ILLUSTRATIONS. . 226 "THESE THINGS ARE WRITTEN THAT YE MIGHT BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD; AND THAT BELIEVING, YE MIGHT HAVE LIFE THROUGH HIS NAME."-John xx. 31. 54 CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. HOW CAN MAN BE JUST WITH GOD? A STUDY FOR THE SAVED AND THE UNSAVED, THE BELIEVER AND THE DOUBTER ! “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for therein is the righteousness of God revealed.”—Romans i. 16, 17. God can "be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus."-Romans iii, 26. B How can man be just with God? All men know that they are lawbreakers.-Consciences.-False religions.—Students of Philosophy.-Infidels Hume and Hobbes.-The Bible never does violence to facts. The first problem for all to solve.-Christianity, a great fact.—Its claims demand examination.—Its equitable principles.-The competent Substitute provided.-Conversions to God.— God's wondrous plan of saving mercy must be believed.—Trustworthiness of the Saviour, and how to prove it.—Pardon, peace, and joy, and how to attain them.-Faith in the gospel but a preliminary of salvation.—The gospel, a finger-post pointing to Christ.-Full salvation and eternal life.-An unbelieving man a great mystery.—The centre and source of all true joy.—Bliss exquisite and lasting.—Moravian and other experiences.—An appeal to facts.-Pleadings of love Pp. 1-24 |