Marriage is like a finger pointing to the union of Christ and the Church; and what a poor-hearted
thing he must be who, with the arm of a wife pressing on his own has never thought of it as
pointing to the love of the Lord Jesus for that Church, for whom He gave Himself, and which He
is to present to Himself without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. How good to know what the
setting is in which the two jewels are locked together! It is pure gold_gold not of Ophir, but of
the divine antitype, Christ in heaven.

My arm ought to be like the wing of the hen for her chickens, the place of shelter. Christ became
the shelter of the Church. We who are masters and mistresses have a very solemn sin lying at our
door for not knowing how to form in our houses homes, that those who are with us might feel to
be places that they covet, and, when they leave, th they love to turn back to, and look to us for
counsel. I ought to be one who, they know, (be they Christians or not) had a master in heaven,
one ever a master for their blessing.

"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands…. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell
with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as
also being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered" (1 Pet. 3:1,7).

MUSIC:Divine truth gives a sweeter, deeper meaning to music than it could possibly have
otherwise. “the morning stars sang together…" "the mountains and the hills shall break forth into
singing".

POETRY:What poetry can compare, either in scope or sentiment, with that of the Bible? See the
great epic of Job. What elegies can be compared with the pathos of David’s lament over Jonathan
and his bitter enemy Saul?

LITERATURE:Where shall we find a literature like that of the Bible? Indeed, all that is best in
literature, medieval and modern, has been derived directly, or indirectly, from the Scriptures.

POLITICAL SCIENCE:We shall find that the wisdom by which princes rule is found alone in
the Word of God. The origin of government under Noah is traced in Scripture. We are compelled
to own that regeneration, both in individual and national, alone can bring in a true Millennium, in
which the righteous Ruler over men, who rules in the fear, of God, will be none other than the
Son of David and Son of God.

HISTORY:The history of Israel first of all, supplies the great framework for the history of the
world. "When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sone
of Adam, He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the Children of Israel"
(Deut. 32:8). It is in Christ that all things are to be headed up, and all earthly history must have
relation to Him. See the rise and fall of the Jewish empire.

ARCHAEOLOGY:The light of divine revelation is needed to throw its quiet and holy beams
across the mass of ancient chronology and history,

ASTRONOMY:We would thus approach astronomy in the light of those sublime words:"The
heavens declare the Glory of God, and the firmament showed) His handiwork”

GEOLOGY; Geology would be for us but an enlargement of the first verse of the book of
Genesis:"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth".

PSYCHOLOGY:Man, however, is not only body, but soul and spirit. Thus psychology-the
science of personality and the attributes of knowledge, feeling, and will – can only get its full
explanation in the word of God.

FRAGMENT. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man (the
unsaved) the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed
them unto us (the saved) by his Spirit" (1 Cor. 2:9,10). "And in all matters of wisdom and
understanding, that the king (Nebuchadnezzar) enquired of them (Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah), he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all
his realm" (Daniel 1:20). "As for these four children (Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah)
God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom" (Daniel 1:17). "And King

Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. And all the kings of the earth
sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart (2 Chron.
9:22,23).

Also see 1 Cor. 2:16, 1 John 2:20 and Matt. 12:42.

Matt. 11:28 is usually a verse from which the gospel is preached, but should we, as God’s people
apply it only to the unsaved? No, there is much in verses 28, 29 and 30 for us to muse upon and
by faith lay hold on and apply to our own hearts that we might receive a blessing.

This is a day when God’s dear people ate laboring, troubled and heavy ladened over many dungs.
In these verses a blessed invitation goes forth from the lips of our blessed Lord:"Come unto Me
all ye that labor and are heavy, laden". We must confess we are included in the "ALL YE". This
being true, what are we to do. Say, Lord we are not troubled. We do not heed help. We can get by
on our own strength. No, I am sure not one of us can answer Him thus. Then Just let us heed His
invitation and’ come with our cares, our trials, our burdens and see His promise fulfilled to us. "I
WILL GIVE YOU REST". Have we faith to believe this? Certainly you will agree He is able. He
has given us rest from our burden of sin. Now we can trust Him to soothe our troubled, cumbered
minds and then to better worship at His feet, to adore Him _ the one who has done all to bring
us into happiness.

