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CHRIST JESUS is the True God & Eternal Life!

" Hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us." -I John 3:24 [KJV] “That the soul be without knowledge, is not good” (Proverbs 19:22.) What knowledge is to be compared with the excellency of the knowledge of Christ? All other will perish. But, “this is life eternal” (John 17:3.) “For He is the true God and eternal life” (1 John 5:20.) Does He abide in us? Could we possess the whole world without this, we should only grasp a phantom. We might as well seek to fill our belly, and satisfy our hunger with the east wind, as be happy without Christ abiding in us.    (1st.) What is implied in this? We know what it is to receive and entertain a friend in our dwelling. According to our love to him, and delight in him, so we treat him. Love will set the best things before him, give him the pre-eminence in all things, and accommodate him with the best room in our house. Yea, love is jealous, lest all things should not please, and will ap...