4. _"The Holy Ghost has kept me in the true faith,"_ so a child of God confesses. The Holy Ghost has already called and enlightened us and begun to sanctify us _in Holy Baptism._ There already He has brought us to Christ and has bestowed His precious gifts upon us. And to-day we still have the true faith; we believe in our Savior, and in Him we are children of God. _That is not our own merit, it is the work of the Holy Ghost in us._ He has worked in us by the Gospel, through our parents, through the Christian school and the church, and by the Gospel. He has kept us in the true faith. _"Ye are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation."_ 1 Pet. 1,5.--And He has promised in His Word _that He will keep us in this faith until our end. "He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."_ Phil. 1,6. 5. This is the work of the Holy Ghost in all true believers, and _He is willing to perform this work in every one who hears the Gospel._ God earnestly desires to save all men. _"God will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."_ 1 Tim. 2,4. Christ died for all men; He redeemed all lost and condemned sinners. The Gospel is a power of God unto salvation to all who read and hear it.--_And yet not all men are saved; most men are lost._ What is the cause of this? They are lost _by their own fault._ Most men will not be saved. They obstinately resist the Holy Ghost and the saving Gospel, and so they do not come to Christ, but are condemned. _"O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in Me is thine help."_ Hos. 13,9. REMEMBER:-- 1. _The Holy Ghost has enlightened me and bestowed on me His precious gifts, the right knowledge of Christ, true faith in Him._ 2. _He sanctifies me and makes me holy. He daily gives me strength to struggle against Satan, world, and sin, to overcome them and to lead a godly life, to love God and my neighbor._ 3. _He has, by the Gospel, kept me in the true faith until this day, and He has promised me that He will do so until the end._ 4. _This work the Holy Ghost desires to perform in all that hear the Gospel. Whosoever is lost is lost by his own fault._ MEMORIZE:-- _This is the will of God, even your sanctification._ 1 Thess. 4,3. _Ye are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation._ 1 Pet. 1,5. _He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ._ Phil. 1,6. _God will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth._ 1 Tim. 2,4. QUESTIONS.