Verse 29 – "Take my yoke;,upon you and learn of me) for I am meek and lowly in heart AND YE
SHALL FIND REST unto your souls". Oh, what a promise.

Oh, what healing to the burdened, troubled mind. What balm to the soul of those who by faith lay
hold and act upon this precious verse. No doctor can dispense such medicine. Only the Great
physician can give relief in days as these. May we not be stubborn. Just come and find rest unto
our souls. Truly we can say He is a very present help in time of need. We need just to cast all our
cares upon Him, for He careth for us.

We can only learn of Him by reading and studying His word. A child at school, in order to make
progress, not only reads but must study and enter into the subject in its fullest sense. We grow in
grace and in the further knowledge of Him, by studying the subject, and what a subject _ "The
love of God for us”.

In Job 14:1 – "Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble". Christ knowing all
this and knowing that we are unable to better that condition, comes on the scene with help and
invites troubled ones to come for rest. Will we pass it by? Help He can give. Help He will give. It
is all for the taking of it by faith.

It is when we act on our own desires, without even taking Him into question, or seeking His
guidance that we labor in vain. Peter, in John 21, says "I go a fishing," and he goes. He toils all
night but his labor brings no results, only a worn out condition after a very toilsome night. But
the Lord is watching and in an opportune time comes in (what a deliverer) and Peter receives a
blessing. Truly, when He comes in all is well. It is now morning, the Light has. dispelled the
darkness, the net is cast and a hundred. fifty and three fish are brought in. He truly daily loadeth
us with benefits _ Psa. 68:19. We do not read of Peter being burdened now. It seems as if Peter
is just enjoying that perfect rest from labor as he sits and dines with our Lord. Oh, what peace
and rest He gives us as He feeds us with His words; MAY WE LEARN OF HIM.

Jesus said to the apostles, "Come ye yourselves apart- into a desert place and REST awhile." It is
important that we rest in Him, as it is in this way we may worship Him. Isaiah saw that rest was
good, shouldn’t we?

To obtain rich blessing for out souls we need, to take His yoke upon us and learn of Him. His
yoke is easy, His burdens are light.

Jesus said to Martha in Luke 10:41, "Martha, thou are careful and troubled about many things."
Notice verse 42 _ "Mary has chosen that good part." Verse 39 – "And she (Martha) had a sister
called Mary, who sat at Jesus feet and HEARD HIS WORD." Here is the secret. Mary had
chosen that good part; and for how long? Eternity. "Which shall not be taken away from her."
She heard His words. She was a learner. "Take my yoke upon you and LEARN OF ME, and ye
SHALL find REST unto your souls.” God gives us as never before to heed the invitation and find
sweetness as did the Psalmist in Psalm 23. "

FRAGMENT

Behold how he loved him. John 11:36

WHO

He loved me, the Father’s only son;
He gave Himself, the precious spotless One;
He shed His blood, and thus the work was done.

LOVED

He loved_not merely pitied, Here I REST;
Sorrow may come, I to His heart am pressed;
What shall I fear while sheltered on His breast.

ME

Wonder of wonders, Jesus loves me;
A wretch_lost_ruined_sunk in misery;
He sought me, found me, raised me, set me free.

There are a good many songs given to us in Old Testament Scripture. This is the first, just as the
Song of Solomon, I suppose, is the last. This is the song of redemption. The Song of Solomon is
the song of reciprocal affection. Both are beautiful in their place. And I think we all should seek
to sing each of those songs. It is our portion.

In this song, which is beautifully simple, and very refreshing to the spirit, God is everything, and
SATISFACTION the result. Even though you and I may have been a good long time on the
wilderness journey, yet we can turn back with joy and gladness to re-echo this song. There are
many here who have just set out on the road, and I want to point out to such how suitable it is
that you should sing. Observe, there was no song in Egypt. You must be out of Egypt before you
can really sing to God. It is not a question of people having the vocal capacity, but the state of
soul which warrants such a song, so you must not “join the choir” until you are saved. Then you
will find yourself in it without joining.

