Let this be well weighed and considered, that the justified person lives and performs every act of spiritual life by faith. This is a very important lesson, and therefore it is taught in Scripture as plainly as words can speak. Everything is promised to, and is received by faith. Thus it is said, Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, and if children then heirs according to the promise, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, who of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, and holiness, made for their use, wisdom to teach them, righteousness to justify them, and holiness to sanctify them; yea, He has all things in His fulness for their use, as the free grant speaks (1 Cor. 3:21,&c.). "All things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours, and ye are Christ's and Christ is God's." Consider, believer, what a large estate this is: thy title to it is good, and thou enterest into possession by faith. See then that thou make use of thine inheritance and live upon it. Do not say when thou wantest anything, I know not where to get it; for whatever the God-man has of wisdom, righteousness, holiness, power, and glory, He has it, as the Head of the body, for thee, as one of His members, for thy use and benefit, and He has promised it to thee in His Word. Make free with Him then. Go to Him with confidence. Thou canst not do Him greater honour than to receive from Him what He has to give. That is glorifying Him. It is putting the crown upon His head, and confessing Him to be a perfect all-sufficient Christ when it pleaseth thee, as it did His Father, that in Him should all fulness dwell, and when thou art content to live out of thyself upon His fulness for the supply of all thy needs in time and in eternity. To live thus upon Him is His glory, and it is thy privilege, thy interest, and thy happiness.