"Be Strong in the Grace That Is in Christ Jesus"

My son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 2:1.

Be strong in this grace. Fortify your mind: fence yourself round with it: entrench yourself in it. Let your confidence be strong in it, against all opposing enemies. Be bold in faith: strong in hope: confident in the grace of Christ. Rest not in any degree of grace received: but be strong in the fulness of the grace that is in Christ. Are your lusts and corruptions strong? Oppose the Almighty grace of Christ to them. Are your doubts and fears strong? “Be strong in the precious promises which are in Christ Jesus, Yea and Amen to the glory of God.” (2 Corinthians 1:20.) Are your conflicts, temptations, and distresses strong? Flee for refuge to Jesus, the hope set before you. There is STRONG CONSOLATION for you! God, knowing our distress and dejection, through the prevailings of unbelief, has graciously confirmed his counsel and promise (O astonishing!) by his oath. Can you, dare you think it possible for God to lie, or be perjured? Then, whatever in nature, sense, and feeling oppose, stagger not at the promise of God, through unbelief; “but be strong in faith, giving glory to God.” Romans 4:20.

- excerpt from William Mason's A Spiritual Treasury For The Children of God, Volume 2, August 11