...This persuasion rests upon the testimony of the God of infin•te veracity and faithfulness. "This is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son," says the apostle John. God has given the record sure and imperishable in His own inspired...

...evangelist proceeds to tell us of Christian character. He says first, in the eleventh verse, " And this is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life ; and he that hath not the Son hath not life." And then...

...believeth in the Son of God hath the witness in himself, i John v. 10. And what witness is that ? This is the record, that God hath given us eternal life ; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life, w. n, 12. 0 happy and sure connexion ! Eternal life, first...

...here specified are three. First, their faith in Christ. Faith regards all the Scripture ; but this is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Faith therefore has principally to do with the Saviour. It receives as true the testimony...

...in one scripture, which expressly sets down what is tho Father's record : 1 John v. 11, 12, ' This is the record, that God hath given us eternal life ; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life : and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.' This...

...in one scripture, which expressly sets down what is the Father's record : 1 John v. 11, 12, ' This is the record, that God hath given us eternal life ; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life : and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.' This...

...that we have not overstated the facts. The following passages are submitted as examples : — " This is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is [in its element of objective determination] in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life, and he that...

...and penalty. His death teaches us to reckon ourselves dead. His life is the believer's life. " This is the record that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." " Your life is hid with Christ in God." The believer in the Lord Jesus is thus privileged...

...message, " everywhere teaching and preaching Jesus Christ." St. John declares it was his, — " This is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." St. Peter tells us that his message was Christ the " living stone," on whom he that believeth...

...which God gave of His Son, the denial of which makes Him a liar (ver. 10). " And this," says he, " is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." The "us," here, cannot be all who believe (as some say); for the gift of eternal life...