...spirit, and they are life] John vi. ' The word of God is quick and powerful,' Heb. iv. 12. Now are ye clean through the word which I have spoken unto you/ John xv. 3. ' That he might sanctify it and cleanse it with the washing of water, by the word,' Eph. v. 20. " The...

...our great Intercessor prays, ' Sanctify them through thy truth ; thy word is truth ;' and asserts,' Ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.'§ • John xv. 5. t 1 Pet. i. 22. f 1 Pet. i. 2. 2 Thess. ii. 13. Eph. iv, 24. John xfii. 19. § John xvii. 17. and...

...use it in progressive sanctification. Dropping the metaphor, Christ had before said to the eleven, " Now ye are clean, through the word which I have spoken unto you :" John zv. 3. Thus our Lord, while Judas was present, said to the apostles, '•" Ye are clean, but not all...

...mend your manners ; look after a sanctified condition. Sanctity is a heavenly birth. — " Now are ye clean through the word which I have spoken unto you," John xv. 3. Cleansing words fall only from Christ's mouth. Only supreme majesty can over-master a loose soul. Man...

...blemish. a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John iii. 5. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. John xv. 3. And now, why tarriest thou ? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of...

...flesh : and : I will give you an heart of flesh.'' Read Ezek. xxxvi. 22 to end. " Then said Christ, ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you," John xv. 3. " If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and...

...skilfully, without perceiving innumerable examples of a similar laxity of expression. For instance : " Ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you." (John xv. 3.) Neither this man nor his parents have sinned. (John ix. 3.) " Take no thought for your life, what ye...

...from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." It purifies the soul, and makes it holy : " Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you," John xv. 3. 4. It is a glorious lamp ; hence called " the glorious gospel of the blessed God." The author of it...

...word of God,) they were purified and cleansed from without, as Christ clearly shows when he saith, Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. (John 15: 3.) And with this obedience to the word »f God, must all true Christians and children of God comply...

...that our great Intercessor prays, Sanctify them through thy truth : thy word is truth ; and asserts, Ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. John xvii. 17, xv. 3. The truth of the gospel is that mirror in which we behold the gracious designs of...