+I. The Christian consciousness in its apprehension of
Christ.+--1. _There are two opposing theories prevalent on the person
of Christ--the rationalistic and the revealed._ The one rules out His
Godhead; the other is the basis of the Christian faith. 2. _Two
systems of theology, widely distinct from each other, are dependent
on these theories._ The one puts man at its centre, and is wholly
human; the other enthrones God, and is essentially Divine. 3. _There
is only one Christ, one faith, one salvation._ 4. _It is within the
one or the other of these two systems that we must posit our
decisions._
+II. The Christian consciousness in its reception of
Christ.+--1. _Faith receives the whole Christ._ 2. _Christ asks and
gets the whole man._ 3. _The life of faith, as embodied in the
moralities of Christian living, is thus provided for and follows this
consecrating act._
+III. The Christian consciousness in its subjection to
Christ.+--1. _The sphere of the lordship of Christ is the human
mind._ 2. _The claim of this lordship is absolute._ 3. _The mind is
free and unconstrained in its surrender to the authority of
Christ.--John Burton._