"The instant I believe in Jesus, I am called on to reckon myself dead. I am never told to die; but I am told to mortify my members that are upon the earth. But I am never told to die. A man under the law will be trying to die with all his might, but he will never succeed,…Faith takes God's testimony as true, therefore I say I am dead; and, because I am dead, I have to mortify my members, being as dead to the earth as Christ was, for I have God telling me that I am dead through believing. This is most practical as to peace of soul, for the moment I believe in Christ, I am delivered from all these things. I am not seeking to die, for I have the secret of power, and count myself dead… . The moment that I believe in Christ, all that He has done as a Saviour is mine, and God appropriates and applies it to me. I may have failed to realize it, but the treasure is put into my possession." (J. N. D., Coll. Writings, Vol. 7:p. 450.)

"The moment I believe, I am sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise." (ibid. p. 451.)

"It is a sweet and blessed thing, that any saint, though born but yesterday, has all in Christ that I have." (ibid. p. 455.)