Rest in heaven
           #HEB 4:3
    
       . Edification
           #1TI 1:4; Jude 20 1:20
    
       . Preservation
           #1PE 1:5
    
       . Adoption
           #JOH 1:12; GA 3:26
    
       . Access to God
           #RO 5:2; EPH 3:12
    
       . Inheritance of the promises
           #GA 3:22; HEB 6:12
    
       . The gift of the Holy Spirit
           #AC 11:15-17; GA 3:14; EPH 1:13
    
     - Impossible to please God without
         #HEB 11:6
    
     - Justification is by, to be of grace
         #RO 4:16
    
     - Essential to the profitable reception of the gospel
         #HEB 4:2
    
     - Necessary in the Christian warfare
         #1TI 1:18,19; 6:12
    
     - The gospel effectual in those who have
         #1TH 2:13
    
     - Excludes self-justification
         #RO 10:3,4
    
     - Excludes boasting
         #RO 3:27
    
     - Works by love
         #GA 5:6; 1TI 1:5; PHM 5 1:5
    
     - PRODUCES
       . Hope
           #RO 5:2
    
       . Joy
           #AC 16:34; 1PE 1:8
    
       . Peace
           #RO 15:13
    
       . Confidence
           #ISA 28:16; 1PE 2:6
    
       . Boldness in preaching
           #PS 116:10; 2CO 4:13
    
       . Christ is precious to those having
           #1PE 2:7
    
       . Christ dwells in the heart by
           #EPH 3:17
    
       . Necessary in prayer
           #MT 21:22; JAS 1:6
    
       . Those who are not Christ's have not
           #JOH 10:26,27
    
       . An evidence of the new birth
           #1JO 5:1
    
     - BY IT SAINTS
       . Live
           #GA 2:20
    
       . Stand
           #RO 11:20; 2CO 1:24
    
       . Walk
           #RO 4:12; 2CO 5:7
    
       . Obtain a good report
           #HEB 11:2
    
       . Overcome the world
           #1JO 5:4,5
    
       . Resist the devil
           #1PE 5:9
    
       . Overcome the devil
           #EPH 6:16
    
       . Are supported
           #PS 27:13; 1TI 4:10
    
     - Saints die in
         #HEB 11:13
    
     - SAINTS SHOULD
       . Be sincere in
           #1TI 1:5; 2TI 1:5
    
       . Abound in
           #2CO 8:7
    
       . Continue in
           #AC 14:22; COL 1:23
    
       . Be strong in
           #RO 4:20-24
    
       . Stand fast in
           #1CO 16:13
    
       . Be grounded and settled in
           #COL 1:23
    
       . Hold, with a good conscience
           #1TI 1:19
    
       . Pray for the increase of
           #LU 17:5
    
       . Have full assurance of
           #2TI 1:12; HEB 10:22
    
     - True, evidenced by its fruits
         #JAS 21 2:21-25
    
     - Without fruits, is dead
         #JAS 17 2:17,20,26
    
     - Examine whether you be in
         #2CO 13:5
    
     - All difficulties overcome by
         #MT 17:20; 21:21; MR 9:23
    
     - All things should be done in
         #RO 14:22
    
     - Whatever is not of, is sin
         #RO 14:23
    
     - Often tried by affliction
         #1PE 1:6,7
    
     - Trial of, works patience
         #JAS 3 1:3
    
     - The wicked often profess
         #AC 8:13,21
    
     - The wicked destitute of
         #JOH 10:25; 12:37; AC 19:9; 2TH 3:2
    
     - Protection of, illustrated
       . A shield
           #EPH 6:16
    
       . A breastplate
           #1TH 5:8
    
     - Exemplified
       . Caleb
           #NU 13:30
    
       . Job
           #Job 25 19:25
    
       . Shadrach, etc.
           #DA 3:17
    
       . Daniel
           #DA 6:10,23
    
       . Peter
           #MT 16:16
    
       . Woman who was a sinner
           #LU 7:50
    
       . Nathanael
           #JOH 1:49
    
       . Samaritans
           #JOH 4:39
    
       . Martha
           #JOH 11:27
    
       . The Disciples
           #JOH 16:30
    
       . Thomas
           #JOH 20:28
    
       . Stephen
           #AC 6:5
    
       . Priests
           #AC 6:7
    
       . Ethiopian
           #AC 8:37
    
       . Barnabas
           #AC 11:24
    
       . Sergius Paulus
           #AC 13:12
    
       . Philippian jailor
