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“Men are justified by faith alone,” wrote an old Puritan divine, “but the faith that justifies is never alone.” This is a succinct statement of the truth articulated by Paul, under the inspiration of the Spirit, in Ephesians 2:8-10: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship,...

He is called “the tempter,” Matt. 4:3; 1 Thess. 3:5. b. Our lust for the lure is aroused There is yet no sin, only temptation. c. Our lust has mental conception with the lure Now inward sin is present. The will has given its consent for the mind to think on the forbidden object. d. Our lust has physical conception with the lure Now outward sin is present. The will has given its consent for the body to possess the forbidden object, Rom. 6:13; Col. 3:5. The outward sin may not be that of possessing
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