100. Christ Can Meet Our Need

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“Emma,” Stepney. Our answer to “Mary” may prove helpful to you. May the Lord grant you full relief! You may rest assured, there is full provision in Christ to meet your deepest need. Only use Him. Do not be occupied with questions about yourself but lean upon Christ’s finished work and God’s faithful word. “Verily, verily I say unto you, He that heareth My words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life.” It is not said in Scripture, “He that believeth that he is one of God’s elect hath everlasting life.” The ground of the believer’s peace is not that he is one of the elect—a thing blessedly true in itself—but that Christ, by His one offering, has settled forever all question of sin. How are we to know a person’s election? By his hearty reception of the gospel. “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” How did he know it? Because “our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance” (1 Thess. 1:4-54Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. 5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. (1 Thessalonians 1:4‑5)).