pledge that because "He lives we shall live also". The source and spring of our new life

can never fail. It is as eternal as the personal life of the Son of God.

Let us never lose hold of the one dominant fact that in all these relations we are "one",

whether it be with Adam in his sin and death, or with Christ in His righteousness and life.

In II Cor. 3: 7, 11, 13, 14 we have four times repeated the "nullifying" or "doing away"

of the Old Covenant (the word translated "destroyed" in Rom. 6:). This is followed in

II Cor. 3: by the thought of "freedom", as in Rom. 6: 6: "Where the Spirit of the Lord

is, there is liberty" (II Cor. 3: 17). This, then, is the third essential of sanctification.

In conclusion, let us again see the subject as a whole:--

We have now considered three different phases of sanctification. It is a new sphere of

activity: "newness of life". It is possible by virtue of a new condition: "united with

Christ." And it can only be enjoyed in a new state: "freedom from dominion."

The next enquiry is, How do these blessings become mine? Mine experimentally and

effectively and not only in purpose and in Christ?  Speaking without special

consideration, we should probably reply that it is "by faith". This is true, but what do we

mean by "faith"? In the whole of the inner section of the epistle (Rom. 5: 12 - 8: 39),

the word "faith" occurs not at all, and "believe" but once: "We believe that we shall also

live with Him" (Rom. 6: 8). This is very striking, especially if we compare the absence

of "faith" here with its presence in the outer section.

In Rom. 1: 1 - 5: 11, we have the verb pisteuo, "to believe", 9 times, and in

Rom. 9:-16:, 11 times. Pistis, "faith", occurs 26 times in the earlier, and 12 times in

the later section. There is, therefore, a total of 58 occurrences, as compared with one in

Rom. 6: 8. A glance at the structure given on page 33 will show that in the three

divisions we have the phrases: "Know ye not"; "Knowing this"; and "Knowing that".

In an earlier article (Volume XXII, page 224) we drew attention to the two words used

for "knowing", ginosko and oida, one indicating a personal acknowledgment, the other a

less personal perception, e.g.:--