1 John 2:15.  Have I utterly despaired of acceptance with God in any other way than by the mediation of Christ?  Acts 4:12.  Heb. 10:26, 27.  Have I cordially sought reconciliation with God through the blood of Jesus?  Col. 1:20-22.  Does my hope of salvation rest solely and alone in the righteousness and atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ?  Rom. 3:22-26.  Do I receive him as my Prophet, submitting my will entirely to the teachings of his word and Spirit?  Deut. 18:15.  Heb. 1:1, 2. 2:1-3.  Do I receive him in his office of Priest, trusting in the atonement he has made, and committing my case to him, that he may intercede for me, before the offended Majesty of heaven?  Heb. 4:14, 15. 7:26, 8:1, 9:11, 12, 24, 25.  With humble confidence in his intercession, do I come boldly to the throne of grace?  Heb. 4:16.  Do I cordially submit to him in his office of King?  Ps. 2:6. 45:1.  Isa. 9:6, l.c.  Acts 5:31.  Do I yield my heart unreservedly to his authority, making it my constant aim to bring into captivity every thought and action to the obedience of Christ?  Matt. 11:29, 30.  John 15:14.  Rom. 6:16. 2 Cor. 10:5.  Whenever I fall into sin, do I seek to ease my conscience by reformation and forgetfulness, or do I apply afresh to Christ, as the only propitiation for sin? 1 John 2:1, 2.  Do I find peace of conscience and spiritual joy in believing in Jesus?  Rom. 5:1. 8:1. 14:17. 15:13. 1 Pet. 1:8.  Am I united to Christ as the living branch is to the vine?  John 15:1.  Do I look to my union with him, as the branch to the vine, for spiritual nourishment, strength and life?  John 15:4.  Phil. 2:12, 13.  Heb. 13:21.  Do I realize the danger of self-confidence?  Prov. 28:26.  Mark 14:29-31, 68-71.  Rom. 11:20. 1 Cor. 10:12.  Do I realize to what my union with Christ entitles me?  Rom. 8:17.  In view of this union, do I feel a filial spirit of adoption towards God as my father?  Ps. 103:13, 14.  Rom. 8:15, 16.  Gal. 4:4-7. 1 John 3:1, 2.  Does this union with Christ lead me to feel a union of spirit with all his disciples?  John 17:21. 1 Cor. 12:12-29.  What sympathy does this lead me to exercise towards them?  Rom. 12:15. 1 Cor. 12:26. 1 John 3:17.  Is Christ precious to my soul? 1 Pet. 2:7, f.c.  Do I see a moral beauty and excellence in him above all created intelligences?  Ps. 45:1, 2.  Ca. 5:9-15.  John 1:14.  Col. 2:3, 9.  Heb. 1:3.  How am I affected with the contemplation of his sufferings for the salvation of my soul? 2 Cor. 5:14, 15.

4. As to my love to God. Do I take God for my supreme and eternal portion?  Ps. 16:1-11. 73:25, 26. 119:57.  Lam. 3:21.  Is he the object of my highest love?  Mark 12:30.  Am I willing to relinquish whatever comes in competition with him as an object of my affection?  Mark 10:37-39.  Do I prefer his favor and dread his power above that of all other beings?  Ps. 36:7. 43:3. 89:6-8.  Deut. 10:12.  Ps. 30:5. 33:8. 88:6-8.  Jer. 10:7.  Do I derive comfort in my afflictions by