FORGIVENESS-PARDON OF SIN IS OF GOD ALONE-IS THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.

And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin-offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.—Leviticus iv. 20.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.-Leviticus xvii. II.

Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? but there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.-Psalm cxxx. 2-4.

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.-Isaiah xliii. 25.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.—Isaiah lv. 7.

In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.— Zechariah xiii. 1.

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.-Matthew xxvi. 28.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.—Luke

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The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, and hanged on a tree him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Acts v. 30, 31.

Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.-Acts xiii. 38, 39.

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved: in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. -Ephesians i. 6, 7.

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.—Hebrews ix. 22.

FORSAKING GOD, HIS ORDINANCES AND CAUSE, EXPOSES THE SINNER TO FEARFUL PUNISHMENT.

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.-Psalm lxxxix. 30-32.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.-Isaiah i. 3, 4.

Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. Jeremiah xvii. 5.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, so they sinned against me therefore will I change their glory into shame.-Hosea iv. 6, 7.

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.-Luke ix. 62.

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.—John vi. 66.

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.—Gal. iii. 1, 3, 4.

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb. The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.-2 Peter ii, 20-22.

GIFTS OF NATURE OF PROVIDENCE-TEMPORAL BENEFITS ARE FROM THE LORD-TO BE THANKFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.—Genesis i. 29, 30.

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your thrashing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.-Leviticus xxvi. 3-5.

Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.-1 Chronicles xxix. 12-14.

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's; but the earth hath he given to the children of men.—Psalm cxv. 16.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.-Psalm cxlv. 15, 16.

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me.—Proverbs xxx. 7,8.

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.—Matthew v. 45.

Give us this day our daily bread.-Matthew vi. 11.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.-Acts xvii. 28.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.-1 Timothy iv. 4, 5.

GIFTS, SPIRITUAL, SAVING, AND ETERNAL, ARE FROM THE LORD, TO BE THANKFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED.

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. -Psalm lxviii. 18, 19.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.-Psalm lxxxiv. II.

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.—Luke xix. 12, 13.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.-John iii. 16.

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. John iv. 10.

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.-Acts v. 31, 32. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.-Romans vi. 23.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?-Romans viii. 31, 32.

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.— Romans xi. 29.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.-2 Corinthians viii. 9.

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.—2 Corinthians ix. 15 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God.-Ephesians ii. 8.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.-James i. 17, 18.

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GOD ALONE IS THE ONE TRUE AND LIVING GOD. THE UNITY OF THE GODHEAD DECLARED.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.-Deuteronomy vi. 4, 5.

And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.-2 Kings xix. 15.

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; to whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.—Isaiah xl. 21, 22, 25, 26.

I am the Lord; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.—Isaiah xlii. 8.

Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.-Isaiah xliv. 6.

But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.-Jeremiah x. 10.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.—John iv. 24.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. Romans i. 20.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.-1 Timothy ii. 5.

Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.-1 Timothy vi. 15, 16.