           #AC 16:31,34
    
       . Romans
           #RO 1:8
    
       . Colossians
           #COL 1:4
    
       . Thessalonians
           #1TH 1:3
    
       . Lois
           #2TI 1:5
    
       . Paul
           #2TI 4:7
    
       . Abel
           #HEB 11:4
    
       . Enoch
           #HEB 11:5
    
       . Noah
           #HEB 11:7
    
       . Abraham
           #HEB 11:8,17
    
       . Isaac
           #HEB 11:20
    
       . Jacob
           #HEB 11:21
    
       . Joseph
           #HEB 11:22
    
       . Moses
           #HEB 11:24,27
    
       . Rahab
           #HEB 11:31
    
       . Gideon etc.
           #HEB 11:32,33,39
    
     192
     Faithfulness 
    
     - A characteristic of saints
         #EPH 1:1; COL 1:2; 1TI 6:2; RE 17:14
    
     - EXHIBITED IN
       . The service of God
           #MT 24:45
    
       . Declaring the word of God
           #JER 23:28; 2CO 2:17; 4:2
    
       . The care of dedicated things
           #2CH 31:12
    
       . Helping the brethren
           #3JO 1:5
    
       . Bearing witness
           #PR 14:5
    
       . Reproving others
           #PR 27:6; PS 141:5
    
       . Situations of trust
           #2KI 12:15; NE 13:13; AC 6:1-3
    
       . Doing work
           #2CH 34:12
    
       . Keeping secrets
           #PR 11:13
    
       . Conveying messages
           #PR 13:17; 25:13
    
       . All things
           #1TI 3:11
    
       . The smallest matters
           #LU 16:10-12
    
     - Should be to death
         #RE 2:10
    
     - ESPECIALLY REQUIRED IN
       . Ministers
           #1CO 4:2; 2TI 2:2
    
       . The wives of ministers
           #1TI 3:11
    
       . The children of ministers
           #TIT 1:6
    
     - Difficulty of finding
         #PR 20:6
    
     - The wicked void of
         #PS 5:9
    
     - Associate with those who exhibit
         #PS 101:6
    
     - Blessedness of
         #1SA 26:23; PR 28:20
    
     - Blessedness of, illustrated
         #MT 24:45,46; 25:21,23
    
     - Exemplified
       . Joseph
           #GE 39:22,23
    
       . Moses
           #NU 12:7; HEB 3:2,5
    
       . David
           #1SA 22:14
    
       . Hananiah
           #NE 7:2
    
       . Abraham
           #NE 9:8; GA 3:9
    
       . Daniel
           #DA 6:4
    
       . Paul
           #AC 20:20,27
    
       . Timothy
           #1CO 4:17
    
       . Tychicus
           #EPH 6:21
    
       . Epaphras
           #COL 1:7
    
       . Onesimus
           #COL 4:9
    
       . Silvanus
           #1PE 5:12
    
       . Antipas
           #RE 2:13
    
     193
     Faithfulness of God, The 
    
     - Is part of his character
         #ISA 49:7; 1CO 1:9; 1TH 5:24
    
     - DECLARED TO BE
       . Great
           #LA 3:23
    
       . Established
           #PS 89:2
    
       . Incomparable
           #PS 89:8
    
       . Unfailing
           #PS 89:33; 2TI 2:13
    
       . Infinite
           #PS 36:5
    
       . Everlasting
           #PS 90 119:90; 146:6
    
     - Should be pleaded in prayer
         #PS 143:1
    
     - Should be proclaimed
         #PS 40:10; 89:1
    
     - MANIFESTED
       . In his counsels
           #ISA 25:1
    
       . In afflicting his saints
           #PS 119:75
    
       . In fulfilling his promises
           #1KI 8:20; PS 132:11; MIC 7:20; HEB 10:23
    
       . In keeping his covenant
           #DE 7:9; PS 111:5
    
       . In executing his judgments
           #JER 23:20; 51:29
    
       . In forgiving sins
           #1JO 1:9
    
       . To his saints
           #PS 89:24; 2TH 3:3
    
       . Saints encouraged to depend on
           #1PE 4:19
    
       . Should be magnified
           #PS 89:5; 92:2
    
     194
     Fall of Man, The 
    
     - By the disobedience of Adam
         #GE 3:6,11,12; RO 5:12,15,19
    
     - Through temptation of the devil
         #GE 3:1-5; 2CO 11:3; 1TI 2:14
    
     - MAN IN CONSEQUENCE OF
       . Made in the image of Adam
           #GE 5:3; 1CO 15:48,49
    
