Chapter
IV.—True Confession of Christ.
Let us, then, not only call Him Lord, for that will not
save us. For He saith, “Not every one that saith to me,
Lord, Lord, shall be saved, but he that worketh
righteousness.”
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Wherefore,
brethren, let us confess Him by our works, by loving one another, by
not committing adultery, or speaking evil of one another, or cherishing
envy; but by being continent, compassionate, and good. We ought
also to sympathize with one another, and not be avaricious. By
such works let us confess Him,
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and not by those
that are of an opposite kind. And it is not fitting that we
should fear men, but rather God. For this reason, if we should do
such [wicked] things, the Lord hath said, “Even though ye were
gathered together to
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me in my very
bosom, yet if ye were not to keep my commandments, I would cast you
off, and say unto you, Depart from me; I know you not whence ye are, ye
workers of iniquity.”
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Matt. vii. 21
, loosely quoted.
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Some read,
“God.”
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Or, “with
me.”
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The first part of this
sentence is not found in Scripture; for the second comp.,
Matt. vii. 23; Luke xiii. 27
.