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490 We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by His Holy Spirit. —.

Look, therefore, which way we will, whether at the direct Scriptural statements of death as the penalty of sin, or at the agony of the cross as a means of rescue, or at the joy of the angels of God over a rescue; we see from either that it must be a work of infinite and eternal consequence—the work of redemption. —.

What a memorable epoch that will be when Jesus Christ shall have vacated the throne of mercy! What an awful event in the history of our universe will that be when the dispensation that cost so much, that lasted so long, when that shall cease, when that shall disappear and be no more at all in the universe of God Almighty! It seems to me the very thought ought to start every sinner to his feet in a moment! Lord Jesus, help! that we may embrace the offered mercy! —.

Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God. —.

I never wish to be more charitable than Christ. I find it written: "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." —.

You are sons because born again, or slaves and enemies because of wicked works.