The law says, Love; it is a righteous demand. But the gospel, Christ Himself, says, " God so loved," from this the new nature, and power to conquer sin, flow: The demand to love does not produce love, and the demand for holiness does not make holy. But also the fact that we have a new nature, does not give liberty-desire for holiness, no doubt, but not strength, nor liberty. Redemption gives us first of all liberty, placing us before God, justified and accepted in the Beloved; the conscience is purified, and we recognize the love that is in God. Then comes up the question of the dominion of sin, and if we are not clear as to redemption, liberty in the soul is lost. 372