redeemed us from the curse of the law … that you may receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” An excellent instance of it is to be found in 1 Pet. 1:2, “… according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the consecration of the Spirit, unto obedience to … Jesus Christ”, and another in Hebr. 10:29, “Of how much worse vengeance will he be thought worthy who has spurned the Son of God … and has insulted the Spirit of grace?” A host of other passages stamped with the same lineaments might
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