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“He that believeth in Me hath everlasting life.” Jn. VI, 47.

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Faith in Christ is one condition of eternal life. If a man’sees the facts and will not believe, he cannot be saved. If he does believe he can be saved, but it does not follow that he must be saved. By mere belief in Christ no man has certainty of salvation. St. Paul believed in Christ yet had to write, “I chastise my body and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.” I. Cor. IX., 27. In the following chapter, verse 12, he warns all of us, “He that thinketh himself to stand, let him take heed lest he fall.”

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