Wesley Corpus

Sermon 107

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typesermon
YearNone
Passage IDjw-sermon-107-004
Words256
Christology Reign of God Catholic Spirit
9. Who then is a Christian, according to the light which God hath vouchsafed to this people He that, being "justified by faith, hath peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;" and, at the same time, is "born again," "born from above," "born of the Spirit;" inwardly changed from the image of the devil, to that "image of God wherein he was created:" He that finds the love of God shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost which is given unto him; and whom this love sweetly constrains to love his neighbor, every man, as himself: He that has learned of his Lord to be meek and lowly in heart, and in every state to be content: He in whom is that whole mind, all those tempers, which were also in Christ Jesus: He that abstains from all appearance of evil in his actions, and that offends not with his tongue: He that walks in all the commandments of God, and in all his ordinances, blameless: He that, in all his intercourse with men, does to others as he would they should do to him; and in his whole life and conversation, whether he eats or drinks, or whatsoever he doeth, doeth all to the glory of God. Now, what could God have done more for this his vineyard, which he hath not done in it, with regard to doctrine We are to inquire, II. Secondly, What could have been done which he hath not done in it, with regard to spiritual helps