I think it must have been a wonderful thing for God that day, when six hundred thousand men
opened their mouths and sang this beautiful song. Depend upon it heaven listened that morning.
They were very happy that day. They had a right to be. Was it not a beautiful song. It was a
lovely song. And what was there in the song? Veil, mere is a peculiar absence of a great deal that
is found in what you and I are wont to sing. Nine-teen-twentieths of our singing is about
ourselves. This redemption song from first to last is all about the Lord.

But I hear a sorrowful voice saying, I cannot sing, for I am very miserable, and I fear that I am
not converted. You would not be miserable, my dear friend, if you were not converted. If you
were still dead in your sins you would be insensible. Why are you wretched now? Because there
has been an action of God’s Spirit in your soul, and you have had a glance at the value of the
cross, but men, instead of keeping your eye resting on Christ, you have been looking into your
wretched miserable self. If I were you, I would drop all mat, and get into the spirit of mis
beautiful song.

Israel sighed, wept, and groaned in Egypt, but they could not sing. Even in the twelfth chapter
they did not sing. Why? Because they were not in liberty, but the moment they were, out comes
the song. So will it be with you, the moment you learn the fact that the cross, the death, and
resurrection of Christ are for you, and that in His death and resurrection you are dead and risen,
you will not then be able to help singing. The song will burst from your lips spontaneously
without a bit of effort. This gives us the true thought of worship. A religious service will in all
probability be a great deal about ourselves. But that is not worship. Worship is the overflow of a
full heart. No one can worship unless he be in the sense of the liberty of God.

Let us now briefly listen to this new song of redemption. It begins with, "I will sing unto the
Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously:the horse and his rider hath he thrown Into the sea" (ver.
1). It celebrates His victory. How does it finish? "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever" (ver.
18). It proclaims His glory. This song begins with the sense of the grace and power that has
delivered, but it closes with the glory. It takes us right into the glory. Faith enjoys the salvation

that it has found in the Lord, and faith takes a flying leap right over all the difficulties of the way,
saying, "Thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation" (ver. 13). There is faith’s
confidence, that what grace has commenced it will finish. Doubting friend, take up this language,
and let your doubts go. They are the fruit of unbelief. It is Satan diverting the eye from Christ.
You let the eye rest upon Christ, and all your doubts will go, and you will be occupied simply
with God, and with what Christ is.

Note how this chapter opens. "Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song," (ver. 1).
Really the state of many a professing Christian to-day would find its expression, not in the word
they "sang," but they "sighed." Oh, my dear friends, I believe our lack of joy is a great sin. It is a
very serious matter, because it is a positive testimony against Christ, to His enemies. Instead of
being a testimony for Him, often times we are a testimony against Him, and a kind of
encouragement to half-hearted sinners to go on with the world. The reason of this poor state is
because our souls are not in the joy of this song. Listen again to the words, "I will sing unto the
Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously." It is the first out-burst in Scripture of real worship, and
is based on the fact that "He has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into
the sea." All the power of the enemy is broken. And if you look back for a moment and see what
is connected with the cross, the death and resurrection of Christ, you will see that the power of
the enemy has been absolutely crushed, and we stand in the victory, deliverance, and acceptance
of Christ. Christ is all. What joy fills the heart when that is seen. What joy filled the heart of the
prodigal when he got the sense of the Father’s love (Luke 15).

There is music and dancing in our chapter (ver. 20), and you have music and dancing in the
fifteenth chapter of Luke. I want you to get into the spirit of the beginning of the chapter. In the
end of the chapter we, find that Israel murmured. It is true that the song of the Exodus 15 did the
away, but did you ever hear of the song of the Luke 15 dying away? "They began to be merry," it
says. And we never hear of it ceasing, and we must live in the spirit of our dispensation.

