We think of the New Testament, and rightly, as being God’s revelation concerning how men may be saved from the wages of sin. They deserved death penalty, or hell. This is true, but have we realized, as a clear-sighted Bible teacher has pointed out, that a much greater part of the New Testament is devoted to telling Christians how to live after they are saved than how to be saved? Have we asked ourselves why this is so? Have we realized what a sad commentary on the Gospel is the man who claims that Christ has saved him completely from the penalty of his sins, yet in whose life is plainly seen, and habitually, the unbroken power of sin? This book tells how to be as free from the power of sin as from its penalty. It gives God’s own message on _present_ salvation: salvation from sin now and here. What the Victorious Life is; how to make it one’s own in practical experience; how it may be not only entered into, but maintained; how it differs in life-and-death ways from false substitutes for Victory,――these and other questions that are perplexing many a burdened and seeking Christian are discussed here and answered out of God’s word. Closest fellowship with Mr. McQuilkin for five years, when we were together daily in editorial work, enables me to know that he has come to his present convictions after exhaustive Bible study, frequent conference with mature and trusted Bible students, and wide reading in the best works, new and old, in this field; but above all, after his rich personal experience, through surrender and faith, of Christ’s freely offered power and grace to meet all needs in the believer’s life. With thanksgiving to the Captain of our Salvation, who never asks us to win victories for Him, but Who has already won all our victories for us, This book is prayerfully commended in His Name. CHARLES GALLAUDET TRUMBULL. CONTENTS A Word of Explanation vii Preface to Second Edition ix I. What Is the Victorious Life? 1 II. Out of Bondage Into Liberty 13 III. God’s New Spelling for “Obey” 22 IV. When Temptation Strikes in the Victorious Life 31 V. Conquest of Temptation in the Victorious Life 38 VI. How Jesus Lived the Victorious Life 47 VII. Serving With the “Mind of Christ” 55 VIII. The Second Coming and the Victorious Life 63 IX. Christian Science and the Victorious Life 72 X. Is the Victorious Life a Second Blessing? 82 XI. Continuing and Growing in Victory 94 XII. Can Man Be Free From Sin? 102 XIII. The Holy Spirit in the Victorious Life 119 A WORD OF EXPLANATION BY THE AUTHOR