       . Born in sin
           #Job 14 15:14; 25:4; PS 51:5; ISA 48:8; JOH 3:6
    
       . A child of wrath
           #EPH 2:3
    
       . Evil in heart
           #GE 6:5; 8:21; JER 16:12; MT 15:19
    
       . Blinded in heart
           #EPH 4:18
    
       . Corrupt and perverse in his ways
           #GE 6:12; PS 10:5; RO 3:12-16
    
       . Depraved in mind
           #RO 8:5-7; EPH 4:17; COL 1:21; TIT 1:15
    
       . Without understanding
           #PS 14:2,3; RO 3:11; 1:31
    
       . Receives no the things of God
           #1CO 2:14
    
       . Comes short of God's glory
           #RO 3:23
    
       . Defiled in conscience
           #TIT 1:15; HEB 10:22
    
       . Intractable
           #Job 12 11:12
    
       . Estranged from God
           #GE 3:8; PS 58:3; EPH 4:18; COL 1:21
    
       . In bondage to sin
           #RO 6:19; 7:5,23; GA 5:17; TIT 3:3
    
       . In bondage to the devil
           #2TI 2:26; HEB 2:14,15
    
       . Constant in evil
           #PS 10:5; 2PE 2:14
    
       . Conscious of guilt
           #GE 3:7,8,10
    
       . Unrighteous
           #EC 7:20; RO 3:10
    
       . Abominable
           #Job 16 15:16; PS 14:3
    
       . Turned to his own way
           #ISA 53:6
    
       . Loves darkness
           #JOH 3:19
    
       . Corrupt etc. in speech
           #RO 3:13,14
    
       . Void of the fear of God
           #RO 3:18
    
       . Totally depraved
           #GE 6:5; RO 7:18
    
     - Dead in sin
         #EPH 2:1; COL 2:13
    
     - All men partake of the effects of
         #1KI 8:46; GA 3:22; 1JO 1:8; 5:19
    
     - PUNISHMENT CONSEQUENT UPON
       . Banishment from Paradise
           #GE 3:24
    
