“And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments" (I John 2:3).

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me" (John 15:4).

“And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God" (Luke 18:27).

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).

Since the first entrance of sin into the world, the shedding of the blood of a spotless lamb has been required by God as a substitute for the life of guilty but repentant sinners.

“But shun profane and vain babblings: For they will increase unto more ungodliness" (II Timothy 2:16).