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What Man Ought to Believe Concerning God
What are the benefits which, in this life, either accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?
Answer
The benefits which, in this life, accompany or flow from justification (Romans 5:1-2,5) are: assurance of God's love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17), increase of grace, and perseverance in it to the end (Proverbs 4:18; 1 John 5:13; 1 Peter 1:5).