His unspeakable gift
Well then may you say, Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift. Thanks be to God, who gives me to know in whom I have believed, who has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into my heart, crying, Abba, Father, and even now bearing witness with my spirit that I am a child of God. And see that not only your lips, but your life, show forth his praise. He has marked you for his own. Glorify him, then, in your body and your spirit, which are his.
Beloved, if you have this hope in yourself, purify yourself as he is pure. While you behold what manner of love the Father has given you, that you should be called a child of God, cleanse yourself from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. And let all your thoughts, words, and works be a spiritual sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God through Christ Jesus.
1771 text
14. Well then mayst thou say, Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift! Thanks be unto God, who giveth me to know in whom I have believed: who hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into my heart, crying, Abba, Father, and even now bearing witness with my Spirit, that I am a child of God! And see, that not only thy lips, but thy life shew forth his praise. He hath marked thee for his own; glorify him then in thy body and thy Spirit which are his. Beloved, if thou hast this hope in thyself, purify thyself as he is pure. While thou beholdest what manner of love the Father hath given thee, that thou shouldst be called a child of God: cleanse thyself from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God: and let all thy thoughts, words, and works be a spiritual sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God through Christ Jesus!
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 10 in the 1771 Works. Romans 8:16. The first discourse on the witness of the Spirit.
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