       . Condemnation to labor and sorrow
           #GE 3:16,19; Job 6 5:6,7
    
       . Temporal death
           #GE 3:19; RO 5:12; 1CO 15:22
    
       . Eternal death
           #Job 30 21:30; RO 5:18,21; 6:23
    
     - Cannot be remedied by man
         #PR 20:9; JER 2:22; 13:23
    
     - Remedy for, provided by God
         #GE 3:15; JOH 3:16
    
     195
     Families 
    
     - Of saints blessed
         #PS 128:3-6
    
     - SHOULD
       . Be taught the Scriptures
           #DE 4:9,10
    
       . Worship God together
           #1CO 16:19
    
       . Be duly regulated
           #PR 31:27; 1TI 3:4,5,12
    
       . Live in unity
           #GE 45:24; PS 133:1
    
       . Live in mutual forbearance
           #GE 50:17-21; MT 18:21,22
    
       . Rejoice together before God
           #DE 14:26
    
     - Deceivers and liars should be removed from
         #PS 101:7
    
     - Warning against departing from God
         #DE 29:18
    
     - Punishment of irreligious
         #JER 10:25
    
     - Good-Exemplified
       . Abraham
           #GE 18:19
    
       . Jacob
           #GE 35:2
    
       . Joshua
           #JOS 24:15
    
       . David
           #2SA 6:20
    
       . Job
           #Job 5 1:5
    
       . Lazarus of Bethany
           #JOH 11:1-5
    
       . Cornelius
           #AC 10:2,33
    
       . Lydia
           #AC 16:15
    
       . Jailor of Philippi
           #AC 16:31-34
    
       . Crispus
           #AC 18:8
    
       . Lois
           #2TI 1:5
    
     196
     Famine 
    
     - Sent by God
         #PS 10:16
    
     - Often on account of sin
         #LE 26:21,26; LA 4:4-6
    
     - One of God's four sore judgments
         #EZE 14:21
    
     - CAUSED BY
       . God's blessing withheld
           #HO 2:8,9; HAG 1:6
    
       . Want of seasonable rain
           #1KI 17:1; JER 14:1-4; AM 4:7
    
       . Rotting of the seed in the ground
           #JOE 1:17
    
       . Swarms of insects
           #DE 28:38,42; JOE 1:4
    
       . Blasting and mildew
           #AM 4:9; HAG 2:17
    
       . Devastation by enemies
           #DE 28:33,51
    
     - Often long continued
         #GE 41:27; 2KI 8:1,2
    
     - Often severe
         #GE 12:10; 1KI 18:2; JER 52:6
    
     - EXPRESSED BY
       . Taking away the stay of bread, etc.
           #ISA 3:1
    
       . Cleanness of Teeth
           #AM 4:6
    
       . The arrows of famine
           #EZE 5:16
    
     - Often accompanied by war
         #JER 14:15; 29:18
    
     - Often followed by pestilence
         #JER 42:17; EZE 7:15; MT 24:7
    
     - THINGS EATEN DURING
       . Wild herbs
           #2KI 4:39,40
    
       . Ass's flesh
           #2KI 6:25
    
       . Dung
           #2KI 6:25; LA 4:5
    
       . Human flesh
           #LE 26:29; 2KI 6:28,29
    
     - Provisions sold by weight during
         #EZE 4:16
    
     - Suffering of brute creation from
         #JER 14:5,6
    
     - CAUSED
       . Burning and fever
           #DE 32:24
    
       . Blackness of the skin
           #LA 4:8; 5:10
    
       . Grief and mourning
           #JOE 1:11-13
    
       . Faintness
           #GE 47:13
    
       . Wasting of the body
           #LA 4:8; EZE 4:17
    
       . Death
           #2KI 7:4; JER 11:22
    
     - God provided for his people during
         #1KI 17:4,9; Job 20 5:20; PS 33:19; 37:19
    
     - INSTANCES OF, IN SCRIPTURE
       . In the days of Abraham
           #GE 12:10
    
       . In the days of Isaac
           #GE 26:1
    
       . In the days of Joseph
           #GE 41:53-56
    
       . In the day of the Judges
           #RU 1:1
    
       . In the reign of David
           #2SA 21:1
    
       . In the reign of Ahab
           #1KI 17:1; 18:5
    
       . In the time of Elisha
           #2KI 4:38
    
       . During the siege of Samaria
           #2KI 6:25
    
       . Of seven years foretold by Elisha
           #2KI 8:1
    
       . In the time of Jeremiah
           #JER 14:1
    
       . During the siege of Jerusalem
           #2KI 25:3
    
       . After the captivity
           #NE 5:3
    
       . In the reign of Claudius Caesar
           #AC 11:28
    
       . Before destruction of Jerusalem
           #MT 24:7
    
     - The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by
         #EZE 36:29,30
    
     - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
       . A dearth of the means of grace
           #AM 8:11,12
    
       . Destruction of idols
           #ZEP 2:11
    
     197
     Fasting 
    
     - Spirit of, explained
         #ISA 58:6,7
    
     - Not to be made a subject of display
         #MT 6:16-18
    
     - Should be to God
         #Z5 EC 7:5; MT 6:18
    
     - For the chastening of the soul
         #PS 69:10
    
     - For the humbling of the soul
         #PS 35:13
    
     - OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF
       . Judgments of God
           #JOE 1:14; 2:12
    
       . Public calamities
           #2SA 1:12
    
       . Afflictions of the Church
           #LU 5:33-35
    
       . Afflictions of others
           #PS 35:13; DA 6:18
    
       . Private afflictions
           #2SA 12:16
    
       . Approaching danger
           #ES 4:16
    
       . Ordination of ministers
           #AC 13:3; 14:23
    
     - ACCOMPANIED BY
       . Prayer
           #EZR 8:23; DA 9:3
    
       . Confession of sin
           #1SA 7:6; NE 9:1,2
    
       . Mourning
           #JOE 2:12
    
       . Humiliation
           #DE 9:18; NE 9:1
    
     - Promises connected with
         #ISA 58:8-12; MT 6:18
    
     - OF HYPOCRITES
       . Described
           #ISA 58:4,5
    
       . Ostentatious
           #MT 6:16
    
       . Boasted of, before God
           #LU 18:12
    
       . Rejected
           #ISA 58:3; JER 14:12
    
     - Extraordinary Exemplified
       . Our Lord
           #MT 4:2
    
       . Moses
           #EX 34:28; DE 9:9,18
    
       . Elijah
           #1KI 19:8
    
     - National Exemplified
       . Israel
           #JUD 20:26; EZR 8:21; ES 4:3,16; JER 36:9
    
       . Men of Jabesh-gilead
           #1SA 31:13
    
       . Ninevites
           #JON 3:5-8
    
     - Of Saints Exemplified
       . David
           #2SA 12:16; PS 109:24
    
       . Nehemiah
           #NE 1:4
    
       . Esther
           #ES 4:16
    
       . Daniel
           #DA 9:3
    
       . Disciples of John
           #MT 9:14
    
       . Anna
           #LU 2:37
    
       . Cornelius
           #AC 10:30
    
       . Christians
           #AC 13:2
    
       . Apostles
           #2CO 6:5
    
       . Paul
           #2CO 11:27
    
     - Of the wicked-Exemplified
       . Elders of Jezreel
           #1KI 21:12
    
       . Ahab
           #1KI 21:27
    
       . Pharisees
           #MR 2:18; LU 18:12
    
    
    
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