We have here
I. The dawn of faith. "Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou?"
II. The fact of experience from which faith begins is the dawning of a faith that must continually grow. Two things are necessary to the strengthening of belief. (1) Its evidence must be certain. (2) Its power must develop with advancing life.
E. L. Hull, Sermons,2nd series, p. 167.
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