...admission into the Church and family of God; or, in the language of our catechism, we are thereby " made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ;' ' " members of Christ," by being united to that mystical body, the Church, of which he is the Head...

...receive you : the Son will atone for you : the Holy Ghost will sanctify you. Thus shall you become members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. Such should be the blessing upon their repentance and their faith ; and this blessing should be made...

...childhood ?) — they are taught, that when they were sprinkled with water in their infancy, they were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors " of the kingdom of heaven," — that though they then had no reason, or power of comprehending the simplest proposition, though...

...doctrine. That Nelson, who was writing for those that had been made, as the church had taught them, members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, at baptism, teaches no such doctrine as this which they accuse him of, must either have been known...

...heaven and earth, which is named after Him whose " name is above every name." They were made ministers of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. There is a striking sentence in St. John, 1 Ep. iii. 14 : — " By this we know that we have passed...

...separately discerned ; 2. That ye baptize all infants, and by that act regenerate them, making them members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. 3. And need is that I write thus unto you, because neither did Christ enjoin this, nor did any of the...

...His Holy Spirit ; arid, in our catechism, to speak of children as by the ordinance of baptism made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven. These expressions are doubtless strong ; and so are St. Paul's expressions respecting the benefits...

...with God; the promises of God were visibly sealed to them in Holy Baptism, whereby they were " made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven;" they have been taught their duty, and been the subjects of fervent and effectual prayer, — none of...

...believe that in Baptism we are born again of water and of the Holy Ghost, and that we are thereby made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven. These are certain truths, that have been taught from the beginning. Yet in our teaching we must be...

...had done anything, or promised anything, He made us actually what we were always in God's intention, members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven. This is what S. Paul meant when he said, " By grace are ye saved " (Eph. ii. 8). This is what he meant...