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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
14. No wonder, then, that Paul should devote

an entire chapter in Hebrews (chapter 11) to

this important subject, setting forth the

mighty achievements that have been

accomplished, and the precious promises that

have been obtained, through faith; and that he

should, in the first verse of the next chapter, as

the grand conclusion to his argument, exhort

Christians to lay aside every weight, and the

sin (of unbelief) that so easily besets them.

Nothing will sooner dry up the springs of

spirituality, and sink us into utter poverty in

reference to the things of the kingdom of God,

than to let faith go out and unbelief come in.

For faith must enter into every action that is

pleasing in his sight; and in coming to him, the

first thing is to believe that he is; and it is

through faith, as the chief agent under the