A practical directory for young Christian females : $b being a series of letters from a brother to a younger sisterNewcomb, Harvey
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A practical directory for young Christian females : $b being a series of letters from a brother to a younger sister
Newcomb, Harvey
Christian life; Young women
1. _Saviour._ (1.) What salvation is. (2.) Why we need a Saviour. What
it is to be _lost_--carry out the figure in imagination. Matt. 18:11.
(3.) From what Christ saves us. Matt. 1:21. (4.) How he saves us from
sin. Acts 15:8, 9. (5.) His willingness to save. Matt. 11:28-30. John
6:37, l.c. (6.) His Ability to save. Heb. 7:25. (7.) The expense of this
salvation. Rom. 5:7, 8. (8.) The ingratitude of neglecting so great
salvation. Heb. 2:2, 3.
2. _Redeemer._ (1.) What it is to redeem--contemplate the figure, and
form a clear perception of the condition of captives taken in war, and
held in slavery. (2.) Our condition by nature. Rom. 6:13, f.c. 16, 20.
7:14, l.c. Gal. 3:10. (3.) How Christ has redeemed us. Gal. 3:13. (4.)
The price paid for our redemption. 1 Peter 1:18, 19. (5.) How we should
feel in view of this. Rev. 5:9, 10. (6.) What this should lead us to do.
1 Cor. 6:20.
3. _Prophet._ (1.) What a prophet is. (2.) How Christ teaches his
people. John 1:18, 5:39. 16:13, 14. (3.) What encouragement we have to
go to him for direction, in all cases of doubt and difficulty. 1 Cor.
1:30. James 1:5. (4.) With what feelings we must receive him as our
great Teacher. Matt. 18:3, 4.
4. _Priest._ (1.) What a priest is. Heb. 5:1, 2. (2.) Why we need a
priest. Deut. 27:26. Rom. 3:20. (3.) How he was qualified to become our
priest. Heb. 5:7-9. 7:26-28. 4:15. (4.) How he has made atonement and
reconciliation for us. Heb. 9:11-14, 28. (5.) How this is rendered
available to believers in all ages. Rom. 8:34. Heb. 9:24. 7:25. (6.)
What benefits believers may derive from his intercession. Rom. 5:2. Heb.
4:16. (7.) The sympathy of Christ with believers. Heb. 4:15.
5. _King._ (1.) What a King is. (2.) In what sense Christ is our king.
Eph. 1:21, 22. (3.) The nature of the control he exercises over us.
Matt. 11:30. Rom. 6:9-22. 11:17. 2 Cor. 10:5. (4.)The need we have of
such a king. Matt. 12:29. (5.)Our duty to him as subjects. 2 Cor. 10:5.
6. _Mediator._ (1.) What a mediator is: one that undertakes to make
reconciliation between two parties at variance. Job 9:33. We are at
variance with God. Ps. 7:11. Ro. 8:7. (2.) What qualifications are
required in a mediator. [1.] He must be the mutual friend of both
parties. Christ both God and man. John 1:1, 14. The mutual friend of
both. Luke 3:22. Heb. 2:16, 17. [2.] He must be able to render
satisfaction to the injured party. Christ has done this. Isa. 12:21.
Gal. 3:13. He must be able to bring back the offender to his duty. This
Christ is able to do. Rom. 6:1-14. (3.) How we may become reconciled to
God. 2 Cor. 5:18, 19.
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