The medium by which the gospel becomes the power of God is faith. Faith is a reliance upon the Lord Jesus Christ for all the blessings, benefits, ends, and purposes for which the gospel reveals him, such as pardon of sin, peace of conscience, strength for obedience, and eternal life. It is wrought in us by the Holy Spirit through his word and presupposes a knowledge of him and of ourselves, of our emptiness and his fullness, of our unworthiness and his merits, of our weakness and his power. The true believer believes, receives, and builds upon the person and work of Christ as the foundation of his hope; he enters by him as the only door to the knowledge, communion, and love of God; he feeds upon him as the only bread of life; he embraces him as his redemption, wisdom, and sanctification; he derives all his strength and comfort from him.
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