What is Christianity? It is the knowledge of the Father and the Son, with the Holy Ghost
dwelling in the body of the believer, and setting him up in this scene in the power and spirit of
Christ, that he may live in this scene as the Lord lived. Christianity is the repetition of the life of
Jesus, in the life of the Christian. I cannot therefore allow myself any comfort from this chapter if
I am a bit dejected. No, no! That might be overlooked in dial day, when God was testing the
flesh, as He was, but when I come to the full expression, of the truth of the day we are in, you get
Christ as the pattern,. Did you ever hear Him murmuring? No, never! Even in the darkest day, we
hear Him say, "I thank thee O Father" (Matt. 11:25). Always subject, always obedient, always
peaceful. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you” (John 14:27). Always joyful is also
our normal state. "These things write we unto you, that your joy may be full" (I John 1:4). Ah,
beloved, we have a perfect pattern in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us follow Him. (To be
continued.)

Here is a subject which bears much earnest consideration. The Lord Jesus at a very suitable
occasion cautioned his disciples, "Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation" (Mark
14:38). The danger of entering into that which is not pleasing to God is so great that watching
alone is not enough. The heart must be instructed through prayer to be able to discern the devices
of the wicked one-. Scripture says, "But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest
any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."

V. 1. The substance of faith; The evidence of faith.
V. 2. The older ones of faith, The report of faith.
V. 3. The medium of faith; The understanding of faith; The word of faith.
V. 4. The first martyr of faith; The offering of faith; The excellent sacrifice of faith; The opposite
of faith (Cain); The witness of faith; The righteousness of faith; The abiding testimony of faith;
The gift of faith.
V. 5. The preaching of faith; The dedication of faith (Enoch means dedicated); the walk of faith;
The pleasing testimony of faith; The translating hope of faith.
V. 6. The lack of faith; The approach of faith; The eternal abiding source of faith (God is); The
rewarder of faith; The diligence of faith; The seeking of God by faith.
V. 7. The warning of faith; The exercise of faith; The preparation of faith; The salvation of faith;
The house of faith; The world condemned by faith; The work of faith; The heir of faith; The
righteousness of faith.
V. 8. The palling of faith; The place of faith; The inheritance of faith; The obedience of faith.
V. 9. The sojourn of faith; The land of faith; The dwelling of faith; The tabernacles of faith; The
heirs of faith; The promise of faith.
V. 10. The hope of faith; The look of faith; The city of faith; The foundation of faith; The God
of faith.
V. 11. The fellowship of faith; The bride, or wife, of faith; The power of faith; The judgment of
faith; The promise of faith.
V. 12. The family of faith; The stars of faith (heavenly saints); The sands of faith (earthly saints);
The innumerable numbers of faith.
V. 13. The sleep of faith; The eyes of faith; The persuasion of faith; The embrace of faith; the
confession of faith.
V. 14. The testimony or declaration of faith;
V. 15. The faith that is dead faith.
V. 16. The desire of faith; The better country of faith; The heavenly country of faith.
V. 17. The trial of faith; The faithful character of faith.
V. 18. The calling of faith.
V. 19. The reckoning or accounting or imputation of faith.
V. 20. The joy or strength of faith (Isaac means "He shall laugh"); The blessing of faith.
V. 21. The glorious death of a saint of faith; Blessing others and worshiping God _ the
beautiful character of faith; The staff of faith; The sustainment of faith.
V. 22. The fruitfulness of faith; Another beautiful death of a saint of faith; The commandment or
authority of faith; The faith of the resurrection of faith.
V. 23. A child of faith; Parents of faith; The protection of faith; The beauty of faith (“proper”
means beautiful); The fearlessness of faith.
V. 24. The growth of faith; The manhood of faith.
V. 25. The refusal of faith; The choice of faith; The afflictions of faith; The people of faith; The
enjoyment that is not of faith; The pleasures that are not of faith.
V. 26. The reproach-of faith; The greater riches of faith; The respect of the recompense of faith.
V. 27. The stand of faith; The fearlessness of faith; The endurance of faith; The view of faith.
V. 28. The obedience of faith; The feast of faith; The value of the blood of faith; The shelter of

