7. That we shall overcome external temptation.
1 John, v. 4, 5.
8. That we shall habitually live righteously in practical conduct.
Tit. ii. 12; 1 John, iii. 4–10.
9. That we shall be continually growing in grace.
2 Pet. iii. 18.
10. That in this present life, though we fail to fulfil God’s perfect law, we may have the joy of pleasing God, and of actually bringing glory to His name.
John, xv. 8; Col. i. 10; Heb. xiii. 16.
WE ARE NOT TAUGHT—
1. That the most eminent believers will be sinless.