In the Spirit's Power - William W. Prescott

provision has been the same in all ages for meeting
this standard of righteousness. The Lord said of
old, through the prophet: “A new heart also will I
give you, and a new spirit will I put within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your
flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I
will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to
walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My
judgments, and do them.” (Ezek. 36:26, 27) The
same ground of hope for success in the Christian
life is held out to us in the inspired prayer of the
great apostle: “Now the God of peace, ... make you
perfect in every good work to do His will, working
in you that which is well pleasing in His sight,
through Jesus Christ.” (Heb. 13:20, 21) A
Summary.
We are now prepared to summarise the results
of our study upon the relation between the law and
the gospel. We have found that the law reveals sin
by defining the standard of righteousness, and that
in the gospel the righteousness required by the law
is revealed. We have found that the gospel is the
gospel of Christ, and that the righteousness which
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