faith.
V. 29 The baptism of faith; The counterfeit of faith.
V. 30 The power of faith.
V. 31. The protection of faith; A sinner of faith; The hospitality of faith; There word of faith.
V. 32. The untold victories of faith.
V. 33. The:subduing power of faith; The work of (he righteousness of faith; The obtaining of
some of the promises of faith; The mouths of lions stopped by faith.
V. 34. The violence of fire quenched by faith; The edge of the sword escaped by faith; The
weakness and strength of faith; The bravery of faith; The putting to flight the enemies of faith;
The aliens of faith.
V. 35. Some women of faith; The receiving of their dead raised to life by faith; Others tortured,
not accepting deliverance by faith; The better resurrection of faith.
V. 36,37,38. The trials of faith.
V. 39. The good report of all of faith; The waiting for the promises of faith; The patience of faith.
V. 40. The better provision for us (the Church) of faith; The mutual blessings of faith.

From the lips of our dear Saviour,
As he walked upon this earth,
Only gracious words were uttered,
Oh, how sweet their worth!

Kindly words of cheer and comfort,
Words the troubled soul to calm,
Full of entreaty and of pardon,
Oh, how sweet their balm!

As He speaks to little children,
When to Him they gather round,
Tender words of love and blessing,
Oh, how sweet their sound!

Do we take Him as our Pattern,
As we walk upon this earth,
Are the words from our lips gracious?
Oh, what is their worth?

Do we speak as in His Presence?
Are our thoughts to His thoughts tuned?
Or do we, instead of healing,
Open up a wound?

Gracious Saviour, deeply search us,
By the truth Thy Word affords,
For Thine honor ever using,
Only gracious words!

"If you do your part as well as I do mine, you’ll be all right,” I was the careless remark of a man
in a hotel lately, as to the matter of salvation. But how stands this matter, when brought to the
test of God’s holy word?

Have you ever learned what your part is in the matter of your salvation? According to God’s
testimony, that business as well as the judgment of all men, is committed unto the Son of God
alone. He bears the name of Saviour by divine right, and that, reader, does not mean helping us
to save ourselves. No, he cannot give His glory to another, nor can He divide this glory with you,
the Creator with the creature, the Redeemer with the redeemed, the Saviour of lost sinners with
the sinners that a lost need Him to save them.

But do you say, what! is there nothing to do in order to be saved? No, reader, for the work that
saves has already been done. The work that saves the soul was too great for any creature to do;
the archangel Michael could not do it, and therefore you, nor any other, plainly could not do it
either.

The work that saves has been done by the only One in heaven or earth competent to do it, and to
add to it on the part of any creature, is to insult Him who did it. "When He had by Himself
purged our sins, He sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Heb. l).

Because no creature ever could do it, and the only One in heaven or earth that could do it, has
done it, God now offers salvation on the only terms that we could ever have it on viz., that He
gives it and we take it.

Then if we understand the matter aright, reader, your only part in this divine matter was the sins
that made you need it, and now the repentance that owns your need of it, and the faith that takes
it as God’s free gift because we need it, and yet cannot buy it, could not pay for it, cannot earn or
deserve it, but blessed be God, can receive it now, and to our eternal blessing. Reader! do your
part then, now, and,

"Take with rejoicing from Jesus at once,
The life everlasting He gives;
And know with assurance thou never canst die,
Since Jesus thy righteousness lives."

In this verse we have two things about sin. One, that it is deceitful; and two, that it hardens. As a
usual thing when we speak of sin, thoughts come to mind of that which in its very appearance is
evil, such as robbery, murder, or the like. But is this all that God counts sin? No, for in the very
beginning of the Bible we find that disobedience brought sin into the world. "For as by one man’s
disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made
righteous."

