tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-20829338548218970592009-09-22T08:01:00.003-04:002009-09-22T08:06:03.242-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xO-dVZY1Xk8/Sri9g2pQM3I/AAAAAAAACEo/R0u8QGVhAW4/s1600-h/Q4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 153px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xO-dVZY1Xk8/Sri9g2pQM3I/AAAAAAAACEo/R0u8QGVhAW4/s400/Q4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384261726643434354" /></a><br />First, by the Word of God having come in divine power to the soul so that my self-complacency is shattered and my self-righteousness is renounced.<br /><br />Second, by the Holy Spirit convicting me of my woeful, guilty, and lost condition.<br /><br />Third, by having had revealed to me the suitability and sufficiency of Christ to meet my desperate case and by a divinely given faith causing me to lay hold of and rest upon Him as my only hope.<br /><br />Fourth, by the marks of the new nature within me - a love for God; an appetite for spiritual things; a longing for holiness; a seeking after conformity to Christ.<br /><br />Fifth, by the resistance which the new nature makes to the old, causing me to hate sin and loathe myself for it.<br /><br />Sixth, by avoiding everything which is condemned by God's Word and by sincerely repenting of and humbly confessing every transgression. Failure at this point will surely bring a dark cloud over our assurance causing the Spirit to withhold His witness. <div><br /></div><div>Seventh, by giving all diligence to cultivate the Christian graces and using all diligence to this end. Thus the knowledge of election is cumulative. -A .W. Pink</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14012689-2082933854821897059?l=stevenjcamp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SJ Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.com6