FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE
" But faith which worketh by love." — Galatians 5:6 [KJV] In the religion of Jesus, every hope of salvation is excluded, but what springs from faith. For faith receives every blessing of covenant love of a gracious Lord. The faith of God's elect hath Jesus for its author, His truths for its object, His word for its warrant, His power for its support, His glory for its aim, and love for its inseparable companion. Thus the faith of the gospel, is ever distinguished from natural notions. But it is natural to us all, to mistake error for truth, fancy for faith, the heat of animal passions for love. Yea, and also to be very confident herein. But true faith ever worketh by love; even that "love which rejoiceth in the truth." — 1 Corinthians 13:6 . Jesus is essentially THE TRUTH. All the love which God hath to us centers in Him, and flows to us through Him. Hence "God hath chosen us IN Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and...