When the keeping of Eden was committed into the hands of Adam, one command was given
unto him, with the death penalty "for disobedience. Once it was given, the enemy of God and
man started to work. How could he thwart the purposes of heaven and earth’s Creator, and rob
Him of the praises of His creatures? Deceit was the approach, and a successful one it was, for
"when the woman saw that the tree Was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a
tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat" (Gen. 3:6).

So we read, "and Adam was not deceived, but the Woman being deceived was in the
transgression" (I Tim. 2:14). This was but the beginning of man’s deception by Satan. Since then
he has tried every means to turn the heart of-man from God. And how easy it is for him to
succeed for scripture plainly tells us that, "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
wicked:who can know it?" (Jer. 17:9). Having that within us which is susceptible to that which
is wrong, Satan finds us a ready prey.

Though the devil, under one guise or another, drew the hearts of men from God under the law,
yet now in this present age under grace he seems all the more vigilant to keep people from
receiving Jesus as their Saviour, and yielding themselves unto Him as their Lord. How shameful
it is that, under the pretense of following just some simple thing at first, we are drawn away from
that blessed One of whom it is written, "neither was any deceit in his mouth" (Isaiah 53:9). The
arch enemy of all that is called truth would try and cause even those who are sheltered under the
precious blood of the cross, to dishonor that One who could say "I am the way, the truth, and the
life"(John 14:6).

The scripture gives the character of this present time" when it says, "But evil men and seducers
shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived" (II Tim. 3:13). If we will but take the
time to look around us we will see how true it is that deceit is so often practiced. Pick up most
any magazine or paper with advertisements in it and you-will find in large type, merits of that
particular product, intended to make you believe by catchy wording that it will do much more
than it really can. Then in very small type the limitations of that particular item might be listed.

One thing in connection with the deceitfulness of sin is the way in which it impoverishes our
spiritual growth. Perhaps the Lord has seen fit to take us through some particular trial, and when
we consider the circumstances, even as Peter did on the water, we get our eyes off the Lord and
look at what we are going through. We may be led to complain, at least to ourselves, and wish
that our lot was different. It may seem as though circumstances require us to take matters into our
own hands to better them, and all the while we are forgetting that the Lord is over everything,

and even the smallest detail in our fives is governed by Himself. Is it not a dishonor to Him and a
victory for the enemy when we are in such a state of soul? lam sure that it displeases our Lord
greatly to have even the youngest of us, His own, complain about our, lot, for He is only allowing
things to happen that will be for our good. But as we go on complaining, criticizing, belittling
others, or grasping after things for ourselves, our spiritual senses will be deadened, and
eventually reach the state of being hardened, all because we allowed ourselves, perhaps without
thinking, to be dissatisfied.

But Paul says, "we are not ignorant of his devices" (II Cor. 2:11). Young people, how are we to
know what his devices are but by the same word of God that was given unto Paul. Has anyone
ever asked you the question, "What do you get out of life, seeing you don’t smoke, drink, dance,
go to shows, etc.?" To many,, when comparing spiritual things with the things of this world, a
loss is suffered when they give up the things which they would like to have and enjoy down here.
That is the way with Satan; he would make us believe that the treasure which could be laid up in
heaven is not to be compared with the enjoyments of this earth. Many are deceived by this, not
realizing that, "whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Gal. 6:7).

Though it is right and proper to provide a living for yourself and family, it is a common thing for
a person to be so engrossed with work that the Word has little effect in their lives. "And these are
they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, and the cares of this world and the
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh
unfruitful" (Mark 4:18,19).

Many feel if they sit through a sermon or perhaps read their Bible regularly, that this is enough,
and well pleasing to God. It is true that to hear the Word is good, and it is in this way that God
speaks to us, but it is not enough. "Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your
own selves" (James 1:22). Practice the truth that the Word gives to each one of us.

It may seem hard to realize, but if the enemy cannot weigh us down under sin, he will seek to
make us think that we are beyond sinning. How many sects there are which are founded upon this
lie of the devil. The Lord Jesus never said that we would become sinless in this body. It is true
that our new man cannot sin, but we never get free of the old nature down here. "If we say that
we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us" (I John 1:8).