HIS WORD GUIDES OUR ACTIONS

1. In all we do we should respect the King's word. Churches should own Christ's headship, obey his laws, and acknowledge no other lawgiver. This would be a source of power, as the opposite is the cause of weakness.
2. We must look nowhere else for power. Education, oratory, music, wealth, ceremonialism, are weakness itself, if depended on.
3. We must rely upon the word of our King as the instrument of power whenever we seek to do works in his name.
   • Preach it: for nothing else will break hard hearts, comfort the despairing, bring about faith, or produce holiness.
   • Plead it in prayer: for the Lord will surely keep his own promises, and put forth his power to make them good.
   • Receive it into our mind and heart: for where divine truth is treasured, there will be a wealth of spiritual power.
   • Practice it: for none can oppose a life which is ordered according to the precepts of the Lord. An obedient life is full of a power before which men and devils do homage.
4. We shall see its power in various ways.
   • Gathering congregations. After all, the many do not go to listen to mere human teachings, but the cross attracts everywhere.
   • Gaining true converts. No conversion is worth anything unless it is wrought by the word of truth.
   • Keeping such converts to the end. The incorruptible seed alone produces an incorruptible life.
   • Order is created and preserved in the church by God's word.
   • Saints are instructed, edified, sanctified, and fed by the word.
   • Love, joy, peace, and every grace are produced and fostered by the word.
   • Read much the royal word.
   • Speak more than ever the King's word, which is the gospel of peace.
   • Believe in the word of King Jesus, and be bold to defend it.
   • Bow before it, and be patient and happy.