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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
grace which is the gift of God, that we are to

be saved. Hebrews 11:6; Ephesians 2:8.

From this it would seem that faith is a

principal element of spiritual wealth. But if, as

already remarked, no one grace can answer to

the full import of the term gold, so, doubtless,

other things are included with faith. “Faith is

the substance of things hoped for,” says Paul.

Hence hope is an inseparable accompaniment

of faith. Hebrews 11:1; Romans 8:24, 25. And

again Paul tells us that faith works by love, and

speaks in another place of being “rich in good

works.” Galatians 5:6; 1 Timothy 6:18. Hence

love cannot be separated from faith. We then

have before us the three objects associated

together by Paul in 1 Corinthians 13, — faith,

hope, and charity, or love; and the greatest of